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
along the coast (221)
By Rich Pollack
It is a Palm Beach County tourist season best defined by storms.
Snowstorms in the rest of the country, no storms to speak of in South Florida and the perfect storm of an improving economy plus pent-up demand and strong promot
By Cheryl Blackerby
Two beach renourishment projects are completed, with two more to go.
The Savannah dredge finished work on nine-tenths mile of beach in south Boca Raton on Dec. 9, and the Ocean Ridge project wrapped up Feb. 9. The dredge
By Cheryl Blackerby
The first turtle nest of the season was a loggerhead nest found at St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park in Stuart the week before turtle season was set to officially start March 1.
“More turtles will be coming at any time
James Warnke, Marion Bentley Wall and Roland James Dack,
founders of Roving Photographers.
Photo contributed
By Mary Thurwachter
In 1972, an amateur photographer and world traveler from Gulf Stream joined two men whose skills complemented her o
Nichole Hickey, manager of artist services at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County,
relaxes in a space designed by Lake Worth designer William Darrell Wright.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Designer Joseph Pubillones, who guest-curate
Police and licensed trappers capture a rare American crocodile Jan. 5 on the Little Club Golf Course
in Gulf Stream. This same crocodile also may have been spotted along the Intracoastal Waterway
from Boca Raton to Lake Worth. It was transferred to
Pipes and heavy equipment needed for the renouishment project
have been staged on the beach in Ocean Ridge waiting for calmer seas.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
A sand dredge moved from the Port of Palm Beach to Ocean Ridge
Carol Wittenberg
Rev. David Franco installed a charging station and meter
in his condo building for his Nissan Leaf.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Carol Wittenberg loves her 2013 Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that runs on both g
By Cheryl Blackerby
The subject was climate change, and Bob Perciasepe, deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, admitted early on, “I know I’m preaching to the choir here in southeast Florida.”
Perciasepe was the fea
By Tim Pallesen
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says it can save Delray Beach taxpayers $500,000 a year by taking over fire-rescue services for the city.
Delray Beach asked for the price quote to see if the county could provide the same servic
Shoppers in a rush to become Trader Joe’s devotees will be able to buy gourmet delicacies in its new Boca Raton store five months before it opens another in Delray Beach.
Representatives of the California-based chain — known for a $2.99 bottl
County Mayor Steven Abrams didn’t wait long to make the quest for his County Commission job a race.
Andy O’Brien, a Democrat who moved to Delray Beach in July, formally announced Sept. 24 that he would challenge Abrams for the District 4 seat
By Steve Pike
If you’re looking for some great reading, try Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson, which tells the story of scientist Isaac Cline, one of the country’s first meteorologists, and the events leading up to the September 1900 hurricane that k
About 20 volunteers (including Gael Silverblatt, below, at left) took part
in a recent planting of mangrove seedlings just north of the Lake Worth Bridge.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
A fisherman on a yellow and oran
By Steve Pike
When most people think about golf, they think about what they see on TV — primarily Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour. But neither Woods nor the Tour lives in the real world of the golf industry — an industry that includes struggling eq
Green turtles mate in the surf off Gulfstream Park.
Photo provided by Joan Lorne
By Cheryl Blackerby
Halfway into sea turtle nesting season, the research is coming in, and the numbers are both surprisingly good and unexpectedly grim.
Gre
Workers for Asplundh Tree Expert Co. use a bucket truck to safely position themselves while removing tree branches near power lines along A1A in Ocean Ridge. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Most coastal residents won’t have to flee
By Cheryl Blackerby
More than 100 people looking for long-term solutions for Palm Beach County’s storm-battered beaches crowded into the Boca Raton Resort and Club’s Valencia ballroom June 15 for the second meeting of Protect Our Beaches.
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Jon Pugh, 15-year-old son of Geoff and Lisa Pugh of Ocean Ridge, shows off the brass bilge pump that he recovered
in the waters off Manalapan, north of the Boynton Inlet. The pump appears to have been part of the wreckage
of a British barkentine, t
