By Tim O’Meilia
About that plan to build high rise condos, an oceanfront hotel and shops where the mobile homes of Briny Breezes have set for decades?
Never mind.
The nine-member board of the corporation that owns the park unanimously decided April
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Police Chief Jeff Tyson was fired April 5 after his being arrested in Boca Raton on April 4 for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.
Official word of Tyson’s termination was announced in a statement from Town Manager Mike Bornstein, who
Three commissioners and the mayor took part in a TV ad supporting challenger Frank Chapman. YouTube Video
By Tim Pallesen
The winner in Boca Raton’s city election credits his victory to an unprecedented TV commercial in which his four fellow coun
By Tim Pallesen
A judge says the Caron Foundation must pay $27,788 to Delray Beach in a public records request for more than 200,000 emails that Caron wants to investigate in its lawsuit against the city.
Caron wants to review all email communi
Police were called last month when vandals destroyed about 60 signs that coastal residents had placed in their yards to protest transient housing in their neighborhoods.
About 35 signs were destroyed or stolen March 28 from Seaspray Avenue and two nei
The Delray Beach Club, located just south of Linton Boulevard, has provided beach and recreational activities to its members since 1969. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Stretching out on a chaise longue with a Kindle in your ha
I have lived in Ocean Ridge for going on 30 years. In that time I’ve felt the need to contact the Police Department on very few occasions. To me that means I live in a safe place.
When I tell people about Ocean Ridge I always mention the frequen
By Paula Detwiller
One of Joelen Merkel’s fondest memories was the day her son graduated from the University of Florida.
As a trustee for the university, she was perennially invited to take part in the pomp and circumstance of graduation. Bu
In a March story, “Sides agree to plan for crowded property line landscaping,” it may not have been clear that although Manalapan resident E. Peter McLean was asked to serve as an alternate on both the architectural and zoning commissions, he was not
John J. Murphy (right), an elected county committeeman in New Jersey for 20 years, was sworn in March 27 succeeding Robert Evans in Manalapan’s at-large Seat 2 post. Evans did not seek re-election after serving four years on the commission.
By Steve Plunkett
The intrusion of unwelcome outsiders into Manalapan has only gotten worse in Vice Mayor Donald Brennan’s eyes.
“The beach is a war zone,” Brennan declared at the town’s March 27 commission meeting.
Brennan said an armed ro
By Margie Plunkett and Tim O’Meilia
The Ocean Ridge police chief has started the search for a new officer to bolster a force the chief said has been understaffed due to a medical leave.
A posting at the town’s website said applications for the
Curiouser and curiouser. Of course, Alice has nothing on David Manero, whose restaurant wonderland in Delray Beach has turned into a nightmare. Oh sure, the restaurants he ran — Vic & Angelo’s, The Office and Burger Fi — seem to be doing fine, but D
A rendering of Delray Villas by the Sea shows one and two-story cottages.
By Christine Davis
Most new homes developed on the ocean are mammoth, fashioned to please buyers looking for ultra luxury estates with umpteen square feet, multiple master
By Angie Francalancia
Any efforts at moving Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station to Ocean Ridge are “on hold” and may remain so for perhaps months as Boynton Beach continues to try to sell three parcels of property that affect the city’s space needs.
Bruce Anderson volunteering at Palm Beach State College. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
John F. Kennedy once said: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
Bruce Anderson was living that belief long before JFK ent
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s project to bury electric and other utility lines is at least two months behind schedule even before a shovel hits the ground.
Consulting engineer Danny Brannon told town commissioners at their March 16 meeting that he is
Sophia Isaac (left), Chairman of the Library Volunteers, counts stacks of books to be purchased by Manalapan resident Jeff Solomon (center) as library volunteer Betty Howson awaits the final tally at Manalapan’s J. Turner Moore Memorial Library book
Breakers on the Ocean was purchased by Ocean Properties Ltd last month. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
The Breakers on the Ocean resort in Delray Beach has been sold for $4,750,000 to the owner of the Delray Beach Marriott.
Oce
By Angie Francalancia
Renovations at Sunshine Square are more than halfway complete, with several new tenants, including a Panera Bread and TD Bank, anticipated for the shopping center at the southwest corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway
