photos - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-29T07:29:24Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/photosClassic cars draw crowdhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/classic-cars-draw-crowd2023-06-28T14:41:22.000Z2023-06-28T14:41:22.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12127782700,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12127782700,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12127782700?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><em><strong>ABOVE:</strong> A crowd gathers at the 11th annual Father’s Day Classic Car Show at Mizner Park in Boca Raton, which drew more than 100 vehicles. Proceeds benefited Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.</em><br /><em><strong>BELOW:</strong> The grille of a 1958 Buick Riviera Estate Wagon. </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12127783465,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12127783465,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12127783465?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><br /><strong><em>Photos by Tim Stepien</em></strong><br /><strong><em>/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12127786268,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12127786268,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12127786268?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></em><em><strong>ABOVE:</strong> A crowd gathers at the second annual Delray Beach Concours d’Elegance, which brought together more than $70 million worth of collectible, rare and vintage vehicles to Old School Square for Father’s Day weekend.<br /><strong>BELOW:</strong> Detail of a 1967 Amphicar Model 770. </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12127785492,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12127785492,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12127785492?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><br />Photos by Tim Stepien<br />/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p></div>Along the Coast: Turtle nesting season gets underwayhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-turtle-nesting-season-gets-underway2023-03-29T13:58:06.000Z2023-03-29T13:58:06.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;">March brings five minutes of spring to subtropical South Florida.<br /> It also heralds eight months of sea turtle nesting season, which usually draws more than 20,000 female loggerhead, leatherback, Kemp’s ridley and hawksbill turtles to Palm Beach County shores to dig nests and lay their eggs in a cycle that has continued for millennia.<br /> That annual cycle also brings out teams of professionals and volunteers who devote their mornings to monitoring and tagging nests, ensuring that obstacles to nesting are cleared and making sure lighting that might confuse hatchlings is redirected.<br /> Here’s a look at the people who monitor our shores, ensuring that cycle that has continued for thousands of years can continue uninterrupted, at least in southern Palm Beach County.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}11007346694,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}11007346694,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="11007346694?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Rebecca Germany, sea turtle conservation assistant at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, washes the ATV used for turtle monitoring following her early morning beach patrol.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347273,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347273,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="11007347273?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>Ecological Associates Inc. environmental monitor Michelle Simpson clears sargassum from a leatherback turtle nest in Delray Beach. It was the first recorded turtle nest in the state in 2023. The eggs were laid in a nest so early in the season, Feb. 16, that it caught EAI personnel off guard and they needed to involve Gumbo Limbo in the marking of the nest because they did not have their equipment on hand for the season. Simpson has worked as a turtle monitor for four years, with this being her first year with EAI. The group is responsible for a little over three miles along Delray Beach.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347657,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347657,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="11007347657?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>Lexie Dvoracek logs disorienting and distracting lighting conditions during her first lighting survey of the 2023 turtle nesting season along the shore at Gulf Stream. Dvoracek is the conservation program manager for Sea Turtle Adventures.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347496,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}11007347496,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="11007347496?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>EAI environmental monitor Michelle Simpson has a tattoo of a leatherback on her right leg and another turtle tattoo on her left wrist.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p></div>Boca Raton: Last-minute push readies interchangehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boca-raton-last-minute-push-readies-interchange2023-02-01T16:50:42.000Z2023-02-01T16:50:42.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10952701698,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10952701698,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10952701698?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>The components that make up the traffic signal controller cabinet for the interchange were visible as adjustments were made on the opening day of use.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10952702097,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10952702097,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10952702097?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>The intersection is in the flight path for planes landing at Boca Raton Airport.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10952703072,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10952703072,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10952703072?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>FDOT employees and contractors wave to other workers while using the covered walkway that runs through the middle of the overpass. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Related: </strong><a href="https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boca-raton-new-glades-interchange-puts-motorists-on-other-side-of?edited=1"><strong>New Glades interchange puts motorists on other side of road</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><br /> <strong><em>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p></div>Hurricane Nicole, Nov. 10: Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-nicole-nov-10-photos2022-11-10T15:36:50.000Z2022-11-10T15:36:50.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879155086,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879155086,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879155086?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>The high tide line along Delray's beach is visible in the early morning hours of Nov. 10. View is from the Casaurina Street beach entrance in Delray Beach. <strong>Photo provided by Louise Lafond</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879161080,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879161080,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879161080?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="480" /></a>Water was receding, but still covered streets on the west side of Briny Breezes Nov. 10. <strong>Photo provided by Ruth Leming</strong></em></p>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879198674,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879198674,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879198674?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></strong></em><em><strong>Max Chiorean, of Boynton Beach, walked across the exposed rocks on Gulf Stream Beach with his surfboard on Nov. 10. Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879210863,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879210863,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879210863?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a>North end of the seawall during high tide Nov. 10 at the Delray Beach Marina where Claudia Willis was standing in 1 foot of water. High tide was at 11 a.m. “I have never seen (the water) this high,” said Willis who has lived in the neighborhood for decades. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Photo provided by Claudia Willis<br /> </span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879211281,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879211281,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879211281?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="481" /></a></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Waves continue to cover Lantana's Beach and smash against the sea wall during sunrise on Nov. 10. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Photo provided by Paula Romeo</span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879213066,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879213066,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879213066?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Waves crash against a railing at the Imperial House in South Palm Beach on Nov. 10. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Photo provided by Bonnie Fischer</span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879240063,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879240063,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879240063?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>A lifeguard stand on Delray Beach settles on a tilt caused by erosion to the dune on Nov. 10. <br /> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">The city's well planted dune helped keep the ocean from going over the dune and onto A1A. </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Photo provided by Kari Shipley<br /> </span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879281669,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879281669,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="640" alt="10879281669?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>A different angle s</span></span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;">hows yellow caution tape designating the tower as closed. There’s a two-foot drop to the beach, said Chris Heffernan, a resident and a beach walker. He took the photo on Nov. 10. and said The tower’s position was fine on Nov. 9, meaning that the beach erosion had occurred overnight. </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Photo provided by Chris Heffernan<br /></span></span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879265456,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879265456,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879265456?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">The entrance to the Eau Palm Beach garage and Lantana city parking lot remained flooded on Nov. 10.</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Photo provided by Bonnie Fischer</span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879267277,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879267277,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879267277?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Visitors photograph a partially collapsed set of stairs to the beach at the Lantana Beach seawall on Nov. 10.</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Photo provided by Bonnie Fischer</span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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<div class="_1B9eQ _3Lw0C" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10879268101,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10879268101,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10879268101?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Sea Oats help to bind the sand and slow erosion at a dune crossover in Ocean Ridge. On Nov. 10, other crossovers without plantings, had lost steps and supports. </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:small;">Photo provided by Denise LeBlanc</span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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</div></div>Tropical Storm Nicole, Nov. 9: Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/tropical-storm-nicole-nov-9-photos2022-11-09T15:40:22.000Z2022-11-09T15:40:22.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878417860,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878417860,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878417860?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Waves crash into stairs and a sea wall in Ocean Ridge during high tide. <strong>Photo provided by Denise Leblanc</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878478501,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878478501,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878478501?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em> Residents in Briny Breezes prepare to comply with Palm Beach County's mandatory evacuation order on the morning of Nov. 9. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878418281,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878418281,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878418281?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>A car stalls along Ocean Avenue in Ocean Ridge during high tide. <strong>Photo provided by Denise Leblanc</strong><br /> </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878420083,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878420083,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878420083?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a>Cars inch through standing water along Ocean Avenue in Ocean Ridge. <strong>Photo provided by Denise Leblanc</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878419070,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878419070,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878419070?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a><em>A kayaker checks out the mobile homes on the west side of Briny Breezes during high tide. <strong>Joe Capozzi/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>A red jeep turns around in Ocean Plaza to avoid the flooding along East Boynton Beach Boulevard in Boynton Beach on Nov. 9.</em><strong><em> Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star<br /> </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Vehicles moved slowly through a flooded section of East Boynton Beach Boulevard in Boynton Beach on Nov. 9 that was due to rainfall brought by Tropical Storm Nicole. <strong>Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star</strong></em><strong><em><br /> </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Elias Reynolds of Delray Beach prepares to move a friend’s sailboat to higher ground on the north end of Delray Beach's public beach on Nov. 9.</em><strong><em> Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star<br /> </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Only a handful of sailboats on the north end of Delray's publice beach had been moved into the dunes around 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 9.</em><strong><em> Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star<br /> </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878529886,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878529886,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878529886?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></em></strong><em>The Intracoastal Waterway began to flood the dock and go above the sea wall at Barr Terrace Condominium in Delray Beach around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 9. </em><strong><em>Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star<br /> </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878541658,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878541658,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878541658?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></em></strong><em>Waves break over the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet in advance of Tropica Storm Nicole on Nov. 9.</em><strong><em> Photo provided by Haley Joyce</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> <strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878543895,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878543895,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878543895?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></em></strong><em>Wind-whipped waters of the Lake Worth Lagoon near the Boynton Inlet wash across Island Drive in Ocean Ridge.</em><strong><em> Photo provided by Haley Joyce</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878544893,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878544893,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878544893?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></em></strong><em>Boynton Inlet Park looking west from the A1A bridge was under water at high tide on Nov. 9.</em><strong><em> Photo provided by Nadine Magee</em></strong></p>
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<div><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878547057,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878547057,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878547057?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a>The Atlantic Ocean is seen from the Clarendon condo in Highland Beach at noontime Nov. 9. While the ocean was turbulent, the winds were mostly less than 30 mph. There was less than an inch of rain. <strong>Photo provided by John Shoemaker</strong></em><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878555683,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878555683,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878555683?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Water rises to porch level of a home along the marina in Briny Breezes during high tide on Nov. 9, but the lights stay on. <strong>Photo provided by Joanna Malin</strong></em></p>
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<div class="_3CGk5 _3z4ph" style="text-align:center;"> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878567499,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878567499,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878567499?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Marine Way looking east toward the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach </em><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><em>about noon Nov. 9. Water appeared to be coming up from the drains, which was expected because it was just two hours after high tide and influenced by the king tides and full moon.</em> <strong>Photo provided by Claudia Willis</strong></span></span></div>
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<div class="_3CGk5 _3z4ph" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878581282,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878581282,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878581282?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="481" /></a></strong><em>Waves washed away beach sand creating a ledge between Spanish River and Red Reef Parks in Boca Raton on Nov. 9. <strong>Photo provided by Joy Rebello</strong></em></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="_3CGk5 _3z4ph" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878582865,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878582865,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878582865?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></strong><em>A truck pushes through standing water on A1A by Hammock Park, just south of the Sun Dek Resort in Ocean Ridge, on Nov. 9. <strong>Photo provided by Nadine Magee</strong></em></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="_3CGk5 _3z4ph" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878597666,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878597666,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878597666?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></strong>An elevated pump sits between homes in Briny Breezes flooded during king tides on Nov. 9. <strong>Photo provided by Jim Connolly</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="_3CGk5 _3z4ph" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10878621061,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10878621061,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10878621061?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>A beach walker takes a photo of waves generated by Tropical Storm Nicole outside The Tamarind condo in Ocean Ridge on Nov. 9. <strong>Photo provided by Kim Marshall </strong></em></span></span></span></div>
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</div></div>Hurricane Ian — Three Days of Weather: Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-ian-photos2022-09-29T15:10:35.000Z2022-09-29T15:10:35.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830743278,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830743278,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830743278?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="640" /></a><em>On Sept. 26, John Shoemaker shot these swirling clouds from his eighth-floor oceanfront condominium in Highland Beach as bands from Hurricane Ian approached. ‘As menacing as it looked, it just rained for about five minutes,’ he said.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830747053,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830747053,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830747053?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>By Sept. 27, workers from Palm Beach County were removing the traffic control cross-arms from the Woolbright Road bridge in anticipation of Ian. During hurricanes, drawbridges are locked in the down position to facilitate better automobile traffic flow. The arms are reinstalled after the storm has passed. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830750488,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830750488,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830750488?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Students are pummeled with heavy rain and strong wind as they leave the Don Estridge High Tech Middle School campus Sept. 27 in Boca Raton. Anticipating severe weather from Hurricane Ian, the Palm Beach County School District decided to close all schools beginning Sept. 28. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830754278,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830754278,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830754278?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></strong>A precautionary sign is posted Sept. 28 on Beach Curve Road to warn drivers of the frequent flooding on Hypoluxo Island. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830754858,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830754858,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830754858?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></strong>Boca Raton resident Brian Roush paddles his kayak on Southeast Wavecrest Way on Sept. 28. <br /> <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830738269,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><br /> <img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830738269,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830738269?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Joseph Curry, from Lake Clarke Shores, jumps into the surf from the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet, taking advantage of the waves created by Hurricane Ian. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10830740056,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10830740056,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10830740056?profile=original" width="710" /></a></strong>The city of Delray Beach deployed a containment boom along Marine Way to help control flooding in the Marina District.<strong> Photo provided by Genie Deponte</strong></em></p></div>Memorial Day: Boca Raton Cemetery — May 30https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/memorial-day-boca-raton-cemetery-may-302022-06-01T15:42:07.000Z2022-06-01T15:42:07.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Honoring the fallen</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day, began after the Civil War to remember the fallen of that conflagration. It now honors all who have died in military service to the country.</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530631086,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530631086,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10530631086?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Community members listen to one of the speakers during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Boca Raton Cemetery on May 30.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530631664,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530631664,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10530631664?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Boca Raton Police and Fire Honor Guard members walk in procession to begin the ceremony, which was hosted by the city of Boca Raton.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632055,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632055,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10530632055?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Beth Becker Agami, a Gold Star Mother from Boca Raton, addresses the crowd. Her son, Army Spc. Daniel J. Agami, died on June 21, 2007, while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632256,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632256,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10530632256?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="581" /></a><em>Mary Allen, a Gold Star Family Member, and Korean War veteran Larry Boyden applaud a speaker at the ceremony, which included music by the Fort Lauderdale Highlanders and the Coastmen Chorus.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632492,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530632492,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10530632492?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="673" /></a><em>Members of the Boca Raton Community High School NJROTC perform a</em><br /> <em>ceremonial folding of the American flag.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><br /> <strong>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></p></div>Lantana: Town celebrates centennial on nation's birthdayhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/lantana-town-celebrates-centennial-on-nation-s-birthday2021-07-05T17:17:44.000Z2021-07-05T17:17:44.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9205630075,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9205630075,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9205630075?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="699" /></a><em>The Grant family from Daytona Beach,Taylin, 2, Tyler, Kahlin and Kyler, 6, enjoy a live concert featuring Nikki Kidd & the Collective Band during Lantana's centennial celebration on July 4th at Bicentennial Park. Lantana changed the original date of its centennial observance from April 24 to July 4th because of health concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9205630657,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9205630657,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9205630657?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="696" /></a><em>Lantana Mayor Robert Hagerty recognizes the Kresak family visiting from North Carolina to attend the town's centennial celebration. The family are descendents of Lantana pioneer M.B. Lyman and his father, M.K. Lyman. Pictured (l-r) are: Ian, 18; Brenda Jamison Kresak; Landan, 5; Brendan, 18 months; Ethan, 8; Ryan, 13; Aidan, 14; Mark Kresak; and Nolan, 16. The seven boys are seventh-generation Lyman descendents. Brenda is Cindy Lyman Jamison's daughter, Cindy's father was Capt. Kenny Lyman, Kenny's father was Walter "Pop" Lyman, Pop Lyman was Morris Benson Lyman's son, M.B. Lyman was M.K. Lyman's son. Morris Kennedy Lyman and Morris Benson Lyman came to the region in 1884. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9205631457,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9205631457,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9205631457?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Zach Gorman of Boynton Beach was one of six co-winners in the watermelon eating contest that was part of the July 4th festivities in Lantana. In addition to celebrating the birth of the nation, Lantana also celebrated its 100th birthday. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9205631491,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9205631491,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9205631491?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Michelle Jackson, a traveling nurse from Tennessee who spent the last three months working at JFK Medical Center, was one of the winners in the hula hoop contest. She and two children outlasted a field of more than 20 participants. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9205632076,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9205632076,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9205632076?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="496" /></a><em>The fireworks for Lantana's celebration lasted a half hour, and many in the crowd commented on how exciting they were. The town didn't have fireworks last year because of the pandemic, so it spent twice as much, $60,000, this year. </em><strong><em>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</em></strong></div>
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</div></div>Boca Bash 2021: Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boca-bash-2021-photos2021-04-29T18:16:16.000Z2021-04-29T18:16:16.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8857194874,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8857194874,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8857194874?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Boca Bash, the annual party on Lake Boca Raton drew thousands of boaters Sunday, Apr 25, 2021 following its cancellation last year due to COVID-19. <strong>Photos by Tim Stepien</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Related story: <a href="https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boca-raton-thousands-of-boats-plenty-of-alcohol-and-skimpy-suits=edit" target="_blank">Thousands of boats</a>, plenty of alcohol and skimpy suits | Boca Bash 2021 <a href="https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boca-raton-boca-bash-returns-after-year-off-for-pandemic" target="_blank">Photos</a> <br /></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8862538476,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8862538476,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8862538476?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><br /><em> Teacher Nancy Moore reads and explains to the students about life in the early years of Florida.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8862542856,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8862542856,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8862542856?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>Bridget Barbieri gets help with her braids from Georgia Rudisill while wearing a dress that her grandmother Margaret Di Nanno created. Bridget exclaimed, ‘I love this class, we are getting to experience what life was like then, not just read about it in a book. I can’t believe how hot these long dresses must have been in the summer.’</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8862543480,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8862543480,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8862543480?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a><em>Using an old-fashion washboard and bar soap, Finley Williams got to experience household chores. <strong>Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p></div>Dorian: Readers' Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/dorian-reader-s-photos2019-09-04T16:00:00.000Z2019-09-04T16:00:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Send your Dorian photos to: news@thecoastalstar or click Photos in toolbar above.</strong></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><em>A local surfer catches a perfect wave off Briny Breezes.</em> <strong>Photo by Ira Friedman</strong></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960884098,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960884098,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960884098?profile=original" /></a>Jason Daniel, right, vice president of operations for IPIC, receives donations for Bahamas relief Wednesday from donor Rick Lambert of Boynton Beach, at the IPIC In Delray Beach. Daniel said IPIC CEO Hamid Hashemi plans to deliver relief supplies to the Bahamas on his private yacht. <strong>Photo by Willie Howard</strong></em></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><em>Genie DePonte, of Marine Way in Delray Beach, had her grandson take this photo of her and her friend, Gayle Clark, using a neighbor's kayak Sept. 3 to travel down Marine Way. DePonte said the high tide at about 2 p.m., combined with extra oomph from the king tides and the wind from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas piled up to 3 feet of water on her stretch of Marine Way. The water was taller than the top of her boots, she said. Clark, in the front of the kayak, later posted the photo on her Facebook page. </em></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960885279,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960885279,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960885279?profile=original" /></a><em>Claudia Willis, also of Marine Way in Delray Beach, took these photos of the city marina at high tide on Sept. 2. She found the water level "scary" because she lives across the street. The high tide and king tide influence pushed the water from the Intracoastal Waterway onto the end of Marine Way. The city's stormwater drain on the west side of Marine Way backs up after the slightest rain, she said, and does not work properly. </em></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><em> John Miller, of Delray Beach, drove up to Boynton Beach in the early afternoon of Sept. 3 to check on his boat. He keeps it docked on a finger canal off Rider Road. The area floods during high tides and especially on days of king tides when there's a major hurricane 100 miles offshore. Neighbors cast off from their backyards to catch jack fish swimming on the walkways.</em></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><em>Harry Woodworth lives along the Intracoastal Waterway in Boynton Beach in a home tbat is hurricane-hardened to withstand winds up to 129 mph. He took these photos outside his Boynton Beach house at high tide time, 1:40 p.m., Sept. 3. The first shows the view looking north to the Boynton Beach Inlet and the second shows his and his neighbor's docks under 3 feet of water.</em></div>
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<div><em>A sign of the times in the County Pocket. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<div><em>County Pocket resident Bill Benda fills sandbags with beach sand Sept. 2 before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. He planned on returning the sand after the storm. J<strong>erry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
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<em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960892064,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960892064,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960892064?profile=original" /></a>Officer Festa of the Boynton Beach Police Department speaks to Briny Breezes resident Roger Klink after mandatory evacuation orders were announced Sept. 1 in advance of Hurricane Dorian. Festa was one of several officers who were in the mobile home park letting residents know about the mandatory evacuations. Boynton Beach provides police protection to the Town of Briny Breezes. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></div>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960892696,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960892696,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960892696?profile=original" /></a></em><em>Employees of the City of Delray Parks and Recreation Department filled more sandbags to hand out Aug. 30 at Pompey Park.</em> <em><strong>Rachel O'Hara/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960893456,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960893456,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960893456?profile=original" /></a></strong></em><em>Jeffrey Barnes, an employee for the City of Delray Beach's Water Department, puts up hurricane shutters at Sandoway Discovery Center on Aug. 30. Barnes said that there were 22 city buildings that needed to have hurricane shutters installed. The prior day Barnes had worked with three neighbors to put up shutters on six homes in his neighborhood.</em> <strong><em>Rachel O'Hara/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960893296,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960893296,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960893296?profile=original" /></a></strong>In Boca Raton a homeowner on Lake Drive has a new and more powerful generator lifted onto his property prior to Dorian’s arrival. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p></p></div>King Tides: Our soggy fall ritualhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/king-tides-our-soggy-fall-ritual2017-11-01T18:30:00.000Z2017-11-01T18:30:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em>It’s that time of year again, when full and new moon phases combine with the moon’s position to give us higher than usual tides and flooding.</em></span><br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757054,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757054,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960757054?profile=original" /></a><em><strong>Oct. 6:</strong> Driving down Brooks Lane in Delray Beach was a challenge.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757455,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757455,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960757455?profile=original" /></a><strong>Oct. 6:</strong> A school of mullet reaches grass on a property on the north edge of Lake Boca Raton.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757490,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757490,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960757490?profile=original" /></a></em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757490,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a><strong>Oct. 6:</strong> Debris from Hurricane Irma and high water combined to make Marine Way in Delray Beach difficult to navigate.<br /> <br /> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757690,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960757690,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960757690?profile=original" /></a><em><strong>Oct. 20:</strong> A mosquito sprayer and a pool man had to cope with standing water on Inlet Cay Drive in Ocean Ridge.</em><br /> <br /> <em><strong>Photos by Tim Stepien, Michelle Quigley and</strong></em> <br /> <em><strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><strong>Flooding will peak again during king tides Nov. 4-6</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Related Stories: Municipalities in mutual talks on response to <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-municipalities-in-mutual-talks-on-response-to-sea">sea-level rise</a> | Delray-based cruise provides education on <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-delray-based-cruise-provides-education-on-sea-wal">sea walls</a>’ vulnerability | Upset residents prompt repairs as <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/ocean-ridge-upset-residents-prompt-repairs-as-drainage-woes-peak-">drainage woes</a> peak on Ocean Ridge island | Editor's Note: King tides remind us we need to <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/editor-s-note-king-tides-remind-us-we-need-to-plan-and-adapt">plan and adapt</a><br /></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Boynton Beach flood workshop <br /> When:</strong> 5:30 to 7 p.m., Nov. 8<strong><br /> Where:</strong> Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Highway<strong><br /> What:</strong> Information available on flooding during storms, high tides and sea-level rise. The new FEMA flood maps will be displayed.</p></div>Along the Coast: Municipalities in mutual talks on response to sea-level risehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-municipalities-in-mutual-talks-on-response-to-sea2017-11-01T18:15:43.000Z2017-11-01T18:15:43.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743463,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743463,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960743463?profile=original" /></a></strong><em><strong>Oct. 6:</strong> Lake Boca Raton crested over a seawall, flooding the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton and allowing mullet and other marine life to swim into the streets and yards of homes. </em></p>
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<p><strong>By Rich Pollack</strong><br /> <br /> With king tides, Hurricane Irma and torrential thunderstorms still fresh in the minds of residents, a small group of representatives from area coastal communities is meeting informally in hopes of working together to address rising-water issues caused by weather-related events.<br /> Known as the Southeast Palm Beach County Micro-regional Group, the representatives from small towns — among them Ocean Ridge and Highland Beach — are joining forces with members from Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Lantana to share information and ideas and perhaps make policy recommendations that multiple communities can adopt. <br /> “Our goal is to have cities and towns work together to develop solutions related to climate change and sea-level rise,” says Nancy Schneider, the volunteer facilitator for the group and a senior program officer with the Institute for Sustainable Communities. “Sea-level rise and flooding are top issues.”<br /> All the communities involved in the group share a common denominator — the Intracoastal Waterway — and previously took an individual approach to addressing rising-water issues, rather than regularly communicating with one another. <br /> Yet, according to Schneider, actions of one community could negatively affect another. For example, rising water levels could cause a septic tank in one community to overflow into waterways shared by neighboring communities. <br /> “What one community does impacts another,” she said. “We need to take a cohesive approach rather than an individual approach.”<br /> During an informal meeting last month, the second time the group gathered, representatives from the coastal communities discussed ways to share information and best practices, and communicate a coordinated message. They also discussed working together to educate the public about the impact of rising water levels and what can be done.<br /> The group discussed the possibility of creating an informational brochure that could be distributed to residents in all of the communities, presenting a consistent message and sharing costs. Members also plan to bring speakers to their every-other-month meetings who can provide information beneficial to all communities. <br /> Ocean Ridge Commissioner Don MaGruder, who attended last month’s meeting, believes his town can benefit from hearing how communities are addressing rising water issues.<br /> “You don’t want to waste a lot of time reinventing the wheel,” he said. “There’s a lot to learn from what other cities and towns have done to educate the public and mitigate the problems.”<br /> In addition to sharing what’s been done in the past, the group talked about sharing studies rather than having each city or town hire consultants to do similar research. <br /> Delray Beach, for example, is having a coastal engineering firm study seawalls in the community and make recommendations on how they can be improved. While the conclusions will be specific to Delray Beach, there may be findings that could benefit other communities. <br /> “We want to share that information,” said Ana Puszkin-Chevlin, sustainability officer for Delray Beach, which is one of the local leaders in addressing sea-level rise. <br /> In fact, Schneider says, the local group was formed after Delray Beach’s Rising Waters Task Force recommended it in a report to the City Commission.<br /> “The recommendations in the Rising Waters Task Force’s report could be beneficial to all the communities in the micro-regional group,” she said.<br /> The area group, Schneider said, is a localized way to gain momentum for implementation on the Regional Climate Action Plan, the guiding document developed by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact for all of southeast Florida. <br /> “As a result of the cooperation within the micro-regional collaborative, cities will be better able to implement the regional plan recommendations by sharing best practices with city neighbors, being more efficient through economies of scale and taking a uniform approach to actual implementation,” Schneider said.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743086,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743086,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960743086?profile=original" /></a><em><strong>Oct. 6:</strong> Boca Raton resident Ralph Marazzo used a towel to dry out the rear foot-well of his rental car parked at the west end of Sweetwater Lane in Boca Raton. Not only did the high water created by the annual king tides drench the inside of the car, it also shorted out the battery</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743869,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960743869,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960743869?profile=original" /></a><strong>Oct. 5:</strong> King tide conditions in the parking lot of the Boynton Beach Marina made it hard to see where the parking lot ends and the Intracoastal begins.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Photos by Tim Stepien and <br />Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p></div>October King Tides — Photoshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/october-king-tides-photos2017-10-06T19:00:00.000Z2017-10-06T19:00:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3">The Coastal Star <em>will be photographing the King Tides in October/November and sharing photographs from our coastal communities.<br /></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em>As you see flooding in your neighborhood, we hope you'll share your photos as well.</em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><br /> King tides is the nonscientific term for the highest tides of the year, according to the NOAA website. The king tides will occur again at 8:41 a.m. Nov. 5 and 9:32 a.m. Nov. 6.</em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em>Oct. 4</em></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752062,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752062,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="681" alt="7960752062?profile=original" /></a></em></span><em>A jogger makes his way down the beach in Ocean Ridge as rough waves and wind kick up foaming conditions at high tide. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752499,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752499,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960752499?profile=original" /></a></strong>Sweetwater Lane in coastal Boca Raton floods during the King Tide. <strong>Photo provided by Jessica Gray</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Oct. 5</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752280,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752280,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="504" alt="7960752280?profile=original" /></a></strong>A woman looks around a recently built duplex at the border of Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes to see if it’s possible to continue her walk down the beach. She chose not to continue. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p class="align-center" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752670,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752670,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960752670?profile=original" /></a></strong></em> <em>King Tide conditions in the parking lot of the Boynton Beach Marina block access to the Banana Boat restaurant. <strong>Tim Stepien /The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p class="align-center" style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753068,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753068,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="504" alt="7960753068?profile=original" /></a></strong>Brooks Lane in southern Delray Beach is flooded by the rising King Tide. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752863,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752863,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960752863?profile=original" /></a></strong>This home on Brooks Lane in Delray Beach is surrounded by water during the King Tide. <strong>Tim Stepien /The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752884,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960752884,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960752884?profile=original" /></a></em></span><em>The Lady K Drift boat appears to be sitting in the flooded parking lot of Sportsman Park in Lantana. <strong>Willie Howard/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Oct. 6</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753459,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753459,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="504" alt="7960753459?profile=original" /></a><em>Boca Raton resident Ralph Marazzo uses a towel to dry out the rear foot-well of his rental car parked at the west end of Sweetwater Lane in Boca Raton. Not only did the high water created by the annual King Tides drench the inside of the car, it also shorted out the battery. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753286,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753286,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960753286?profile=original" /></a></strong>The Intracoastal Waterway spills over the seawall at Veterans Park in Delray Beach. The city recently began replacing the seawall and docks at the park. <strong>Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753485,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753485,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960753485?profile=original" /></a><em>The Lady Atlantic cruises past Deck 84's flooded docks along the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach. <strong>Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753695,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753695,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960753695?profile=original" /></a></strong><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753695,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></strong>Marine Way along the Intracoastal Waterway sees some of the worst flooding in Delray Beach. Looking north (above) and south (below.) <strong>Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753890,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960753890,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960753890?profile=original" /></a></strong></em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754081,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754081,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960754081?profile=original" /></a><em>Water overflowing from a storm drain flows around piles of Hurricane Irma's debris on NE 1st Court in Delray Beach. <strong>Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754482,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754482,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960754482?profile=original" /></a></strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754482,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a>Lake Boca Raton crested over the sea wall and breached the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton (above) giving mullet and other marine life access to the streets and yards of homes (below). <strong>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star<br /></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754861,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754861,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960754861?profile=original" /></a></strong></em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960755065,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960755065,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960755065?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754280,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960754280,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960754280?profile=original" /></a><em>The north end of Marine Way in Delray Beach during the October King Tide. <strong>Photo provided by Eugenia Deponte</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"></p></div>Hurricane Irma: Photos from our readershttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-photos-from-our-readers2017-09-14T17:30:00.000Z2017-09-14T17:30:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960747694,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960747694,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960747694?profile=original" /></a><em>Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. <strong>Photo provided</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960748880,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960748880,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960748880?profile=original" /></a></strong></em><em>Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. <strong>Photo provided</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749272,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749272,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="640" alt="7960749272?profile=original" /></a></strong><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749272,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></strong>A palm tree fell into the Intracoastal Waterway in Highland Beach. <strong>Photo by Peggy Gossett-Seidman</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749455,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749455,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960749455?profile=original" /></a></strong><font id="yiv3876009084yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505497645430_19248" size="3"><span id="yiv3876009084yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505497645430_17162">Palms swayed in the wind Saturday as Hurricane Irma approached Boynton Beach. </span><span id="yiv3876009084yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505497645430_17163">Here's a view looking east across the Intracoastal Waterway from Harry Woodworth's backyard during one of the gusts. "Many times we could not see even the two boats less than 250 feet away!" Woodworth said. <strong>Photo by Harry Woodworth</strong></span></font></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><font size="3"><span><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749664,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749664,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="640" alt="7960749664?profile=original" /></a></strong></span></font>Damage at Boca Pointe Country Club in Boca Raton following Hurricane Irma. <strong>Photo by Stacey Vogel</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749289,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749289,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="240" alt="7960749289?profile=original" /></a><em>The beach in Highland Beach is littered following Hurricane Irma. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749854,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749854,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="240" alt="7960749854?profile=original" /></a></strong>Residents wait as police check IDs at the Highland Beach border following Hurricane Irma. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749867,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749867,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960749867?profile=original" /></a></strong>The Publix at Linton Blvd. and Federal Hwy. has roped off their freezer section following Hurricane Irma. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750464,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750464,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="640" alt="7960750464?profile=original" /></a></strong>Highland Beach palms along A1A were stripped of fronds as Delray Beach Fire Department checks condos on Tuesday. <strong>Photo by Peggy Gossett-Seidman</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750292,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750292,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960750292?profile=original" /></a></strong>Tree damage at Veterans Park in Delray Beach. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750867,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750867,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960750867?profile=original" /></a></strong>Veterans Park in Delray Beach following the storm. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749882,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960749882,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960749882?profile=original" /></a></strong>Damage to an awning on a house along the Intracoastal Waterway between Delray Beach and Highland beach was caused by Hurricane Irma's winds. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750881,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750881,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960750881?profile=original" /></a></strong>A sheet of metal roofing is torn from the porch of a house along the Intracoastal Waterway between Highland Beach and Delray Beach. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750894,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750894,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="320" alt="7960750894?profile=original" /></a></strong>A palm tree falls near a boat along the Intracoastal Waterway between Delray Beach and Highland Beach. <strong>Photo by Rachel Prince</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750677,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960750677,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="480" alt="7960750677?profile=original" /></a></strong><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505497695540_32469" size="3">A palm approximately 25-feet tall fell in Mike Smollon's backyard in the County Pocket. He spent the storm hours in Palm Beach Gardens. He didn't know the type of palm and said, "<span style="font-family:arial;" id="yiv3876009084yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505497645430_27387">I grew that from a seed that I brought from Arizona over 15 years ago." <strong>Photo by Mike Smollon</strong></span></font></em></p>
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<p><em><font size="3"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751253,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751253,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="480" alt="7960751253?profile=original" /></a></strong></span></font></em><i>Abbey Delray senior living community welcomed residents from sister community, Harbour’s Edge during Hurricane Irma. While Abbey Delray didn’t receive any serious damage there was some down tree limbs and debris scattered in the area. Tommy Schuster, a team member from Friendship Village of South Hills, a sister community located in Upper St. Clair, PA., volunteered to assist the hurricane relief efforts. He’s pictured here clearing debris and assisting the team with whatever they needed. <strong>Photo provided</strong><br /></i></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751057,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751057,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960751057?profile=original" /></a><em>A fence is blown down by Hurricane Irma at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Lake Worth. <strong>Photo by Milka Santos</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751469,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751469,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960751469?profile=original" /></a></strong></em><em>A fence is blown down by Hurricane Irma at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Lake Worth. <strong>Photo by Milka Santos</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751862,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751862,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960751862?profile=original" /></a><em>The children's garden received damage at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Lake Worth. <strong>Photo by Milka Santos</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Sacred Heart School sustains damage from Hurricane Irma. Work crews are working to repair damage.</strong></em></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><em>"I am heart broken at the damage we have sustained. We have roof damage and water leaks in classrooms, our fencing is down, and our screened in porch is missing a few walls. Sadly, our children's garden has been destroyed. I pray that our children and their family are safe." Principal Candace Tamposi</em></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><em>The school is waiting to have power restored soon and hope to be back to teaching their scholars by Monday, Sept. 18.</em></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751887,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751887,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960751887?profile=original" /></a><em>A large ficus tree falls during Hurricane Irma in Boynton Beach. <strong>Photo by Troy Giddens</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>In the neighborhood by forest park elementary grew old Banyan trees. Growing up in Boynton Beach such a tree was my favorite to play in. My friends and I would climb these majestic almost nurturing beings that offered us hours of fun and refuge.</em> <em>As the years and hurricanes have passed I watched these wonders of nature stand fast against the torrential winds and rain until they could stand no more. I'm guessing the old trees became weakened by the years. I mean they had to of been 100 years old or more!</em> <em>This year during hurricane Irma we lost another Majestic giant who lived on 12th and 2nd. Farwell gentle giant,farwell.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>— Troy Giddens</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751678,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960751678,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="640" alt="7960751678?profile=original" /></a>These brave linemen from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, drove 1,500 miles in 17 trucks into the storm to restore our electric in Highland Beach. In one day, the 23 guys put an end to our week-long misery of no electric in 91-degree stifling sun. Never mind they are suffering in heavy safety gear in this heat while accustomed to temps in the 30s and 40s Fahrenheit! They slept in their trucks due to no hotels, and also rescued us in Wilma. As always, the friendly and mellow Canadians from Durham High Voltage and owner Steve Dewell never complained. Residents delivered dozens of donuts, sandwiches and cookies to the workmen during their job. <strong>Photo by Peggy Gossett-Seidman</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"></p></div>Hurricane Irma: Pictures from the storm (Sept. 13 & 14)https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-pictures-from-the-storm-sept-13-142017-09-14T16:00:00.000Z2017-09-14T16:00:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741659,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741659,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="729" alt="7960741659?profile=original" /></a><em>A hand-made sign marks the location of a down power line in the County Pocket on Sept. 13. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741268,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741268,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960741268?profile=original" /></a></strong><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741268,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></strong>A power pole leans across South Island Drive in Ocean Ridge on Sept. 13. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741289,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741289,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960741289?profile=original" /></a></strong>Ocean Ridge officer Jimmy Pilon directs traffic as FPL and contractors work on power lines at Woolbright Road and A1A on Sept. 14. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741487,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741487,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="431" alt="7960741487?profile=original" /></a></strong>A power pole lays across A1A in front of the Chalfonte Condominiums in Boca Raton due to strong winds from Hurricane Irma. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741856,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741856,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="366" alt="7960741856?profile=original" /></a></strong>Rugs dry on a balcony at Villa d' Este in Gulf Stream on Sept. 13. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741873,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741873,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960741873?profile=original" /></a><em>A resident of Place Au Soleil in Gulf Stream shows a friend the tree that fell during Hurricane Irma. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741697,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741697,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960741697?profile=original" /></a></strong>Joseph, the maintenance director at St. Lucy Catholic Church in Highland Beach, clears trees on church property that were damaged by Hurricane Irma. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741894,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960741894,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960741894?profile=original" /></a></strong>Highland Beach sidewalks remained blocked Sept. 14 due to debris and downed trees from Hurricane Irma. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742054,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742054,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960742054?profile=original" /></a></strong>A tree twisted and cracked in the front yard of a Boca Raton home during the winds of Hurricane Irma. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742281,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742281,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960742281?profile=original" /></a></strong>A pile of yard debris from Hurricane Irma dwarfs a house on SE Wave Crest Way in Boca Raton. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742495,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742495,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960742495?profile=original" /></a>Coastal Star <em>editor, Mary Kate Leming, gives a thumbs up after a morning spent clearing her Ocean Ridge yard on Sept. 13. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742857,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742857,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960742857?profile=original" /></a></strong>Surfers approach Spanish River Park in Boca Raton Sept. 14 in hopes of catching some waves provided by Hurricane Irma. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742675,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960742675,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="576" alt="7960742675?profile=original" /></a></strong>Painted coconuts that spell out IRMA sit in front of a residence inside Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club in Boca Raton. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><strong>Photos from the storm: <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-pictures-from-the-storm">Sept. 11</a></strong> |<strong>Sept. 12 <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-pictures-from-the-storm-day-2">morning</a>; Sept. 12 <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-pictures-from-the-storm-day-2-afternoon">afternoon</a></strong> | <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-pictures-from-the-storm-sept-13-14"><strong>Sept. 13 & 14</strong></a> | <strong>Briny Breezes <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/briny-breezes-aerial-sept-11">aerial</a></strong></strong></em> <em><strong><strong>| Photos from our <a href="http://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/hurricane-irma-photos-from-our-readers">readers</a></strong></strong></em></p>
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<p></p></div>Memories forged during Sister City exchangehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/memories-forged-during-sister-city-exchange2015-12-02T20:09:19.000Z2015-12-02T20:09:19.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960611071,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960611071,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="720" alt="7960611071?profile=original" /></a> The Delray Beach City Commission recognized the students with a proclamation on Nov. 3. Afterward, students and their host families took photos. Students Chisato Nagai (left), Nanako Umezaki (center), Kana Nakagawa and Nozomi Mukainaka (far right) are joined by chaperone Emi Shibahara (back left) and host Ron Illsley. <strong><em>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</em></strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">T</span></strong></span>hey came from more than 7,500 miles away, hoping to learn about a culture and a city worlds apart from their own. <br />Yet when the 10 high school students from Miyazu, Japan — Delray Beach’s longtime Sister City — left a week later, what they had learned was more about what they shared in common with their young American counterparts and their host families. <br />As they headed for a short visit to New York after their time here, which included trips to three schools, the Morikami Museum and Gardens and other popular landmarks, the young visitors took with them friendships to last decades, if not lifetimes. <br />“It’s amazing how quickly the bonds form and how long they last,” said David Schmidt, president of Sister Cities of Delray Beach, which has been coordinating visits for students from here and Miyazu since 1999. <br />Miyazu English teacher Emi Shibahara — one of two chaperones on the visit — stayed with Ken and Susan Gross in Briny Breezes and she even brought a few of the students over for a visit.<br />“It was a great experience for us,” said Ken Gross, who had arranged for his 9-year-old granddaughter to visit at the same time the Miyazu students were here. <br />While the chaperone stayed in a community of mobile homes, two of the Japanese students saw a different side of South Florida when staying in a four-bedroom, two-story house with a family of six.<br />“They got to see what it’s like to be with a big family,” said Daphney Antoine-Boylan of Delray Beach, whose daughter, Lauren, will be traveling to Miyazu next year as part of the exchange program. <br />In the end, these people from different cultures, who had shared a week together, also shared tears as it was time for the visitors to depart. They also shared promises to keep in touch for years to come.<br /><em> — Rich Pollack</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"></p></div>Photos: Holiday Eventshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/photos-holiday-events2014-12-31T12:35:22.000Z2014-12-31T12:35:22.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Unity School Jazz Band performs</strong><br /><strong>Delray Beach Tree lighting — Dec. 4</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960548276,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960548276,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="538" alt="7960548276?profile=original" /></a><em>Now in its 15th year, the Unity School Jazz Band, under the direction of Bethany Gerena, performed during the holiday festivities by playing</em> Deckin’ the Halls<em>,</em> Jingle Bell Rock <em>and</em> God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen<em>. <strong>Photo provided</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960548078,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960548078,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="518" alt="7960548078?profile=original" /></a></strong>Delray Beach held its annual Holiday Parade along Atlantic Avenue beginning east of the Intracoastal and continuing west past Swinton Avenue. LEFT: Representatives of Plumosa School of the Arts marched with their float in the holiday parade.</em> <br /><strong><em>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960547698,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960547698,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="538" alt="7960547698?profile=original" /></a></strong><em>The cities of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach hosted the 43rd annual Holiday Boat Parade along the Intracoastal Waterway from the Boynton Beach Marina to the C-15 Canal, just south of the Linton Boulevard Bridge. ABOVE: Boats decorated in this year’s parade. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p></div>Four stellar dentists help put the (free) ‘care’ in ‘Caridad’https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/four-stellar-dentists-help-put-the-free-care-in-caridad2012-11-28T19:30:00.000Z2012-11-28T19:30:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p style="text-align:center;">With the help of more than 400 professional and medical volunteers, the Caridad Center provides comprehensive health and dental services to the uninsured, working poor families of Palm Beach County.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">During its annual ‘Wrapping up Your Holiday Wishes’ gala Dec. 8, the Caridad Center will honor four dentists for 20 years of volunteer care. The Constance Berry 2012 Award recipients are: Dr. Fred Alfele, Dr. Paul Archacki, Dr. Frank Boyar and Dr. Phillip Crawford.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>LEFT:</strong> Armida Salazar teaches a full waiting room about proper dental hygiene and the correct way to brush your teeth at the Caridad Center West of Boynton Beach.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>IF YOU GO</strong><br />The Caridad Center Gala 2012, “Wrapping Up Your Holiday Wishes,” will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, 2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Tickets are $250. <br />For more information, contact Mimi Haley Meister, mimihaley@aol.com, or call 213-2942.</p></div>Along the Coast: A1A again a star on beaten path for Florida campaignhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-a1a-again-a-star-on-beaten-path-for-florida-campa2012-10-31T18:00:00.000Z2012-10-31T18:00:00.000ZDeborah Hartz-Seeleyhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/DeborahHartzSeeley<div><p><span><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span><b>See photos from the campaign trail <a href="http://thecoastalstar.ning.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-the-coastal-campaign-trail-past-and-present">past and present</a><br /></b></span></p>
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<p>The presidential candidates who created a stir in coastal south county this year are only the most recent to discover the political magic along State Road A1A.</p>
<p>Barack Obama stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan during a campaign stop in July.</p>
<p>Then opponent Mitt Romney checked into the oceanfront Delray Beach Marriott for the Oct. 22 presidential debate.</p>
<p>Romney actually reached the beach for a flag football game. He and his family found burgers along A1A.</p>
<p>But paradise has attracted others before them.</p>
<p>Gerald Ford endeared himself to coastal residents with five campaign stops between Manalapan and Highland Beach before the 1976 election.</p>
<p>George H.W. Bush rested in Gulf Stream after winning the 1988 presidential election. Delray Beach named George Bush Boulevard in his honor.</p>
<p>The political hoopla along the ocean last month was mostly Romney’s doing.</p>
<p>His choice to stay at a Marriott hotel was predictable. Romney made the hotel chain the semi-official innkeeper of his presidential campaign because of a longtime family friendship that started between his father, George Romney, and hotel founder J. Willard Marriott.</p>
<p>Romney checked into the oceanfront Marriott on the Saturday morning before the Monday night debate. That gave him the weekend to explore the oceanfront on foot and travel up and down A1A in his motorcade.</p>
<p>A1A was a more practical north-south route than west on busy Atlantic Avenue to I-95. The police motorcycles and black SUVs headed north Saturday afternoon to carry Romney to a fund-raiser in Palm Beach.</p>
<p>Jenna Walsh, a bride returning to the Marriott with her wedding party, will never forget when A1A was closed at Woolbright Road so the motorcade could pass.</p>
<p>But Walsh was no regular bride standing alongside the road in her wedding dress. Her family owns the local Marriott. So Romney later posed for a photo with her, her husband and parents back at the hotel.</p>
<p>Romney then walked out of the hotel to find the nearest oceanfront cuisine. The Republican presidential candidate chose the upscale fast-food chain BurgerFi across the street.</p>
<p>“He was very obliging and hospitable,” BurgerFi manager Scott Zuckerman said. “Employees had their pictures taken with him.”</p>
<p>Romney ordered a veggie burger without bread for himself and cheeseburgers, milkshakes and fries for his wife, Ann, son Craig and his family. His bill: $52.72.</p>
<p>Romney hit the beach after church Sunday morning wearing black shorts, a black Adidas T-shirt and gray sneakers for a flag football game between his staff and reporters covering his campaign.</p>
<p>“Figure out which of their players are best and take them out early. Don’t worry about injuries,” Romney joked with his staff before he tossed a coin that got lost in the sand. The game highlight came when Ann Romney threw a touchdown pass with Secret Service agents as her offensive line. </p>
<p>The frolic was cut short because a national poll released that day showed Romney and Obama in a dead heat going into the critical debate Monday night at Lynn University.</p>
<p>Obama passed on the oceanfront experience, checking into an inland Embassy Suites in Boca Raton. Romney left the beach to study his foreign policy.</p>
<p>But the fascination that presidents have shown for coastal south county has a long history that’s certain to continue.</p>
<p>President Warren Harding was the first to explore the area when he sailed down the Intracoastal Waterway aboard the presidential yacht <i>Mayflower</i> in 1923. Subsequent presidents did away with the presidential yacht, which was replaced by motorcades.</p>
<p>Palm Beach claimed John F. Kennedy during his presidency, and Richard Nixon enjoyed Key Biscayne.</p>
<p>But Briny Breezes will never forget when Gerald Ford stopped his motorcade to visit residents in 1976.</p>
<p>“The Briny people turned out in force because there are a lot of Michigan people in Briny,” recalled Rita Taylor, the Ocean Ridge clerk at the time. Giant banners welcomed Ford. People stood five deep along A1A.</p>
<p>“It rained something horrible that day,” Taylor said. “But the president rode up in his car, stood outside and presented his speech. It was quite an exciting time for all of us.”</p>
<p>Ford also thrilled coastal residents when he spoke at the Lantana bridge, the Ocean Ridge Town Hall, the Delray Beach municipal beach and the Seagate of Highland condo in Highland Beach while traveling down A1A.</p>
<p>Ocean Ridge police covered Briny Breezes, and Ford telephoned to thank Taylor afterward to help make his motorcade a success. “That really made it memorable for me,” she said. </p>
<p>Taylor also remembers when George Bush senior fished and body-surfed at the Gulf Stream home of William Farish after winning the 1988 presidential election.</p>
<p>“I remember Barbara Bush swimming in the ocean with the Secret Service in a small boat beside her,” Taylor said.</p>
<p>Bush golfed across A1A at the Gulf Stream Golf Club. A U.S. Customs speedboat took him to Jupiter Island to attend church with his mother during his four-day stay.</p>
<p>“I think President Bush clearly enjoyed himself,” said Gulf Stream Police Chief Garrett Ward, who was a patrol officer at the time. “The townspeople were very proud that he was staying in our town.” </p>
<p>A year later, the Gulf Stream Republican Club caused a stir when it paid $25,000 to rename Northeast Eighth Street as George Bush Boulevard. Merchants objected, but the name stuck.</p>
<p>State Road A1A has grown into even more of a political highway during the weeks before the Nov. 6 election.</p>
<p>Not only presidential candidates travel the road now.</p>
<p>State House candidate Tom Gustafson walked along A1A for his campaign last month. State Senate candidate Ellyn Bogdanoff rode a bicycle to greet coastal voters.</p>
<p>Bicycle and pedestrian visits by local candidates caused no problems for police along A1A. But the Romney motorcade that shut down Gulf Stream before and after the presidential debate was another story, according to Gulf Stream’s police chief.</p>
<p>“Thirty or so motorcycle escorts made for a major traffic disruption,” Ward said. “I don’t recall anything like that when President Bush was here. That visit wasn’t as excessive as what goes on today.” </p></div>Along the Coast: The coastal campaign trail, past and presenthttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-the-coastal-campaign-trail-past-and-present2012-10-31T17:00:00.000Z2012-10-31T17:00:00.000ZDeborah Hartz-Seeleyhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/DeborahHartzSeeley<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960406079,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960406079,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="360" alt="7960406079?profile=original" /></a><em>Mitt Romney leads the cheer in a football huddle with debate prep coach Sen. Rob Portman and his senior staff members. The game was held down the beach from the Delray Beach Mariott. Members of Romney’s traveling press corps formed the opposing team. <b>AP Photo</b></em></p>
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