It’s been said that the past holds the key to the future. If that’s true, Boynton Beach is propelling itself forward — while safeguarding its past.
Historic preservation efforts have taken center stage since the City Commission unanimous
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It’s been said that the past holds the key to the future. If that’s true, Boynton Beach is propelling itself forward — while safeguarding its past.
Historic preservation efforts have taken center stage since the City Commission unanimous
For four and a half hours on Saturday, March 26, about 40 men and women who could have been enjoying the breezy spring weekend gathered at the Boynton Beach library to give their city a brighter future in sync with its past.
On paper, they
DELRAY BEACH — Elizabeth Lacewell Armstrong, a native Texan who loved to golf, loved to read, and could trace her heritage back to the Alamo, died March 10.
She was 86.
A self-proclaimed Southern girl who attended Louisiana State Univ
It’s not every day you meet someone who competed against tennis ace Arthur Ashe, owned a corporate monopoly and custom-ordered a painting from Salvador Dali.
Today is the day.
Meet 77-year-old Don Thompson — athlete, entrepreneur, musician — whose succ
PALM BEACH — Walter Richard Donahue, who moved to Florida in 1982 after a prosperous business career with several major U.S. corporations, died Feb. 24, nine weeks shy of his 91st birthday.
His second wife, Mary Sloneker Donahue, sai
Mrs. Murray’s husband, A. Harold Murray, prec
LANTANA — Robert “Bob” Long might have known a lot about real estate and what it took to sell a luxurious home, but the legacy he left behind to those who knew him wasn’t just that he was a fantastic Realtor.
Mr. Long’s legacy was that
Real estate sales for both new and old construction seem to be picking up in the coastal areas, and local Realtors and developers say they expect the uptick to only get stronger as hesitant buyers and sellers decide it’s time to move
An ordinance that would ban fishing for sharks from Ocean Ridge’s shores was delayed last month to allow research on whether the high water line that marks the town’s boundary would impede enforcement of the law.
“If they’re in the w
A volunteer checks vehicles for expired meters along Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach. City officials say they hope meters bring in $1.2 million per year. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Tim Norris
Delray Beach’s parking checkers do not hide their light. It’s
Whether you’re a seasoned South Florida beachcomber or a relative newcomer to coastal Palm Beach County, consider this either a timely reminder or a heads-up to one of the marvels Mother Nature is kind enough to let us witness every year.
S
Slideshow: St. Patrick's Day Parade in Delray Bea
By Ron Hayes
GULF STREAM — Aloha Krueger, a resident of Gulf Stream for more than 40 years, died March 17 after a short illness. She was 97 and lived in Place Au Soleil.
Born in Oakland, Calif., on Jan. 24, 1914, Mrs. Krueger moved to New York City af
A land use ordinance that would allow Segway sales and tours was preliminarily approved at Delray Beach commissioners’ March meeting, with the discussion of safety issues a dominant theme at the first public hearing.
A second public
Two out of three coastal Delray Beach residents would rather switch to curbside garbage pickup, according to results of a city survey obtained by The Coastal Star.
The city in late November mailed surveys to 830 coastal homeowners
The transition of power over the county pocket was peaceful and without incident.
At 12:01 a.m. March 15 the unincorporated area just north of town, and its roughly 150 residents, became part of Gulf Stream.
Pocket residents left no d
When Highland Beach’s town manager, Dale Sugerman, was suspended last month, town att
Hope for a proposed 1.3-mile breakwater project designed to protect the shrinking South Palm Beach and Lantana shoreline is eroding faster than the beach.
When Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-2 on March 22 to scuttle a $50 mill
Councilman Tom Deringer won re-election in Group 3 with 68.3 percent of the vote. Challenger Joseph Ferrell earned 31.7 percent.
In Group 4, Philip Aridas won election with 52.2 percent of the vote, with challenger Susan McCreery gaining 47.8 percen
