As a longtime Fortune 500 senior executive and business owner, I knew the right location was critical when we moved here from New Jersey as full-time residents. My husband, Roy, and I selected Ocean Ridge after looking carefully at several small coas
Read more…The real question is, do you want Highland Beach to become a link in the 3,000-mile, walking/bicycling/backpacking trail called the East Coast Greenway, with hundreds of migrants passing through or hunkering down in our town on a daily basis? Because
Read more…Much has been discussed relative to three separate and different referendums that are meant to improve safety and to preserve our paradise island community of Highland Beach. The discourse however has shocked me to the core.
What is wrong with our c
Read more…In a few days it will once again be election day here in Ocean Ridge. As I hope we all recognize, there are three candidates running for two seats on the Town Commission. Qualified voters will have two votes to cast, two chances to shape the future f
Read more…As a resident of Highland Beach since 2002, I have a few remarks regarding the town’s proposed A1A project.
Leaving the cost consideration and funding aside (3 miles at $15 million per mile), I am concerned that the proposed A1A project will adversel
Read more…Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty was first in line to register to vote on Jan. 8. Rich Pollack / The Coastal Star
By Mary McCarty
On Jan. 8, 2019, my life had come full circle. It was 10 years to the day that I had resigned in disgrace from 21
Read more…It upsets me to read in the news about the accusation made against Lantana’s mayor, David Stewart.
I am a neighbor who has known Dave for over 30 years. He has always been an honest, reliable and, above all, an ethical man.
Just like many of us, Da
Read more…On Dec. 5 Highland Beach Library hosted 80-plus residents for the first public workshop for the Ocean Walk project. Eight teams offered approaches to address long-standing infrastructure problems, including stormwater management, improvements for the
Read more…Regarding the Florida Ethics Commission investigation of Lantana Mayor David Stewart:
He has represented Lantana fairly and honestly for about 20 years.
Under his tutelage as mayor, the town has grown and prospered without any hint of scandal or
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Read more…Many of us who live on the beach in Highland Beach are frustrated with the tractors’ beach “cleanup.” The trash and massive amount of seaweed is churned and buried — and with it all the plastic tangled up in it, from old, barnacled shoes to plastic f
Read more…The 3 miles of Highland Beach’s beach has been allowed to become a trash dump of human garbage, a minefield of buried dangerous objects and an environment unfit for both humans and wildlife.
Whenever the town and its attorney were asked about beach c
Read more…For health and safety and money for the Town of Ocean Ridge, the county and the state, and as an owner at Ocean Park Manor, adjacent to the proposed Swain project, I would like to lodge my strongest objection to this permit.
Among the factors that th
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New boat owners to Gulf Stream dry lot home from Miami Beach waterfront condo.
Us: Day-tripper 29.5' Monterey Sport Yacht w Jet Dock
You: 30'+ Private Dock w electric and hydro for lease. Min 5'-6' draft at low tide. No fixed bridge
Read more…Beautiful Home Located on Sought After Hypoluxo Island
This 2 story, water front home, with water views from almost every room, is located on over half an acre, one of the largest on the island. Enter foyer with water views that grab your eye and spa
Read more…We read your column in the July issue of The Coastal Star (“With anger everywhere, violence not a surprise”) and were saddened, but not surprised, to learn of the challenges you and your staff face in the execution of your duties at the paper.
We are
I hear what you are saying and understand that many people might feel the same way, but regarding the [iguana] defecation issue [covered in the August Coastal Star], it’s no different and no worse than dog feces. Would you kill a dog for pooping outs
Read more…Let’s not get caught up in the minute differences of HB631.
Let’s simply look at its intent and why Karl Rove and Mike Huckabee want to control the land in front of their million-dollar mansions. They want to own the sand and not allow other people to
Absolutely STUNNING 3 bed/3.2 bath corner-unit townhouse, directly on the Intracoastal Waterway in Gated Ocean Ridge Yacht Club - just South of Woolbright on the East side of the ICW.
Finally....across the bridge in Marina Village first floor of 100 NE 6th Street building, a really comfortable coffee cafe with two living room areas to meet friends, sip quality coffees including Espresso, Lattes, and Capuccino. Yummy breakfast sand
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