OCEAN RIDGE — John Prescott Shibles of Ocean Ridge and Sea Girt, New Jersey, died July 23 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was 75.
He was born in New Brunswick and moved to the Jersey Shore in the mid-1970s and to Ocean Ridge in
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Bernard Featherman loved living in Highland Beach and loved even more having served as the town’s mayor.
“One of the five top highlights of his life was being mayor,” his son Andrew Featherman said.
Mr. Featherman, w
By Rich Pollack
For Laura and Frank Troiano, the two pieces of property they owned — one on the east side of State Road A1A and one directly across on the west side — seemed like, well, two pieces of property.
But the land east of the highway, where
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s property tax rate likely will remain unchanged for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
The proposed 2023-24 tax rate, presented by Deputy City Manager George Brown to the City Council on July 25, is the same as the curr
By Mary Thurwachter
The Coastal Star received three first-place awards and nine overall in the Florida Press Association 2023 Weekly Newspaper Contest for non-daily newspapers.
The stories receiving first-place recognition included a touching obituar
By Steve Plunkett
The rate on property tax bills this fall for the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will likely be the same $1.08 per $1,000 of taxable value that it was last fall.
District commissioners set the tentative rate at their July
By Brian Biggane
In the 12 years Bonnie Fischer has served as mayor, South Palm Beach has never been in a position to apply for or receive either a state or federal grant. With a new Town Hall building in the planning phase, that may be changing.
Whe
By Mary Hladky
County Commissioner Marci Woodward’s recent offer to help Boca Raton improve East Palmetto Park Road received a noncommittal response from Deputy City Manager George Brown.
Woodward, whose commission district includes the city, has met
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge commissioners reviewing the town’s proposed budget for next year have decided the town doesn’t need a paid lobbyist, and commissioners don’t need computer tablets or a pay raise.
But Town Manager Lynne Ladner can repla
Investments Limited has submitted a proposal for a pair of nine-story towers with a total of 266 guest rooms to be built where the post office now stands downtown. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
James and Marta Batmasian, the largest commercial pr
The effort to get Pearl City on the National Register of Historic Places is stalled because that designation could delay or halt renovation of the Dixie Manor public housing. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Marie Hester has worked for years to get Pear
RIGHT: License plate reading cameras are motion activated and take a series of photos that compare plate numbers against those of vehicles listed as suspicious. ABOVE: Police can view results on a desktop computer, in a squad car or even on a phone.
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One of the earliest coastal communities to employ license plate recognition software was the town of Manalapan, which had a system in place as early as 2
A half-acre property originally part of the Vanderbilt estate in Gulf Stream sold for $16.7 million recently to a Canadian businessman’s family trust. Photo provided by Zillow.com
By Christine Davis
A trust in the name of Catherine German West sold t
Seth Butcher, who picks and sorts the fruit at Hatcher Mango Hill in Lantana, takes a bite out of a ripe mango. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star BELOW RIGHT: John and Pearl with the original Hatcher mango tree. Photo provided
Faithful fans turn out for a
Contestants (l-r) Shoshana Davidowitz, Dr. Patricio Espinosa, Danielle Rosse, Caroline Johnson, Lawrence Levy, Brad Winstead, Jamie Sauer and Rick Versace take a break during rehearsal at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Boca Raton. Photo provided
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The nonprofit whose programs provide opportunities for children to thrive and families to be nurtured welcomed teens and adults to an evening of activities. Kicking things off was a ‘Family Feud’-style game focused on questions that were relevant and
Myrtle Butts Fleming Award recipients (l-r, front) Joyce DeVita, Betsy Fletcher, Barbara Montgomery O’Connell, Loren Mintz, (back) Derek Vander Ploeg, Dawn Zook, Bonnie Dearborn, Al and Joni Goldberg and Rimmie MacLaren. Photos provided by the Boca R
Matt Shipley, co-founder of Community Greening, demonstrates the proper way to plant a tree during a tree-planting event at Boynton Beach Fire Station No. 2. The city, working in conjunction with Community Greening and the St. George’s Society of Pal
Avalon Steak & Seafood at 110 E. Atlantic Ave. is one of more than 50 establishments expected to participate in the eighth annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month, which offers summer specials in September. Photos provided
By Jan Norris
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