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13436286262?profile=RESIZE_710xProtecting 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

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13436283872?profile=RESIZE_710xABOVE: 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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13382120287?profile=RESIZE_710xAnglers on a small flats boat make their way past the sea wall at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton. The wall is scheduled for replacement. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Projects aim to raise ground level, increase sea wall heights

By Jane Musgrave

A yel

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By Rich Pollack

State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman knew something was wrong after she leaped into the Intracoastal Waterway last year to cool off on the Fourth of July.

“It looked like green pea soup,” she said, adding that she washed off as soon as s

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12754773295?profile=RESIZE_710xThe new boat will address what Chief Hugh Bruder calls a ‘staggering’ number of water rescue calls. Photo provided

By Jane Musgrave

When you think about firefighters and water, forget hoses. Instead, think boats.

Boynton Beach Fire Rescue is expandin

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Related stories: Along the Coast: Boy presumed drowned while fishing at inlet with father |Manalapan: Attempts fail to revive woman pulled out into the ocean |Lantana news brief: Lifeguards rescue two swimmers from rip current

On June 13, my morning

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12686732055?profile=RESIZE_584xA memorial with a cross, angel statue, shells and plastic flowers is located in the dune not far from the pumping station at the Boynton Inlet. Coastal Star photo

Related: Lantana news brief: Lifeguards rescue two swimmers from rip current May 5

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12686725088?profile=RESIZE_710xRescue personnel from Palm Beach County and other local and federal agencies search for the 8-year-old boy along the north side of the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Anne Geggis and Mary Kate Leming

Police are investigating how a fish

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Rescue divers wave off after placing the body of a missing 8-year-old boy into a rescue boat. Personnel from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Coast Guard, Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County were at the Boynton Inlet on June 13, 20
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By Rich Pollack

For 4 1/2 years, the identity of “Baby June” and the questions of how her tiny 2-day-old infant body ended up floating in the Boynton Inlet remained a mystery.
Despite relentless efforts by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives sear

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9624469086?profile=RESIZE_710x2021: In the past 35 years, dune vegetation accumulated enough sand to bury the sea wall separating the Ocean Club of Florida from the beach, leading to this unfinished Ocean Club pool replacement project. The town approved the permit for a redesigne

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