Graphic by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
It had all the makings of an end-of-season cocktail party on Coquina Road.
Red and white wines, crudités and dip, flatbreads, bruschetta and cookies were served. The setting was an oceanfront patio…
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A sample storm surge prediction map uses Fort Myers as an example.
Provided by NOAA
By Cheryl Blackerby
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, coastal residents learned the hard way about the dangers of storm surge.
Sandy…
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Brothers Jim Leming and Paul Leming with friend Kip and future brother-in-law Ed Halligan
near Navy Pier in Chicago in 1942.
Family photo
June 6, 1944.
For many of our readers, this date needs no notation on a calendar or…
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Ezzat Fairplay (left), Mildred Strom and Bette Cumpton are among the 10 or so neighbors
at Harbour’s Edge who knit blankets, sweaters and hats for newborns.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star…
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What kind of city do you want to live in? Do you want a first-rate, full-service city that provides the full range of municipal services, or would you settle for a second-class city where some services are provided by other government entities over which you have no control?
For several months our City Commission has been quietly exploring the possibility of giving our Fire Department to Palm Beach County. The county firefighters union proposed to our mayor that the city would…
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A mature hammerhead shark washed up dead at the south end of Highland Beach, probably
as the result of stress associated with hook-and-line sport fishing.
Photo provided by Capt. Steve Dougherty…
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By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach is without a city manager after three city commissioners suspended, but couldn’t fire, Louie Chapman Jr., their manager for only a year.
Mayor Cary Glickstein joined Commissioners Jordana Jarjura and Shelly Petrolia to suspend Chapman with pay for 90 days on May 13. The city charter requires four votes to fire a city manager.
…
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fishing is an important part of the Florida lifestyle as well as its economy. In spite of the obvious benefits, this leisure-time activity, on occasion, can lead to problems for birds and other wildlife, such as sea turtles and manatees.
According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists, monofilament fishing line and fishing hooks can entangle these animals, leading to injury and…
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The History of Ocean Ridge, Gail Adams Aaskov’s book on the town’s heritage, has been updated and reprinted. Originally published in 1995, this is the publication’s third printing.
The comprehensive guide includes a chronology of events, an explanation of the structure, function and financing of local government, description of municipal services and the public service department and a listing of past town officials.
Photographs of some of the town’s historic…
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By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream town commissioners have just begun thinking about a budget for the next fiscal year, but already they are close to a consensus that they can’t afford to give taxpayers a rate rollback.
The decision to hold the line doesn’t mean that homeowners’ tax bills will hold steady, too. They are poised to go up because of a sizable jump in real estate values.
According to Town Manager William Thrasher, preliminary numbers from…
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By Dan Moffett
Christopher O’Hare tried another argument to get a metal roof approved for his Place au Soleil home, but Gulf Stream town commissioners rejected it like all the others.
This time, however, the rejection wasn’t unanimous, but 4-1. Commissioner Donna White voted against turning down O’Hare’s appeal, saying she was unsure whether the town’s ordinance was at odds with state law.
“On the basis of what was there, I thought the state…
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By Dan Moffett
It might be time for Ocean Ridge to think about adding a motto to the town seal.
How about “World Leader in Beach Access Opinions”?
Town commissioners heard plenty of them from residents during a lively 2½-hour workshop that ended with Mayor Geoffrey Pugh distilling an increasingly complicated and testy debate into a two-pronged approach for managing beachgoers.
“You do it through information and enforcement,” Pugh said…
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By Dan Moffett
Homeowners and house flippers who ignore code violations aren’t likely to get much sympathy from the Ocean Ridge Town Commission these days.
Ask Prodigy Capital, a Palm Beach Gardens-based real estate investment group that pleaded for leniency over $24,255 in fines after taking over a foreclosed house at 17 Hudson Ave.
Commissioner James Bonfiglio, former head of the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission, told Prodigy’s…
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By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have grudgingly agreed to give the owners of the town’s five-store business district a three-month extension to submit plans for overhauling the 60-foot-deep strip at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd.
But they warned the Sivitilli family to make sure the application to renovate the property is complete because the commission isn’t inclined to grant more time.
“You’ve had 10 years to do this — to convert from commercial…
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By Rich Pollack
Marsha Love’s The Cat at Cason Cottage may be the only children’s book set in Delray Beach that includes a cat named Clarabelle, a series of friendly ghosts and, of course, lots of local history.
Love — a descendent of early Delray Beach pioneers including Dr. J.R. Cason who built the cottage in 1924 — uses the book to bring back some of her relatives as spirits who visit a lonely feline residing in the cottage.
Used…
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By Tim Pallesen
Fishermen have won the right to fish for sharks off all but the public beaches in Delray Beach.
“There’s nothing good about shark fishing near a public beach,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said as city commissioners reached a compromise with an attorney who had threatened to challenge the legality of the city’s shark-fishing ban.
A city law passed in 2009 prohibited shark fishing, including baiting and chumming, within the city…
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INSET BELOW: Barbara Sella’s vizsla, Ridley, was killed seven years ago by a car speeding around a curve and past her house.
By Mary Thurwachter
On Hypoluxo Island, residents can watch palm tree-framed sunsets from their front porches and bird watching is always in vogue. Yet the tree-lined roads curving…
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By Dan Moffett
Town Council President Sue Thaler says Briny Breezes got its “wrist slapped” in December when the Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing how the town does its business.
But it was really more about the Briny handshake than its wrist.
For years, the town has kept it informal when hiring vendors, often using word-of-mouth instead of advertising and renewing contracts with little more than a…
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Dr. Joe MacInnis relaxes at the beach in front of his home in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star…
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INSET BELOW: Manalapan Officer David Hul
By Dan Moffett
Town officials have moved to fire a three-year veteran of the police department over the officer’s handling of a February incident involving employees at Manalapan Pizza.
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