Funeral services for former Palm Beach County Sheriff Charles A. McCutcheon have been scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, with a Mass at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. On Friday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be visiting h
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By Steve Plunkett
Mayor William Koch Jr., who served as Gulf Stream’s top elected official for more than half his life, has died. He was 91.
Despite being a very public servant, Mayor Koch was a “very private and humble man,” the town said about his
The Boca Club Bridge (Camino Real Road) over the Intracoastal Waterway (City of Boca Raton) is closed for bridge repairs to all vehicle and traffic from 6 a.m, on May 26 to 6 p.m. on June 20. Traffic will be detoured via: U.S. 1, S.E. Mizner Bouleva
By Steve Plunkett
Former Mayor Ken Kaleel, who first suggested asking how much the sheriff would charge to patrol the town, will analyze exactly what police services Ocean Ridge should demand.
Town leaders chose Kaleel to report on what the town need
Alex Kaleel, daughter of Ken and Rema Kaleel of Ocean Ridge, celebrates as her team wins the tug of war and the competition for the day at Gulf Stream School. This long- time tradition pits team blue against team white (school colors) in outdoor eve
Letter from Caron to neighbors
By Tim Pallesen
A federal judge has granted a temporary injunction to stop Delray Beach from enforcing its stringent transient housing ordinance against the Caron Foundation.
U.S. District Judge William Dimitroule
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton plans to create a special assessment district on the barrier island to guarantee it has money for future beach renourishment.
Municipal Services Director Bob DiChristopher gave preliminary figures at the City Council’s goal
By Steve Plunkett
City leaders approved 208 more rental apartments for downtown Boca Raton but also questioned how many residential units the area needs.
The 12-story building will have 22 studio apartments, 70 one-bedroom apartments, 16 one-bedroom
The historic Boca Club Bridge on Camino Real should reopen June 20 after temporary steel pilings are installed.
“We’re trying to safe it up,” said Charlie Rich of county engineering services. “We have to put four holes in the middle of the bridge to
Golden Harbor resident John Van Blois (left) shows members of the
Beach & Parks board, Robert Lanford, Earl Starkoff and Dr. Dennis
Frish, a drawing that shows where silting is making boat access into
their neighborhood more difficult. Jerry Lower/
Boca Raton Community High School cleaned up at the Critics’ Awards Program (Cappies for short) at 10th Annual Cappies Awards Gala held May 15 in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The school won nine awards (more than
By Steve Plunkett
An archaeologist will have to survey Ocean Strand before the ocean-to-Intracoastal parcel can ever be turned into a park.
There are no known archaeological resources on the nearly 15-acre site, “nor was this property ever subjected
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club resident Edythe Harrison
has had a full life in both the cultural and political realms. She
remains active in retirement, on the local and the national levels. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Edythe Harrison has been
Scott McOwen, the veterinarian at the Sandoway House, talks
to children about Sir Speedy the gopher tortoise, who is a permanent
resident of Sandoway House. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Imagine drawing a blood sample from a maca
More than 170 people packed the Ocean Ridge Town Hall during a four-hour
public hearing where Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials and Ocean Ridge
Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi outlined their staffing plans for police coverage.
Jerry Lower/The Coas
The $2 million enclosed tanks at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
have opened to the public. Visitors can look down into the tanks,
one of which is planted with mangroves. Below the deck are windows
for peering into the tank. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coa
Publisher Jerry Lower
By Jerry Lower, Publisher
Our coastal community is constantly influenced by the changing seasons.
In autumn we can count on hurricane season giving us a few scares and autumnal tides to swell the Intracoastal Waterway, with s
Boca Raton Fire Department’s Captain Ray Lintner describes a few of the firefighting tools found on a firetruck at Fire Station 3 at 100 S. Ocean Blvd. His tour was part of the department’s city-wide open house May 12. The department has 207 certi
By Tim O’Meilia
A year ago, Manalapan Mayor Basil Diamond claimed South Palm Beach could save a half million dollars a year — give or take $100,000 — by letting Manalapan provide police and dispatch service.
South Palm Beach Mayor Donald Clayman di
By Steve Plunkett
Manalapan police are confident patrolling the Point but feel unequipped to fight crime on the ocean.
The “threat profile” in the ocean zone has changed over the years, Town Manager Linda Stumpf and Police Chief Carmen Mattox told t
