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The owner of the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach has written the town trying to dispel any gloom from its $30 million suit against the hotel’s operator.
“I want to assure you that the lawsuit will have no effect on the operation of th
Town Manager Linda Stumpf’s budget proposal called for th
By Thom Smith
He’s ba-a-a-ck on Atlantic Avenue, and Glen Manfra can’t wait for the birth of his new baby — that will be Spoonfed. Actually, he’s already in the nursery with a foster child … Pop Up …, a moderately priced mixed bill of popular dishe
After 34 years as a cop, 22 of them with Ocean Ridge, Sgt. Daniel Tinfina is saying goodbye to law enforcement — and he’s doing it with a tear in his eye.
Sure, he’s a tough guy. Chief Chris Yannuzzi says Tinfina is his officer-traini
Surveyors began measuring the south part of Gulf Stream in mid-July after town commissioners voted unanimously to levy special assessments to put electric, phone and cable TV lines underground.
Sitting June 30 as the Board of
Town police have patrolled Gulf Stream’s newest 16.6 acres ever since annexation of the once-unincorporated pocket took effect March 15. Delray Beach, which contracts out fire-rescue service to the town, has answered calls for he
By Margie Plunkett
The restaurant sector has retained its place on Delray Beach’s most-wanted list.
The commission unanimously turned down an ordinance to remove parking incentives from some Atlantic Avenue restaurants that would have doubled t
By Mary Thurwachter, Managing Editor
These are the dog days of summer, and they are sultry.
But if you consider August a month marked by lethargy, inactivity or laziness, think again. Take a look at the Coastal Star community calendar (Pages 15-16
By Steve Plunkett
The town will dip into reserve funds again to continue providing municipal services without raising property taxes.
Town commissioners tentatively adopted the rollback rate of $3.41 per $1,000 of taxable value at a special meet
Royal Palms are known for their massive trunks and large fronds. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Except for the occasional lawnmower, work at the county’s future Cam D. Milani Park has ended until 2020.
“I’m not passing out a whole lot
By Steve Plunkett
Delray Beach will charge the Town of Gulf Stream about $38,000 a year extra for fire-rescue service to Ballantrae condominiums, the 4001 North Ocean project and other recently annexed parcels.
Delray Beach city commissioners v
By Angie Francalancia
Woolbright U-Gas, one of the rare gas stations that still offers auto service, is closing, soon to be replaced by a PNC Financial Services branch.
PNC has signed a 20-year lease for the land with Anagnostakis Inc., the fa
Jay Whelchel and Mariya-Khristina Shurupova practice for last year’s
Boca’s Ballroom Battle at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Thom Smith
“I’ve got a book deal in the works. We’re talking about a made-for-TV movie,” Jay Whel
From bridge to rubble … to reef? Maybe, if financing can be found.
The town of Lantana is trying to persuade county officials to spend an additional $300,000 and use the crumbled parts of the soon-to-be demolished Ocean Avenue Bridge as
Fresh produce is the focus of Ellenville Garden Center, in Boca Raton, that draw s 200 to 300 people to a farmer's market each Thursday evening. Photo by Jerry Lower.
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Ellenville Garden Center is becoming a community ce
James E. Patrick is a founding shareholder and CEO
of National Healing Corp., founded in 1996. Patrick
received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
2011 Florida Award in the health care category. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Linda Haase
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How do you persuade someone to spend about $5 million?
Commissioners pondered the question at their July 5 meeting as they heard a staff report on the future of the historic 1927 Boynton Beach High School building.
The city has
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton is looking for public suggestions as well as letters of interest from potential developers on uses for the Wildflower property, a vacant piece of waterfront land the city bought for $7.5 million in 2009.
“This is a pre
