By Cheryl Blackerby
Delray Beach and Boca Raton are likely to receive long-awaited money for damage to beaches by Hurricane Sandy, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The two cities’ beach projects were among 16 projects around th
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Highland Beach residents gathered to clean up the beach on April 8. Ben and Mayra Stern (above) were among the volunteers who spent several hours hours combing the beach, finding many plastic bottles and caps, broken flip-flops, plastic bags, balloon
The Delray Beach Historical Society and the Historical Society of Palm Beach County joined forces for a program celebrating the history of the Barefoot Mailman.
ABOVE: Arts Garage’s student band, Rogue Set, including keyboard player Maddox Kumar of O
July, 16, 2012, marked the 70th anniversary of the Vel D'Hiv round-up. On July 16th and 17th, 1942, the French police arrested 13,152 Jewish men, women and children from the Paris area. Initially kept in the Velodrome D'Hiver, they were then taken to
Lights glow aboard the 355-foot-long dredge Texas as the full-moon rises over coastal Delray Beach on March 20. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
NOTE: The drege was towed away for minor repairs April 3, and is expected to be back on site early next week
Bulldozers give a sense of the width and depth of the renourishment project.
Photos by Michelle Quigley/ Special to The Coastal Star
More photos from the beach renourishment project
By Cheryl Blackerby
A 355-foot dredge, the most po
A temporary lifeguard stand opened in March on Lantana Beach.
“Town staff built the one on the dune,” said Lantana Town Manager Deborah Manzo. “We are hoping that the town will obtain approval from the state to put a (permanent) stand back on the
LEFT: Jose Arimatcia, an employee of Pugh’s Pools and Spas, installed a pair of tile mosaic sea turtles at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall. The installation is a joint project between the Ocean Ridge Garden Club and Mayor Pugh.
RIGHT: An early sea t
Situated among the trees and mountains along the scenic Hudson River, Kingston, New York seems far away from the salty blue waves of the Atlantic and South Florida. Yet, just 100 miles inland from the World Trade Center, at the southern tip of Manha
Susan Swiatosz is the new keeper of the Boynton Beach City Library’s archives. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
For most people, the box sitting on the table upstairs in the Boynton Beach City Library could easily be nothing more tha
By Margie Plunkett
Universal Beach Services Corp. nearly saw 30 years of cleaning the sands of Delray Beach come to an end in the undertow of a low bidder. Commissioners, however, finally awarded Universal the contract after it protested that the
Patsy Randolph used the pillars of a gazebo to frame her subject to create a
photo that provides nice sense of the gardens.
By Jerry Lower
I have been a photographer and picture editor for most of my career and a teacher for a small part of it. I
Days of pounding waves during Hurricane Sandy left much of Delray Beach eroded. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Delray Beach’s beach restoration, part of a routine, 10-year renourishment plan, will start in February, but beach p
Registration for the East Boynton Beach Little League’s Spring 2013 Season will be accepted from Wednesday, January 2 through January 28 at Little League Park (300 W. Woolbright Road). Please visit www.eastboyntonll.com for specific dates and times a
By Cheryl Blackerby
Despite extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy, Delray Beach’s beach restoration project, part of a routine 10-year renourishment plan, is still on track for February.
The cost will be only a little more than the projected $
By Margie Plunkett
A Parking Management Advisory Board meeting to collect public comment on extending metered-parking hours at the beach was cancelled after Delray Beach city commissioners noted it wasn’t the board’s position to make policy.
“W
Robb Barron in a healthy dune, standing in the midst of cocoplum, sea oats and sea lavender. Photos by Cheryl Blackerby/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Robb Barron carefully tucked a sea oat seedling into a small hole in the sand, one of hund
By Cheryl Blackerby
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, beach restoration and how to pay for it were at the top of the agenda for commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District.
“There’s going be a big grab for federal money with t
