For one Saturday morning, dogs were allowed to play off leash on the beach at Oceanfront Park. The City of Boynton Beach and Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department sponsored the Dec. 15 Oceanfront Bark event. Duke, 3, and Moose, 2, greet one
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Boynton Beach city employees work May 24 to repair a water main break that disrupted traffic at Ocean Avenue and A1A and forced the city to stop water service to about a dozen Ocean Ridge homes. They patched the pavement and put up a barricade until
By Dan Moffett and Jane Smith
With a 3-2 vote, Boynton Beach city commissioners approved exploring the possibility of opening Oceanfront Park to some level of dog use.
“I’d like to see some middle ground,” said Mayor Steven Grant, who cast a deciding
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach residents will soon be asked whether they want to allow dogs on the beach in Oceanfront Park.
At its January meeting, the city’s recreation and parks advisory board approved sample questions to be posted on the city’s web
By Jane Smith
Animals are banned from the beach in Ocean Ridge, according to Town Manager Jamie Titcomb.
Even so, the town would consider a formal proposal from Boynton Beach to allow dogs on that city’s adjoining 960-foot-long beach.
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The nearly 2-acre parcel is on the edge of the County Pocket, across the street from Briny Breezes. The owners bought it for $3.2 million in 2006 and are asking $6.895 million. Google Map
By Jane Smith
The former Dog Beach property is on the market
A complex of 14 three-story townhomes is being proposed for the vacant 1.5-acre parcel
on the south side of Briny Breezes Boulevard.
Photo from Google Maps
By Jane Smith
The small oceanfront parcel that once housed the Pelican Apartments alon
Friends of Delray Dog Beach held a demonstration May 7 in hopes of raising awareness
and gaining approval for dogs to be permitted on part of the public beach. The demonstrators gathered
in front of the city’s beachside pavilion.
Among the signs: ‘Su
By Rich Pollack
A group of dog owners buoyed by a Delray Beach Parks and Recreation Department plan to create a dog beach during a six-month trial suffered a setback when the department’s director reversed course, saying dogs romping through the s
By Rich Pollack
After months of study and research, the Delray Beach Parks and Recreation Department has submitted a draft report to City Manager Don Cooper, recommending a six-month pilot program for a dog beach at the city’s Atlantic Dunes Park.
By Rich Pollack
If Delray Beach were to create a dog beach, what’s to stop dogs from digging up sea turtle nests?
What would the city do if a dog owner failed to clean up after his or her pet?
And what could be done to make sure that o
A trio of dogs enjoys the surf at Spanish River Park.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday, and Vince Jacobs is watching as his soft-coated wheaten terriers race down the beach, kicking up sand and dodging the
Dog lovers risk fines by ignoring city ordinances on this August morning.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: A digital sign on A1A proclaims ‘zero tolerance’ for offenders.
Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Delray Beach re
Kim Bates and Dominee Banks, vet techs at Imperial Point Animal Hospital of Delray, with dogs Ruby and Tikea, talk to Boca Raton resident Sophy Salsburg, with Shelby, on the dog beach at Spanish River Park. Photos by Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
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Related: Tailwaggers and owners lap up beach time in Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
Delray Beach dog owners, like any nonresidents, will pay $165 a year to bring their pets to Boca Raton’s new Bark Beach.
But Boca Raton officials wondered if t
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s long-awaited dog beach will open to pets and pet lovers the second weekend of December at the north end of Spanish River Park.
Hours will be 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to sunset on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Th
Related story: Boca's canine beach time is goal of pilot program
By Dan Moffett
Dog advocates in Delray Beach are planning to turn loose roving packs of petitioners soon in a campaign to persuade the city to open part of its beach
Related story: Delray advocates ready to fetch allies for dog beach
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton already has Mizner Bark, its wildly popular park for dogs. Now it will cordon off part of the beach at Palmetto Park Road and State R
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton’s beaches may be going to the dogs.
Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie asked city staff to look into piloting a dog beach, where pet owners can take their pooches for sun and fun.
“It’s another step toward making us more dog fri
