The boat ramp at Boca Raton's Silver Palm Park had been closed to commercial and recreational boaters alike since March 22. It is still off-limits to non-commercial fishermen. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
The Silver Palm Park public
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By Mary Hladky
Nearly one month after the closure of beaches, parks, natural areas and golf courses, some stir-crazy Palm Beach County residents are pushing back against COVID-19 emergency orders that keep them from enjoying the outdoors.
The unrest
By Steve Plunkett
A consultant’s plan for Silver Palm Park would add a third boat ramp and 16 more spaces to park boat trailers to the city’s only launch site.
It also would put “shade sails” along the seawall to give boat watchers by the Intracoas
Boaters use the ramp at Silver Palm Park, at Palmetto Park Road and the Intracoastal Waterway.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
An angler cleans fish as boaters leave the water via the ramp at Silver Palm Park in Boca Raton.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta
