By Thomas R. Collins
Barrier island towns, each trudging through their individual budget nightmares, have been batting around ideas for saving money that involve more than the usual cutting of library hours or eliminating a job or two.
The towns have b
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By Thom Smith
“You’re not very smart, are you? . . . I like that in a man.”
That’s the appraisal Kathleen Turner made of William Hurt in Body Heat. Hard to believe the film that made Lake Worth famous was released 30 years ago.
Actually, the movie, w
Betsy Owen has a powerful message: “As long as one child in the world has polio, every child in the world is at risk.”
Owen, a 70-year-old coastal Delray Beach resident, is a polio survivor — and she’s passionate about helping others avo
Missy, age 22, hangs out with the gang in front of Gulf Stream Texaco. Photos by Tim Stepien
By Ron Hayes
Palm Beach has the Everglades Club. Ocean Ridge has its Ocean Club. Gulf Stream has a classy Little Club, Delray Beach the lovely St. Andrew’s C
Delray Beach commissioners revived the discussion of downtown restaurant parking, voting 3-2 to reconsider whether to remove incentives once designed to attract restaurants. The ordinance will be heard on first reading Sept. 6.
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Beachgoers may pay a quarter more an hour for parking in Delray Beach in the next budget year, which would raise about $193,000 in new fees for the city.
The parking increase was one of several proposed fee increases presented at the
Mary Renaud, president of the Beach Property Owners Associatio
By Steve Plunkett
Place Au Soleil homeowners will install four security cameras to track comings and goings while they widen the entrance road to their community across the street from the Walmart being built in Boynton Beach.
“I think that’s all part
Former Delray Beach Mayor Jay Alperin has been appointed to fill the City Commission seat left vacant by the early departure of Commissioner Fred Fetzer, who resigned effective Aug. 1 for personal and health reasons.
Alperin, a local
Twenty-eight National Guardsmen set up in a vacant lot across from Ocean Ridge Town Hall to test their ability to assist in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
On Aug. 22, while Hurricane Irene was still making up it
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Ocean Ridge employees will forgo cost-of-living increases this year and the town will continue to make do with a part-time maintenance worker as commissioners push for cuts that will help prevent spending from re
How big should a Manalapan beach house be?
Until now, the answer has been: not big enough to live in, sleep in, cook in or rent out.
Certainly not big enough to be seen from State Road A1A, so lush landscaping is a must.
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Hooligans in England used Facebook, Twitter and other social media as an almost instantaneous call to riot in London, Birmingham and other British cities.
Manalapan Police Chief Clay Walker hopes electronic communication will ha
The second and final public hearing is set for 6:
Coastal Star StaffA is for the African coast. We have it to thank for the birth of our Caribbean storms. Also Alka-Seltzer. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is when hurricane warnings get downgraded to tropical storm, or when a hurricane m
The autumnal equinox arrives Sept. 23 and that means higher than usual spring tides could threaten to slosh down coastal streets this fall.
Huh? Spring tides in the fall?
“It all has to do with the Earth, the sun and the moon li
