Two seats are up for election on March 19. The winners will serve three-year terms. The seats are elected by voters citywide.
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By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners took less than three minutes to fill an empty seat on their own dais and two domino-like vacancies on the Architectural Review and Planning Board.
For the Town Commission spot, which Paul Lyons Jr. vacated in Dece
Two seats are up for election on March 19. The winners will serve three-year terms. The seats are elected by voters citywide.
Related: Seat D
Gulf Stream Police Chief Richard Jones is the new president of the Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police. Circuit Judge James Martz, a former police officer and prosecutor, presided over Jones’ swearing-in on Jan. 18 in West Palm Beach. B
By Mary Hladky
How can downtown Boca Raton become more enticing and vibrant, and what should be part of a new plan for a city government campus?
When the city’s Community Advisory Panel asked residents to offer their input at a Jan. 18 “community con
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana officials aren’t certain of the age of the sea wall at Bicentennial Park, but they do know the last time repairs were made there was at least 20 years ago, and a restoration is due.
To that end, the Town Council, at its me
One month after city staffers outlined how they intend to improve the safety and appearance of Sanborn Square, Boca Raton City Council members have tweaked the plan.
Staff had recommended removing the unsightly temporary barricades along Federal High
Stormwater utility fee considered — Because the Town Council is considering a non-property tax assessment for stormwater utility fees, council members voted on Jan. 8 to adopt a resolution making county officials aware of their plan.
“The only thing
Annika Kielland with her whippet, Bodhi, at home on Hypoluxo Island. She was first attracted to the house’s outside, ‘which is like a Balinese tropical jungle.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Annika Kielland’s job history runs the gamut, from waitress
By Tao Woolfe
Boynton Beach city commissioners sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency’s governing board pulled the plug last month on a creative proposal that would have transformed the historic Magnuson House into a restaurant.
“This is reall
By Jane Musgrave
SOUTH PALM BEACH — When Robert Kellogg was hired as manager of South Palm Beach in 2019, Mayor Bonnie Fischer said she got more than a wise administrator. She got a comedy sidekick.
During normally staid meetings, the two would bante
By Ron Hayes
LANTANA — When Gerson Fabe arrived at The Carlisle Palm Beach in 2014, he brought all the things an elderly gentleman entering an assisted living facility in Lantana would bring.
But he brought hundreds of poems, too.
And when he died at
By Rich Pollack
For more than a decade, Highland Beach town leaders have been searching for a way to increase the cap that requires voter approval to spend more than $350,000 on any one project — a provision incorporated in the town charter in 1991.
The historic Singing Pines building that housed the former Boca Raton Children’s Museum will be moved along with two other old homes. 2018 file photo
By Mary Hladky
Three buildings that have long housed the Boca Raton Children’s Museum near City Hall
By Steve Plunkett
Halfway through the school year, the private Gulf Stream School would get an A for starting a new preschool but a C-minus or lower on its communication skills with town commissioners.
Patrick Donovan, president of the school’s board
The parking lot in front of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is closed until the spring while three ADA-compliant parking spaces are created and a ramp between them and the center is built. ‘This is a big construction project with many moving parts,’ N
By Brian Biggane
After a pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver on State Road A1A last November, South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer worked to have a representative of the Florida Department of Transportation come to Town Hall to address res
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will turn 50 years old in March and is busy making plans to celebrate.
On April 11 district commissioners will have a meet-and-greet session at Sugar Sand Park.
“We’ll display some of the old drawings and
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents will have a chance to learn more about this summer’s $8.8 million State Road A1A resurfacing project through the town during a public meeting and open house next month hosted by the Florida Department of Trans
By Brian Biggane
After four architectural firms made their proposals for a new Town Hall at a Jan. 16 special meeting of the South Palm Beach Town Council, and after the scoresheets of the council’s four members were tallied, Town Clerk Yude Davenpor
