Andrew Abbott’s Beach Bucket Foundation is providing trash pickup buckets at Boynton Inlet (above), Ocean Inlet Park in Ocean Ridge, South Inlet Park in Boca Raton, Gulfstream Park, Ocean Ridge Hammock Park and 11 other Palm Beach County coastal park
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By Dan Moffett
Manalapan officials were more than a little perplexed recently when the Florida Division of Emergency Management released statistics that reported 41 people had tested positive for COVID-19 in
By Charles Elmore
For all the headlines about rising seas, king tides and other climate threats, homeowners in most cities and towns across southeastern Palm Beach County stand less prepared than they were eight years earlier when it comes to flood c
By Rich Pollack
Crime remained low in South County’s small coastal towns with just 65 incidents reported during the first six months of 2019.
The number of crimes reported in both Ocean Ridge and Manalapan remained flat year over year, according to s
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Gathering supplies
After Debora Whipple sent an email to her Ocean Ridge neighbors, saying she would collect donations for Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas, the neighborhood stepped up, filling her garage with boxes holding ever
Iguana droppings are a major source of concern for residents. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Stephen Moore
Iguanas have become as big a part of the South Florida landscape as sunburned snowbirds. The invasive reptiles are here, they are staying and
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By Charles Elmore
A new state law billed as holding down home insurance rates won’t stop average premiums from breaking through the $3,000 mark for the first time in Palm Beach County at a company important for coastal residents.
Increases approved b
Health, environmental and cost concerns loom
Doug Levine, manager of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment plant, checks on one of the trio of million-gallon secondary clarifier tanks where solids are removed from sewage. About 17 million g
The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Plant treats about 17 million gallons of sewage a day. Here’s how wastewater from houses in Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Highland Beach gets there.
A similar process is used in Boca Rat
Lethal bronzing is an incurable infection that causes palm fronds to turn brown and die. New growth also dies as a result. Photo provided
By Cheryl Blackerby
It’s the worse-case scenario for homeowners who have invested in palm trees costing $5,000
Influx may be ‘new normal,’ force beachgoers to adapt
Clayton Peart of Universal Beach Services rakes sargassum into the sand on Delray Beach’s beach. The sargassum, which began to arrive in February, helps preserve the beach and protect and nourish
Coyotes have long slender legs. Photo provided by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
By Cheryl Blackerby
Sharp-eyed and quick, coyotes are turning up in Palm Beach County as far east as the Intracoastal Waterway, running across neighb
By Charles Elmore
An Ocean Ridge resident said he felt “outrage” after receiving a notice in February demanding $401.80 for a 2015 ticket generated by a red-light camera in Boynton Beach.
“Warning: Your license may be suspended,” the letter said.
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Collecting plastic in trek around state,
former lifeguard says recycling is not enough
ABOVE: Bryan Galvin and Heather Bolint walk the St. Andrews Club beach in Gulf Stream last month as they pick up and photograph plastic and other trash on a three-m
Harry Patten says this sailboat has been anchored at the north end of Lake Boca since 2017. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Living in a waterfront home is a privilege.
But living with a water view can lead to unwanted neighbors when
By Mary Hladky
The possibility of a second Tri-Rail station in Boca Raton has all but evaporated.
Steven Abrams, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transit Authority, which operates Tri-Rail, told the Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner
By Steve Plunkett
Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams, who leaves office Nov. 20, will spend only a few weeks unemployed before tackling his next job — as executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.His former c
