Ray McMillan is especially unhappy the condo’s reserve fund must be filled so quickly. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
‘Everything paid up’ — but more expense on way
Also in the special report: Condo costs: A sudden storm| Highland Beach — Coronado|Boca
Jason Chudnofsky, board president of the Coronado, stands amid exterior repair work underway at the 336-unit Highland Beach condo. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Dropped by insurance carrier, condo finds new one covers fraction of value
Also in the spe
Mayfair condo board President Joanne Chester says: ‘We are really hoping the state will somehow intercede to help us with this.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Nightmare numbers: Insurance up 300%, reserves at only 10%
Also in the special report: Condo
Andrew Rivkin’s Ocean Ridge home on North Ocean Boulevard was derided by neighbors as ‘the parking garage’ as construction dragged on. Staff photo
After nine years of construction and angst, online casino magnate gets vital OK from town
By Jane Musgr
Interior designer Chad Renfro, a member of the Osage Nation, at home in Ocean Ridge with a memento from the film, Killers of the Flower Moon. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Ocean Ridge designer’s guidance ensured Best Picture nominee stayed true to Osa
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton bicyclists have pressed city officials for years to make streets safer for them, but a horrific Jan. 4 crash on State Road A1A in Gulf Stream injuring six cyclists struck by an SUV has made the issue even more urgent.
At the
There are many things we do not do. At the top of that list is this: The Coastal Star does not do political endorsements.
To fairly write endorsements requires conducting interviews — preferably in-person. These are time-consuming and almost impossi
Raul Travieso Jr., founder of the Boca Raton Pickleball Club. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Raul Travieso Jr. may well be Boca Raton’s Mr. Pickleball.
The retired assistant fire chief and Boca High graduate is also a card-carrying “D
Although I live in Broward County, I enjoy your publication. It’s refreshing to see true journalism in a newspaper, rather than political advocacy.
I was saddened by the front page article in your February edition about the cyclists who were involve
By Anne Geggis
The woman who drove into a group of nine cyclists along State Road A1A in Gulf Stream early Jan. 4 suffered a medical event at the time, according to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report.
Betty Ann Ruiz, driving south in the predawn l
By Anne Geggis
The going will be slower along East Ocean Avenue from Federal Highway to State Road A1A starting at the end of the year as the state plans a road resurfacing and other work there.
But the 1½-year-long project, anticipated to start in D
By Anne Geggis
Three of five Delray Beach City Commission seats are up for grabs and the contests have gotten so contentious that, for the first time in memory, some candidates refused to appear at the main forum held in advance of Election Day.
Five
By Steve Plunkett
Town Manager Bill Thrasher had bad news and good news about his quest to find a $7.2 million grant with a $7.2 million match to build new sea walls and redo Briny Breezes’ antiquated drainage system.
The bad news: Briny is ranked No
By Anne Geggis
A years-long water contamination saga is over after involving sickened people and pets, city denials and a fired whistleblower.
The Florida Health Department in a Feb. 8 letter agreed the city water system doesn’t need further monitor
By Anne Geggis
If you have a Delray Beach city water account, chances are getting closer to 50-50 that the meter reader that determines how much you’re charged isn’t working right.
As many as 40% of the city’s automatic water meter readers have stop
A mark against gay pride pavers — With Delray Beach’s rainbow-striped crosswalk getting vandalized by burnout tracks for the second time in three years, the City Commission discussed perhaps doing away with the pavers at Northeast First Street and No
By Anne Geggis
The latest Delray Beach police station plan receiving City Commission support would have it expand at its current site and possibly have a fire-rescue station move there.
The new plan is a switch from previous discussions about moving
By Steve Plunkett
Going against the grain of other municipalities across Palm Beach County, Gulf Stream’s town commissioners do not support extending the county’s penny sales tax increase another 10 years.
“I object to it,” Mayor Scott Morgan said. “
Gulf Stream announced two important dates for residents of its Core area west of State Road A1A and north of Golfview Drive.
On April 22, work to widen the Core’s narrow roads and to improve the drainage system and water lines is set to begin.
And on
With a major resurfacing project beginning as early as next month on State Road A1A through Highland Beach and a small portion of Delray Beach, the Florida Department of Transportation will hold an in-person open house and a pair of virtual public me
