By Steve Plunkett
Three men are running in the Aug. 14 election to replace Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commissioner Dirk Smith, who resigned his seat at the start of the year.
The candidates are Steven Engel, Felipe Martinez and Tom Thay
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By Steve Plunkett
With little discussion, Highland Beach commissioners proposed a 13.9 percent tax increase to finance renovations to Town Hall, repairs to the town’s walk path and provide increased code enforcement.
A residence valued at $500,
Call it Showdown at the Charter Change Corral.
Mayor Bernard Featherman and Commissioner Doris Trinley split sharply with Vice Mayor Ron Brown and Commissioners Dennis Sheridan and Louis Stern on how big an expense has to be to trigger a town referend
About 850 riders took part in the 23rd annual Frank Stark Bicycle Ride on July 15. Frank Stark was an airline pilot who was forced to retire after quadruple bypass surgery and two heart attacks. Starke, who died in 1999 at the age of 70, took up
The oceanfront Chalfonte Condominiums had to get Boca Raton City Council approval to renovate its swimming pool deck because most of the structure is now seaward of the state’s Coastal Construction Control Line.
The waterproofing system under the dec
Store Location: Publix at Sunshine Square
501 SE 18th Ave.
Boynton Beach, Florida 33435
(561) 292-4080
Date of Opening: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time of Opening: 7 a.m.
Hour
By Angie Francalancia
Another budget year approaches in Boynton Beach, and another round of discussions has begun on closing Fire Station #1 that handles calls in Ocean Ridge.
During the second day of Boynton Beach’s budget workshops, Commissioner St
By Tim Pallesen
The Caron Foundation wants coastal Delray Beach residents to testify how they blocked Caron’s attempt to house recovering addicts and alcoholics near the ocean.
Caron attorney Jim Green told a federal judge in April that trial testimony
Named for its smooth, rubbery skin.
Status: Critically endangered
Size: The largest and deepest-diving of the sea turtles, ranging 4 to 8 feet long and weighing 700 to 1,500 pounds.
Range: Lives in the open water of the temperate and tropical Pacific,
By Steve Plunkett
Town police, who monitor a 20 mph speed limit throughout Gulf Stream, will install six stop signs and establish a school zone on Gulfstream Road to slow motorists even more.
Delivery trucks and construction vehicles combine with the t
By Margie Plunkett
A tsunami of visitors has boosted attendance at Delray Beach’s beach to record highs.
The surging number of beach-goers grew by more than 200,000 last year alone, a “phenomenal” performance that brought the total to 1.7 milli
By Steve Plunkett
Proposals to have sheriff’s deputies patrol Manalapan and Ocean Ridge crept ahead in June while a similar offer in Boynton Beach screeched to a halt.
Boynton Beach commissioners directed city staff June 19 to not move forward
Mary Kate Leming, Editor
“Sweeping action may be gratifying and may create the aura of strong leadership, but its unintended consequences may lead to costs that are too high to bear.”
— Teresa Sullivan, reinstated University of Virginia president
By Steve Plunkett
A $750,000 proposal to revamp Town Hall would allow people to get from the main lobby to commission chambers without going outside and consolidate the Police Department at the rear of the building.
Architect Mark Marsh of Palm Beac
By Tim O’Meilia
Until now, beach protection was an exercise in putting a jigsaw puzzle together. Everyone had a piece but maybe that piece didn’t fit with their neighbor’s.
South Palm Beach condo owners fretted over how to get groins and breakwaters
Businesses at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd. can stay at least until June 2014.
Town commissioners decided to grant building owners Orlando and Liliane Sivitilli one extra year before they must move their tenants and convert the building to townhomes. The Sivit
By Steve Plunkett
Roads in Point Manalapan will get their first new coat of asphalt since the 1960s.
Delray Beach-based Hardrives Inc. submitted the winning bid of $293,140 to resurface all the roads on the Point. Four other companies bid $325,000 t
Dr. Thomas Balkany is a cochlear implant surgeon and researcher. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Dr. Thomas Balkany of coastal Delray Beach decided at age 12 that he wanted a career in medicine. It happened the day his mother took
Noah Yablong, 23, is Paralympics bound. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Emily J. Minor
When he was a kid back in Fort Wayne, Ind., limping along all of a sudden, out of the blue, forced to give up all the sports he loved, Noah Yablong never dream
