A main break puts four streets under a boil notice
Plus the water-bill grace period ends Friday, and eligible homeowners can claim Florida's impact-window tax refund.
A water main break has put 34 addresses under a precautionary boil-water notice. They are on Dolphin Drive, Angler Drive, Snapper Way, and Cortez Lane. The notice does not cover the whole neighborhood. If your address is on that list, boil water before drinking it, cooking with it, making ice, brushing your teeth, or washing dishes. The city also warned that service would be interrupted while the break is repaired. The full address list is posted on the city site, and it is short enough to scan in a few seconds. Check it before you fill the coffee pot.
The state will pay back sales tax on impact windows
Florida is refunding sales tax on impact windows and doors, but only if you ask for it. Qualifying purchases run from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The program covers impact-resistant windows, doors, and garage doors on eligible homes. This is not a discount at the register. You pay the tax, then file a refund claim with receipts and the required forms. The home has to be site-built and carry a homestead exemption. Its just value must be $700,000 or less. One property per owner, and the refund tops out at $500. Claims stay open through September 30, 2029.
A time capsule gives up what Delray thought was worth saving
Something buried came back up. The Coastal Star gave its Celebrating Our History column over to a Delray Beach time capsule and the treasures pulled out of it, described as pieces from a simpler time. Capsules are odd objects when you think about them. Somebody decided what a stranger in the future should know about this town, sealed it up, and walked away. Then years later somebody else pries it open and learns exactly what mattered enough to save. The paper has the full account of what was inside.
A Delray native builds a career around local teenagers
The Coastal Star profiled a Delray Beach native who found a calling with a nonprofit that helps teens achieve. Someone who grew up in this town, then went to work on behalf of the kids coming up behind them. That is a small story by the usual measures and a fairly large one by any other. It will not trend, and it will probably outlast most of what does. The full profile is on the paper's site.
Late fees on your water bill are waived until Friday
The city moved water billing to a new portal this summer, and online payments were suspended during the changeover. Late fees are waived through August 7, which is Friday. If a bill came due while the payment page was dark, that waiver is your cover. Log into the new portal, check that your account carried over, and settle anything outstanding before the waiver ends. The posted waiver runs through Friday, and the notice does not promise an extension. It is the kind of deadline that costs nothing to meet and something to miss.
The city's annual report is mostly about what it is building
The city released its 2026 City Manager's Annual Report. It looks back at the past year and where things are headed. The through line is investment: infrastructure, capital projects, and the money behind them. The report frames public infrastructure as one of the core responsibilities of local government. That framing reads differently in a week when a main gives out on Dolphin Drive. If you have ever wondered where utility and capital dollars actually go here, this is the document that tries to answer it. It is posted on the city site.
The ANNEX lines up a four-month printmaking show
The ANNEX at 290 SE 2nd Avenue has its next show set. Masters of the Matrix: Latin American Printmaking opens September 20 and runs through January 31, curated by Suzanne Snider. It gathers multiples by Latin American printmakers, among them Francisco Amighetti of Costa Rica, who lived from 1907 to 1998. His 1981 chromoxylography, El Recien Llegado, or The Newcomer, is in the show. Prints reward standing close, and a four-month run means you can go twice and see different things each time. Put it on the calendar now, before fall gets loud.