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A TowBoat US employee tosses a tow line to another employee to secure it on Delray Beach, where the 92-foot Viking sportfishing boat Pastime was beached on Nov. 3 after losing power. It took multiple attempts and three towing vessels to remove the bo

By Rich Pollack

Charges against a 29-year-old Boynton Beach woman accused of killing her newborn daughter and later tossing her into the Boynton Inlet have been reduced to second-degree murder.
Prosecutors now say the death of the infant known as Bab

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

More than 20 lifeguards from around the state took part in beach and open water training. ABOVE: From Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue (l-r), Capt. John F. Meskiel and lifeguards Eddie Black and Jonathan Price watch the exercises. Photos by Jerry Lower

By Rich Pollack

For four and half years the identity of Baby June and the questions of how the tiny 2-day-old infant ended up floating in the Boynton Inlet remained a mystery.

Despite relentless efforts by Palm Beach County sheriff’s detectives searc

Waves crash into stairs and a sea wall in Ocean Ridge during high tide. Photo provided by Denise Leblanc

Residents in Briny Breezes prepare to comply with Palm Beach County's mandatory evacuation order on the morning of Nov. 9. Tim Stepien/The Coa

By Larry Barszewski

Drivers traveling State Road A1A near the Boynton Inlet can expect traffic delays over the next two weeks because of a bridge repair project that starts Monday, June 20.

Officials are recommending motorists find an alternate route

A morning walk on my birthday produced an unusual find along our shoreline. Mary Kate Leming / The Coastal Star

Gifts come in many forms. Some wrapped, some written, some plucked from the side of the roadway. Flowers, music, books, chocolate, wine ar

2021: 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

The first phase of renovations (shown in yellow) at Ocean Inlet Park Marina will include removing old fixed docks and installing floating day-use docks. Work is scheduled to begin in May. Rendering provided

By Willie Howard

The modernization of agi

By Rich Pollack

Teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 25 recovered the body of a 24-year-old pilot from inside a plane that crashed into the ocean south of the Boynton Inlet and settled almost intact on

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office helicopter searches at dawn for a plane that disappeared shortly after 8 p.m. the previous evening off the Boynton Inlet. Photos by Jerry Lower/The  Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

Teams from the U.S. Coast Guard a

Surfer Bernard Micalizzi recently helped save two boys from drowning at the Boynton Inlet. Lt. Brian McManus (left) of Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue calls Boynton ‘the most dangerous inlet in the universe.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Rich Polla

The fishing piers at the Boynton Inlet remain empty even as other Palm Beach County parks and recreation areas open on April 29. The fishing areas may be accessible before beaches in the county open. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

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Dozens of reef fish washed up dead on the beach Oct. 3 just south of the Boynton Inlet as the red tide effects continue to be felt along the coast of Palm Beach County. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Volunteers with Sea Turtle Adventures install collection canisters for used fishing line at the Boynton Inlet. Photo provided

By Steve Plunkett
    
    Sea turtles nested on South County beaches in mostly record numbers in 2017.
    “We had a record-b

A sign mounted on the inlet bridge announces that jumping and diving are prohibited.  Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Dan Moffett

    Ocean Ridge and Palm Beach County officials have reached an agreement on security changes that will allow the county

By Dan Moffett

    Manalapan may have found a new bargaining chip to persuade Palm Beach County officials to forget about installing groins on beaches north of the town.
    It’s the sand transfer plant at the Boynton Beach Inlet.
    Town Attorney

Ocean Ridge police secure an area in the 6000 block of Old Ocean Boulevard on Oct. 20 after the body of Amantay Brown, 21, was found on the beach. The Coast Guard, sheriff’s office and other agencies had searched for Brown, who was reported missing s

Highland Beach Police Officers Dwayne Fernandes and Paul Shersty

helped rescue four people in a sinking boat on one of their days off.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

A tow boat arrives to haul in a boat that took on water about a mile off the Boynton I