The 1950 Lantana Bridge will be replaced with a taller, wider span. The first bridge on the site was built in 1911. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Neighbors of the home Caron purchased stand in front of portraits of former Delray Beach mayors and wear white to protest the rehabilitation center’s request to turn its property into a sober house during a meeting at City Hall. Jerry Lower/The Coast
Since 1909, Florida’s residents have had the right to see documents created by public agencies and since 1967 a basic right of access to most meetings of governing bodies of state and local governments.
This access constitutes the “Sunshine
Angela Moore is moving her corporate headquarters to Plaza del Mar. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Allen Whittemore
Angela Moore is moving her corporate headquarters to Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar shopping center, next to her newly opened retail s
By Steve Plunkett
The green uniforms and patrol cars of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office may one day replace the Manalapan Police Department’s familiar blue trappings.
The Sheriff’s Office is offering to provide law enforcement to Manalapan for $
By Tim O’Meilia
Whaddaya do when the danged guvmint closes the bridge to the beach for 19 months and promises to build a nice, new, tall shiny replacement?
Why, ya throw a party of course.
The East Ocean Avenue bridge in Lantana officially
By Tim O’Meilia
Three coastal communities signed a mutual aid agreement last month that will guarantee quick police response to calls on Hypoluxo Island during the 19 months the new East Ocean Avenue bridge is under construction in Lantana.
The agreeme
A1A in Manalapan will be closed to all but emergency vehicles and local traffic March 5-9 as a private tunnel is constructed. Expect delays.
By Angie Francalancia
Residents in Ocean Ridge have gotten vigilant about calling police and city officials when they see too many different cars and faces coming and going from homes in town. And it’s resulting in an active code enforcement season fo
John Davidson serenades Susan Pincus of West Palm Beach at Atlantis Country Club on Valentine’s Day. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
The last time Jose Carreras performed in Palm Beach County, in March 2009, a persistent cough forced
By Thomas R. Collins
Behind the signs of protest, the prospect of an expensive legal fight and contentious city commission meetings, there is something that’s even more desperate: people trying to figure out how to kick a crippling habit.
Th
Parking specialist Scott Aronson was directed to put together a fee-based parking program that will give Delray Beach commissioners a solid starting point on how downtown parking will be managed and funded.
The plan comes after two parking charret
A group of flamingos takes over a lawn on Island Drive in Delray Beach. The Youth Group at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach is in charge of ‘Flamingo Flocking,’ a fundraising effort for a planned 18-day trip to Scotland this summer. The
By Tim O’Meilia
As the presidential election season rumbles on elsewhere, in south Palm Beach County coastal towns, there’s no place more comforting for an incumbent than a high-backed chair behind the council dais.
Of the 19 seats up for elect
By Rich Pollack
Six months ago, if you called the city of Delray Beach to ask if your wedding could be held on the public beach, the answer would have been a simple no.
Call today and the answer will be yes, weddings are allowed — sort of.
By Angie Francalancia
With continuing uncertainty over emergency services for the coastal towns, Ocean Ridge City Manager Ken Schenck reached out to private ambulance company American Medical Response to investigate options.
It could cost as mu
Ocean Ridge police voted last month to approved a long-awaited contract that will give them an additional $800 toward their medical deductible and a $1,000 salary adjustment.
Ocean Ridge town commissioners are set to vote March 5 on the pact, the
By Angie Francalancia
Ninety days after the Ocean Ridge Town Commission warned its manager he’d have to improve his job performance, most of the commissioners said they were satisfied with Schenck’s improvement.
But Commissioner Zoanne Hennigan
Delray Beach voters can vote for a Seat 2 and a Seat 4 city commission candidate and on a charter amendment when they go to the polls March 13. The charter amendment asks voters whether they want to change commissioners’ and mayor’s length of office
Members of the congregation gather on a chilly Sunday for service at Old School Square.
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach’s fastest-growing new church began with a chance meeting in a downtown coffee shop.
The Avenue Church wasn’t intended. It wasn’
