By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach got a little help from the state in its efforts to ensure its wastewater system is better prepared to function should rising seas lead to flooding.
Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a $116.5 billion state budget t
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By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners last month got their first look at a proposed $28 million 2024-25 budget that includes leaving the town’s tax rate the same as in the current year.
The overall proposed budget, which includes a general fu
A pedestrian navigates signs and construction debris during the revamping of Boynton Beach Boulevard in June. The project is not due to end until late 2025. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
A $7.2 million construction project to widen sid
City Manager George Brown received high marks from Boca Raton City Council members for his performance in the city’s top job during a June 11 evaluation that came five months after longtime City Manager Leif Ahnell’s retirement.
In his self-evaluatio
By Christine Davis
In collaboration with IBM, the software company Innovative Solutions has opened an office in Boca Raton, where the company expects to employ more than 100 people by 2026.
Innovative Solutions, based in New York and using artificial
Three veteran commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will spend four more years in office after no one filed last month to run against them.
Staying on the dais will be Steve Engel, first elected to the board in 2012, and Cra
By Mary Hladky
The Center for Arts and Innovation has received a $1 million appropriation from the Florida Legislature that will go toward completing the cultural center’s design and cultural program planning.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 12 vetoed $32
Condo owners at Tower 155, a 127-unit complex located at 155 East Boca Raton Road, have filed suit, asking for damages to pay for repairs or rebuilding. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Tower 155 condominium owners have sued the 4-year-old building’s de
Mizner Park is one of the destinations where the Boca Connect stops. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
People wanting an easy way to get around downtown Boca Raton without driving their cars now can use BocaConnect, an EV shuttle service operated by Circ
Reefs off Palm Beach County are in cooler water at greater depths and are washed by the passing Gulf Stream, giving them a better chance of survival than the shallow reefs in locations like the Keys. Photos provided
Palm Beach County’s coral reefs ar
Ted Hoskinson and Mark Sauer. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
The founder of Bound For College, originally known as Delray Students First, and the founder of Roots and Wings, an organization that supports literacy programs, have joined forces.
Mark Sauer
HomeSafe gathered a group of dedicated supporters for a celebration of its soon-to-be-reconstructed facility for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. The event honored Guardian Society donors — top contributors who have added to the succe
Nearly $300,000 poured in for local children’s charities at the Boca West Children’s Foundation fundraiser headlined by Food Network chef Alex Guarnaschelli. The sold-out event included a discussion with Guarnaschelli, who shared behind-the-scenes st
The third annual benefit for the Achievement Centers for Children & Families — and a few other nonprofits — hit the pavement and helped roll in crucial funds. More than 150 historically significant vehicles were showcased to thousands of car enthusia
The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Forever Lions attended a packed event that recognized the philanthropists’ generous commitments — planned gifts or endowments of at least $100,000. Guest speaker Rachie Shnay, a renowned jewelry desi
Penelope’s brings the taste and vibe of New Orleans to Mizner Park in Boca Raton. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
From the prolific hospitality family of Rodney Mayo’s Subculture Group comes the new Penelope’s — correctly pronounced as the English do: P
Related: Palm Beach County arts cuts
By Sharon Geltner
On June 3, Bill Hayes, producing artistic director of Palm Beach Dramaworks, was ecstatic.
That was the day the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce honored his West Palm beach-based theater company as
Scuba diver John Strunk shows off some of the big bugs that he caught during a previous lobster miniseason. Steve Waters/The Coastal Star
By Steve Waters
The most exciting time of the year for South Florida lobster lovers is the two-day miniseason, w
Mary Virginia Merrick, founder of the Christ Child Society, as a young woman. She died in 1955 at age 88. Photo provided
By the time she was 10, Mary Virginia Merrick of Washington, D.C., a devout Catholic, thought she would become a nun. But a fall
