April 2012 Blog Posts (84)

Boca Raton: Intimate setting appeals to jazz artists and fans

Jazz band Four80East will play the Funky Biscuit on April 21.

By Steve Pike

Jazz and baseball typically aren’t thought of in the same sentence — except…

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Added by Deborah Hartz-Seeley on April 4, 2012 at 11:55am — No Comments

Society Spotlight

Art Show Opening Night of Women in the Visual Arts

Highland Beach Library

Ann Schwartz, (from left) exhibitions committee chair,…

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Added by Deborah Hartz-Seeley on April 4, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments

Briny Breezes: Builder proposes redevelopment without sale price

By Tim O’Meilia

Five years ago, a developer figured the homey oceanfront mobile home park of Briny Breezes was worth half a billion dollars if it were decorated with high rise condominium towers, a pricey hotel and several hundred time-shares.

He was wrong. Ocean Land Investments, the Boca Raton developer, couldn’t convince anyone beyond the town limits of that vision and the deal crashed, leaving unhappy residents, strained…

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Added by Mary Kate Leming on April 4, 2012 at 7:00am — No Comments

Ocean Ridge: Town weighs trading police for PBSO -10 deputies would replace 19 police staff, saving the town $700,000

Correction

Because of a reporting error, The Coastal Star incorrectly reported that Greenacres has a contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for police services. The error appeared in the April edition in a story about a Sheriff’s Office proposal to Ocean Ridge.

By Tim O’Meilia

Ocean Ridge taxpayers could save nearly $700,000 next year by…

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Added by Mary Kate Leming on April 3, 2012 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments