A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy examines a cooler that washed ashore after a boat
with three people aboard flipped just south of the Boynton Inlet. One of the boaters
was taken to a hospital and treated for a broken arm; the others were examined
Cooler weather usually brings good numbers of kingfish to the waters off south Palm Beach County.
Wayne Riddler, center, with the 52.1-pound kingfish he caught Dec. 14 on the Living on Island Time drift boat.
With Riddler are Capt. Max Parker, right,
Eugen Gantea, left, finds himself ahead 6-0 against Florida state backgammon champion
Jim Macdonald at Ocean Inlet Park.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
It’s a rainy Saturday morning and Jim Macdonald is worried the weather will hurt
By Willie Howard
A Boynton Beach man snorkeling on the north side of Boynton Inlet died after he hit the jetty and was swept into the inlet by the tide on Oct. 16.
Paul Swingle, 67, went snorkeling from the beach in Manalapan.
Around 5:20 p
Consultants suggest redoing a building with restrooms and offices,
reconfiguring the docks and refurbishing the area.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The dock at Ocean Inlet Park, almost 30 years old, has rotting wood fenders and other failing
Team Nailed It caught this 71.6-pound wahoo trolling in 300 feet of water north of Boynton Inlet
to walk away with the heaviest overall fish prize in this year’s Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament.
The 21st annual Gerretson tournament, on Aug
The Manalapan property purchased by Jeff Greene sits adjacent to county-owned property at the Boynton Inlet. Photo courtesy Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
By Christine Davis
Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene has expanded his sizable Florida r
Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene has expanded his sizable Florida real estate holdings by purchasing the southernmost property in Manalapan, the 4020 S. Ocean estate formerly owned by longtime resident Ken Brown.
Greene was the sole part
Surfers enjoyed a few days of 4- to 12-foot waves along much of the county’s coast.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The bottom of the boardwalk at the Lantana Beach disappeared with the waves.
Recently planted sea grapes in Ocean Ridge were mo
Marvin Kaplowitz of Boynton Beach caught this mutton snapper during a mid-December trip on the Sea Mist III.
Kaplowitz used a sardine on a 5/0 circle hook rigged with relatively light 30-pound-test fluorocarbon leader
and 1.5 ounces of weight to catc
The Mar Lago Beach Club stood on the south side of the Boynton Inlet. It was torn down in 1974.
INSET BELOW: The former owners, Martha and Leon Robbins.
Photos provided
By Mary Thurwachter
During World War II, hotels along the coast were called
A diver keeps a lionfish at arm’s length to avoid the sharp spines.
Geoff Pugh, a lifelong diver, developed a tube
for storing lionfish after they are speared. The invasive fish
have 18 venomous spines on their bodies. Pugh builds his lionfish tubes
Flip Traylor with a bonefish caught around Little Torch Key
in the Florida Keys. The photo dates to the 1960s.
INSET BELOW: Fishing has been a family affair; Flip's wife,
Barbara Traylor, poses with a sailfish caught at Walkers Cay, Bahamas.
Family p
Longtime fishermen gathered for a picnic to swap tales. Photo: Wally Alexander, Ron ‘Captain Hook’ Hamlin, Mike Fortier, Rick Lyman, Bob Nicholson, Jim Duncan, Butch Moser, Jimmie Zeak, Dr. Charles (Buddy) Moore, and two unidentified participants. Kn
Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams is joined by mayors from Manalapan, Boynton Beach and Ocean Ridge on April 30 at a press conference held to draw attention to newly installed public safety signs warning swimmers to stay 75 feet away from
Rescuers perform first aid on victims of the Two Georges that sank outside the Boynton Inlet.
Firefighters administer oxygen to one of the survivors of the Two Georges capsizing. Photos by Stan Sheets/Boynton Beach Star, Courtesy of the Boynton Beac
Rescuers pull ashore Capt. Jimmy Stevens from the wreckage of the Two Georges.
Photo by Stan Sheets/Boynton Beach Star, Courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library
More photos
By Willie Howard
Ship’s mate Don Lash knew it would be unwise to panic.
Th
Gerard Laurore walks the jetty at the Boynton Inlet, where he serves
as live-in caretaker for the county’s Ocean Inlet Park.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Laurore stands in front of the apartment that is provided to him
by the county a
Ocean Ridge public safety officers assisted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies in a search last month for a 15-year-old boy who was later found to have drowned north of the Boynton Inlet.
The body of Sebastian Francois
A historic marker provided by Robert Hudson Neff and his family will document
the opening of the Boynton Inlet, seen here after sand had temporarily filled it in.
Photo provided
BELOW: Harvey Oyer III (left) confers with Robert Hudson Neff during a
