By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners and staff fretted that substantial work on Phase 2 of Gulf Stream’s big water main, drainage and road project would not begin early — or even by the originally scheduled mid-March start.
Town Manager Greg Dunham g
The Gulf Stream Civic Association held a 100th anniversary celebration and dinner at the Little Club to commemorate the community’s founding in 1925. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
After five meetings as an alternate member of the Architectural Review and Planning Board, Katherine Orthwein now sits as a full voting member of the panel, following in the public service footsteps of her mother, longtime Town Comm
Protecting 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
By Steve Plunkett
The last part of the first phase of Gulf Stream’s massive road, water main and drainage project got its first layer of asphalt on Jan. 10, and work began almost immediately — four to eight weeks ahead of schedule — on Phase 2.
Town
Bicyclists head north on State Road A1A in Gulf Stream on Jan. 4 near the site of a crash with an SUV that injured six riders a year earlier. Florida Highway Patrol escorted the cyclists, who rode in remembrance of the crash. Jim Rassol/The Coastal S
By Brian Biggane
The possibility that South Palm Beach could end its trash pickup agreement with contractor Waste Management brought three representatives of the company to the Town Council meeting in January.
Council members engaged in a discussion
By Steve Plunkett
Future two-story homes along Gulf Stream’s signature Polo Drive and Gulfstream Road will have smaller second stories, while new one-story homes there will be able to be five feet closer to the street under new rules the town is co
Liza Thornton (l-r), Joan Lorne, Darlene Duggan, Ginny Cairo, Sally Willis and Lydia Weis spend hours on the beach collecting discarded bottle caps to turn into art, such as this octopus. Photos provided
By Ron Hayes
When she’s home in Colorado, Sall
By Steve Plunkett
For rescuing a woman pulled into the ocean by rip currents, veteran Gulf Stream Police Sgt. Bernard O’Donnell was handed a lifesaver award in an emotional presentation Dec. 13.
Tragically, he was unable to save the woman’s 15-year-o
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream is ending its decades-long contract with trash hauler Waste Management Inc. of Florida and shifting instead to Boca Raton-based Coastal Waste and Recycling Inc.
The move means monthly bills for picking up trash from resi
Civic Association invites residents to centennial party — The Gulf Stream Civic Association will host a centennial celebration of the town’s incorporation with “a casual event” at The Little Club on Feb. 22.
The group will also sponsor a beach cleanu
By Steve Plunkett
Two surveillance cameras powered by artificial intelligence are being installed in Place Au Soleil to guard against thieves who walk into the community after dark.
Gulf Stream Police Chief Richard Jones said it was primarily vehicle
By Steve Plunkett
What is The Little Club up to?
While the members-only organization won approval of a croquet amenity and maintenance building at the Gulf Stream Town Commission’s Dec. 13 meeting, of more interest was a neighbor’s mention of the clu
Diver Shane Cooper was one of many volunteers and first responders who tried to rescue 15-year-old Prestyn Smith at Gulfstream Park. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Family beach outing turns deadly for teen; unpredictable surf kills five in co
Reports are first step toward recertification
By Rich Pollack
Time is running out for several dozen remaining area condo associations that are required to file state-mandated inspection reports by the end of the year.
Under a state law passed in the
Down year for nests hints at another surge in 2025
By Steve Plunkett
Following a record-breaking 2023, people who monitor sea turtle nests up and down south Palm Beach County’s coast faced an easier workload this season. And the season, which offici
Renee Basel sings in the parking lot of Gulf Stream Town Hall, where she is clerk. She says her car is a convenient place to sing and send out her image via phone (below). Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Renee Basel wears many hats, but
By Steve Plunkett
On its way to faucets in Gulf Stream next fall: better tasting water delivered with higher water pressure and a lower cost.
That’s the promise of a 25-year agreement Gulf Stream made with its soon-to-be new water provider, Boynton B
By Steve Plunkett
The Cops Caring for Cops Fundraiser has started.
The Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police is “adopting” or supporting 20 police officers who were significantly harmed by Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Oct. 9.
The
