By Steve Plunkett
Buoyed by a $6 million drop in the cost estimate, Boca Raton City Council members enthusiastically approved a plan to refurbish long-neglected canoe trails and a boardwalk at Rutherford and Lake Wyman parks.
The plan carried a $15.5
By Steve Plunkett
Construction prices more than double what was expected have forced the city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District to delay plans to rebuild the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center observation tower and refurbish Lake Wyman and Ru
Two sculptures intended to be focal points at Wildflower and Silver Palm parks, as well as design work on an interactive play area, will cost the city $130,620.
Without comment, City Council members on Jan. 11 authorized City Manager Leif Ahnell to ex
Effective March 25, Palm Beach County closed all public and private golf courses, parks and natural areas within its borders, including those inside municipalities, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The action followed a March 22 order closing
By Steve Plunkett
Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners parted ways — at least temporarily — with Art Koski, their former longtime lawyer and executive director, but said they would negotiate a new contract to keep him on as a cons
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton residents are passionate about parks and recreation and now are getting a chance to speak out on how the city can improve what it offers them.
To start assessing how best to meet the parks and recreation desires of residents
By Steve Plunkett
Who is a resident, and how much should he or she pay to use park facilities?
Those are two questions the Boca Raton City Council and the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District will try to answer at a joint meeting July 23.
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By Steve Plunkett
The short era of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District’s rubber-stamping the city’s proposed parks budget appears to be over.
Craig Ehrnst, one of the district’s new commissioners, led the first assault. The city
By Jane Smith
Without seeing a budget, city commissioners agreed to lower the property tax rate slightly for the financial year that begins Oct. 1 while still expecting to take in an estimated $4.6 million more in tax revenues.
Delray Beach fin
By Jane Smith
Without seeing a budget, city commissioners agreed to lower the property tax rate slightly for the financial year that begins Oct. 1 while still expecting to take in an estimated $4.6 million more in tax revenues.
Delray Beach
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the city have hammered out an agreement that will have the district paying 50 percent of all beach renourishment projects and Intracoastal dredging in Boca Raton.
District Cha
By Rich Pollack
Ocean Ridge police say they have every intention of patrolling county parks within the town limits, but they’re hoping the county will lend a hand to help those parks — as well as an adjacent one in a county pocket — be safer during h
By Cheryl Blackerby
Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners were blindsided by news that their plans for building Phase 2 of the district’s biggest and newest project, Spanish River Athletic Facilities at DeHoernle Park, may not get the g
