Letters

Letter to the Editor: Crowds and banners on I-95 overpass are safety risk

Editor's Note: Historical mistakes: Correcting the record

History is hard.
What passes as history is most often written by those with the means to quickly share their view of events with a wide audience. Often that means newspapers.
In 1943, journalist Alan Barth called news “the first rough draft of histor

Letter to the Editor: Bicyclists in packs are a danger on A1A

In your June/July article about bicycling on A1A, you only made a short statement referencing large groups of bikers. I find it very disturbing that I have observed over the past 10 years large groups of bicycles — 30 to 90 bikers — who ride in the

Part-time Maintenance I Position Available - Town of Ocean Ridge

Letter to the Editor: Signs ruin town appearance

It is illegal to place any sign without a Florida Department of Transportation permit in a state right of way. A1A is a state road with a 100-foot right of way. Any nonpermitted sign placed within 50 feet east and west of A1A’s center line is illegal

Letter to the Editor: Ocean Ridge commissioner clarifies position

Thank you for your coverage of not just our Ocean Ridge municipal meetings but all of our neighbors’ meetings in your paper. An invaluable asset to the coastal communities.
In the article about the May 2021 Ocean Ridge commission meeting is one poi

Assistant Town Clerk Position Available - Town of Ocean Ridge

Applications for the full-time position of Assistant Town Clerk are currently being accepted.  To view the job advertisement with submission requirements and to download the employment application please click here.

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Publisher's Note: Why you won’t receive a July or September edition

Every month from November 2008 through most of the coronavirus pandemic, our readers have been treated to free delivery of The Coastal Star. Our high-quality local news coverage is paid for almost entirely by advertising income from businesses in ou

Local Voices: Manatees are starving to death, but Florida doesn’t seem to care

In the first four months of 2021, deaths reached 723; in all of 2020, 637 died in the state. There’s not enough sea grass to support all of them

We love manatees in Florida.
We put them on license plates. We name our school mascots after them. We bra

Boca Raton Mausoleum Crypt for Sale

True head-to-head crypt in the Relections Building, Section A, Level A. Only available crypt remaining in that building. $12,500. 

Call Donna at 407-506-3267 or email to DMEBowman@gmail.com

Letter to the Editor: Hudson Avenue residents unreasonably incensed

I find myself dismayed by the recent argument in Ocean Ridge about the temporary closure of the Anna and Edith streets beach crossovers. Nearby residents, largely from Hudson Avenue, expressed their anger about the closures at the December Town Commi

Local Voices: Elected officials lack money, political support to combat rising seas

Some politicians predict long-term solution will be a ‘managed retreat’ from state’s coastal communities

By Jim Carroll

With not much state or federal assistance available, Florida communities have been left to pay most of the costs to defend their t

Editor's Note: Enjoy wonders of spring, but mind turtles on beach

The light falls differently once the clocks change. It’s brighter, easier, more transparent.
Increasingly the draw-bridges are in the up position and the tops are down on the rental convertibles cruising on A1A.
After a year of living oh-so-very-cau

Letter to the Editor: Never-ending development hurts Delray Beach

What can I say about overdevelopment that hasn’t already been said a thousand times? I have never known anyone that is at all happy with the direction that the development in Delray Beach has gone. When the iPic Theater went up, it appeared that the

Delray Beach: Barrier island boil water notice rescinded

PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE FOR THE BARRIER ISLAND RESCINDED
LINK TO RESCISSION NOTICE: https://www.delraybeachfl.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=9215

• The City of Delray Beach issued a precautionary boil water notice on Tuesday, February 2

Delray Beach: Barrier island boil water area extended

PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE AREA EXTENDED ON THE BARRIER ISLAND IN DELRAY BEACH

• After further assessment, and in an abundance of caution, the precautionary boil water notice in effect on the barrier island has been extended to include all area

Ocean Ridge Garden Club Completes Phase 3 of Dune Restoration Project

OCEAN RIDGE, February 9, 2021

Ocean Ridge Garden Club (ORGC) has completed a third stage of replanting a small stretch of dune along Old Ocean Boulevard by installing native plants favored by pollinators. These include plant hosts for caterpillars,

Town of Ocean Ridge (and Briny Breezes) Annual Shred-It Event - April 17

The Town of Ocean Ridge, will be hosting FREE document shredding event on Saturday,
April 17, 2021 from 9:00AM—12:00PM in the rear parking lot of Town Hall.

Briny Breezes residents welcome!

This event is open to Ocean Ridge/Briny Breezes residents only

PUBLIC NOTICE - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO LEASE COMMERCIAL SPACE

Pursuant to Section 163.380, Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) intends to lease one (1) CRA-owned historic property. It is the CRA’s intent to lease said property to a qualified indiv