Ocean Ridge prepares for own blast of sand
Jim and Ann Frank, visiting from Houston, look on as dredging begins Jan. 29 on the north end of Delray Beach. The $19.2 million beach renourishment project will restore 2.65 miles of coastline. Photos by T
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By Jane Musgrave
Beaches from Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach to just south of the Boynton Inlet in Ocean Ridge will be transformed into construction zones this winter as crews work to replace millions of tons of sand that were washed away in 2022 b
By Hannah Spence
Last fall, South Palm Beach was set to receive a long-anticipated dune restoration, but the plan was delayed in part because of the difficulty the project had securing a beach access point south of the Lake Worth Beach pier.
The six-
Manalapan’s beach committee of three sitting town commissioners disbanded at the commission’s May 20 meeting.
Town Manager Eric Marmer said it was determined the committee was duplicative and matters involving the beach can be handled by the full com
By Larry Barszewski
There’s good news for boaters — the Intracoastal Waterway near the Boynton Inlet is being dredged for the first time in 12 years — but expect a boatload of inconveniences this month as the work continues, including the closing of
Beach renourishment will take place on Hammock Park beach starting in mid-March and ending April 30.
Palm Beach County will be dredging beach-quality sand in the vicinity of the Boynton Inlet and piping it to an area of the shoreline that is exposed
Town Council candidates’ forum March 3 — Incumbent Lantana Town Council Member Lynn “Doc” Moorhouse and newcomer Jesse Rivero will participate in a candidates’ forum sponsored by the Lantana Chamber of Commerce at 5 p.m. March 3 at the Palm Beach Mar
Protecting beaches from erosion is difficult enough, but extra steps are needed when man-made structures, such as the Boynton Inlet, block the natural southerly flow of sand. On the inlet’s Ocean Ridge side, rock groins have been placed to slow erosi
ABOVE: A sand transfer plant on the north side of the Boynton Inlet runs as sand accumulates along the jetty. BELOW: Sand and water pour out of the transfer pipe on the inlet’s south side. Photos by Tim Stepien and John Pacenti/The Coastal Star
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By John Pacenti
Manalpan’s first-ever Beach Committee meeting found members grappling with what — if anything — to do about the condition of arguably the town’s most vital resource.
The Oct. 22 meeting included Town Manager Eric Marmer and the three-
Finance chief leaves after 2½ years — Delray Beach Chief Financial Officer Hugh Dunkley was leaving to take a job “out of municipal government” in waste management, he confirmed after the Sept. 10 City Commission workshop.
“I consider it an opportuni
By Mary Thurwachter
An interlocal agreement to add sand to the beaches in Palm Beach, South Palm Beach and Lantana this winter may be losing one municipality: Lantana.
It’s all about money.
When the dune restoration was hatched a few years ago, South
On Nov. 8, Lantana’s public beach was scoured by a heavy storm. This shows the beach south of the Imperial House. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana’s public beach is sand-starved, and a plan spearheaded by the town of Palm Bea
Palmsea condo residents Carmine (foreground) and Bob Scalia watch a dump truck and bulldozer work on a project that calls for delivery of up to 1,000 truckloads of sand to the dune line of South Palm Beach. As the project progressed in the cousins’ b
The Rachel K Goodwin, a specially outfitted 121-foot research vessel, is working in advance of planned beach renourishment in Delray this year and in 2020. Photo by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Stephen Moore
Jim Gammon and his wife, Margo Stahl-G
Contractor Weeks Marine pumps sand from the shoal just outside the Boca Raton Inlet on March 28. The shoal sand was placed on beaches south of the inlet. Photo by Palm Beach County
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s dredge contractor was asked to cut
By Steve Plunkett
There’s a definite thaw in the cold war between the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and city officials.
“There’s more of a mood of cooperation,” Steve Engel, the district’s vice chairman, said Sept. 23 after he and
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plans to hand-deliver a check for $3.7 million — as soon as the City Council finds time to accept it.
The money is half the local cost of renourishing the city’s beaches from the
All’s square between the city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District for the first time in years.
The district paid an unexpected almost $2 million for a beach renourishment project that Boca Raton thought the federal government wo
By Cheryl Blackerby
Rough seas halted dredging for the renourishment project at Boca Raton’s north beach Nov. 15. More bad weather delayed dredging during Thanksgiving week.
“We only have eight full days of work left,” said Jennifer Bistyga, co
