Cameras along A1A and bridges can identify suspect vehicles
By Rich Pollack
Police departments along the coast of southern Palm Beach County are studying the feasibility of cooperating on an automated system to scan the license plates of every car
Cathy Conlin at Gulfstream Park.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Cathy Conlin would decorate the lifeguard’s tower in Gulfstream Park each year at Christmas.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Cathy Conlin does not see herself as a groundbreaking fem
A passenger-side mirror was recovered at the crash scene.
INSET BELOW: Michael Russo
By Steven J. Smith
A car hit Michael Russo while he was riding his bicycle along A1A in the early evening of March 20, and authorities have yet to bring the perp
By Cheryl Blackerby
Loggerhead sea turtles will get another layer of federal protection Aug. 3 when 685 miles of coastal beaches in six states — including all of Palm Beach County’s beaches — are designated “critical habitats” for loggerheads.
By Rich Pollack
The South Florida Safe Roads Task Force, the driving force behind a stepped-up law enforcement effort along State Road A1A in April, will be at it again in September as it continues to promote the need for bicycles, motorists and p
By Steven J. Smith
In southeastern Palm Beach County, the Aug. 26 primary elections will see six candidates compete for two School Board seats — Districts 4 and 7 — that represent a good deal of the county’s midsection.
In addition to the
By Ron Hayes
In her 2009 memoir, Minor League Mom, Pamela Carey shared the humor she found among the home runs and foul balls after her sons, Tim and Todd, joined a Boston Red Sox farm team back in the 1990s.
Now she’s back with a humorous l
Paul Aho (inset below), who grew up
in Ocean Ridge, wrote the book Surfing Florida.
Photos provided
By Willie Howard
Florida surfers needed someone to chronicle the origins of their relatively young sport and assemble a collection of vintage surf
By Rich Pollack
Taxable property values in Palm Beach County’s coastal communities have continued to grow, with increases ranging from barely noticeable in Briny Breezes to more than 14 percent in neighboring Gulf Stream.
New construction and
By Mary Hladky
If all goes as hoped, two South Florida public broadcasting television stations will complete a merger plan by this fall.
The new entity, South Florida PBS, would bring together WXEL-TV, which serves Palm Beach County and the Tre
Dark Sky Lighting can range from Old World-style lanterns (above) to contemporary fixtures (below).
Photos provided
By Cheryl Blackerby
In the past two years, a deadly enemy of sea turtles has emerged: sky glow.
The low cloud cover in summer a
Capt. Al Bitterling was Boca Raton’s first dredge captain, responsible for keeping Boca Raton Inlet clear for nearly 41 years.
Bitterling, now 85, retired in 2013.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Capt. Al Bitterling stands on his barge sometime in the 1
A sample storm surge prediction map uses Fort Myers as an example.
Provided by NOAA
By Cheryl Blackerby
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, coastal residents learned the hard way about the dangers of storm surge.
Sandy didn’t do its damage with h
By Rich Pollack
The number of serious crimes — what little there was — declined 23 percent for six small coastal towns in 2013 and local law enforcement agencies are crediting a more vigilant population for much of the drop.
In all, there we
Flip Traylor with a bonefish caught around Little Torch Key
in the Florida Keys. The photo dates to the 1960s.
INSET BELOW: Fishing has been a family affair; Flip's wife,
Barbara Traylor, poses with a sailfish caught at Walkers Cay, Bahamas.
Family p
Anastasia Neff, with an injured pelican she managed to save, makes it her goal to rescue and document pelicans.
Photo provided
By Cheryl Blackerby
An osprey with a fish in its beak flew overhead, a blue heron perched at the end of a pier and su
By Jane Smith
An 18 percent annual increase in your flood-insurance premium is a hefty hike, but it beats the 25 percent that many coastal homeowners were facing.
A new federal law caps increases at 18 percent for primary residences. Owners o
By Cheryl Blackerby
The little olive ridley sea turtle rescued on Lantana Beach on Christmas Day is on the road to recovery at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
“She was moved into a bigger tank because she had been bumping her head against the s
Police Officer Robert McAllister of the Ocean Ridge Police Department
wrote up four different bicyclists who ran a red light on A1A.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Law enforcement officers along the coast of Palm Beach County – fr
By Cheryl Blackerby
The last of four beach renourishment projects is underway, and it’s up against an April 30th deadline that may not be met if rough seas continue.
Work on the project at Boca Raton’s north beach started March 23. The dredg
