Sea turtle eggs were uncovered by rough seas that followed Hurricane Dorian and other tropical systems this fall. Photo provided by Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
By Rich Pollack
Despite the impacts of Hurricane Dorian and more recent high tides and rough
BOCA RATON — Ted Withall was born on Nov. 20, 1918, in El Paso, Texas, to Sam and Katy Withall. He died Aug. 8 at the Boca Raton Hospice, at age 100. He was born just nine days after the end of World War I, when his father was discharged from the Arm
Coastal communities breathe collective sigh of relief
Debris washed up onto A1A in Manalapan as wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian exacerbated king tide effects. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Officials hope to raze this Place Au Soleil house and sell the land. Photo by Town of Gulf Stream
By Steve Plunkett
A Place Au Soleil house that rang up $1.89 million in code enforcement violations over the past 10 years is now the target of a forec
By Steve Plunkett
The water main along State Road A1A north of Golfview Drive can be replaced close to its current route without endangering Gulf Stream’s signature Australian pines, engineers have decided.
Sira Prinyavivatkul, the project manager a
ABOVE: Heather Bolint of Lake Worth and Bryan Galvin of Delray Beach stand on the steps of the state Capitol in Tallahassee, where they obtained a permit to display the burlap bags holding some of the trash they found. The placard reads: This is Ocea
GULF STREAM — Betty Brown Van der Wolk, 89, of Gulf Stream and Osterville, Massachusetts, died Aug. 23 in Boynton Beach. Betty Brown was born on July 18, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, where she spent her early life and later graduated from Texas Christ
By Ron Hayes
Time may never bring true closure to parents who have lost a child, but sometimes it can bring confirmation.
For the Boynton Beach family of Rodelson Normil, confirmation came on July 23, more than six years after their son disappeared b
Suzanne Boyd and her dog Sophia, a Chihuahua whippet mix, sit in the Gulf Stream home in which Boyd raises two children. Boyd formed her own production company after retiring from her job on the local CBS-TV morning show. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The town owes 11 lawyers who represented resident Martin O’Boyle in a public records case more than $65,000 for their legal work, a Palm Beach County circuit judge ruled July 30.
Gulf Stream and a 12th O’Boyle lawyer, Elaine Johnson
By Steve Plunkett
Police patrol officers and sergeants will get a one-time $3,750 raise to bring their salaries more in line with comparable towns in Town Manager Greg Dunham’s proposed 2020 budget.
The increase will set Gulf Stream’s starting police
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners rejected an appeal by resident Martin O’Boyle to let him build a “promenade” 30 to 36 inches higher than his sea wall and extending 12 feet into the canal behind his yard, unanimously agreeing that the structure s
Head of school says goodbye to Gulf Stream School,
where he took pride in caring, listening
ABOVE: Joe Zaluski, in a hat borrowed from a kindergarten student, congratulates Amelia Grandic and her classmates on a job well done after they talked in 201
Stakes just off Gulf Stream’s narrow roadways are popular, especially across the street from a construction site. A 1999 policy allows PVC pipe 3 feet high. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Mayor Scott Morgan wants homeowners, especial
Featured in the May edition of The Coastal Star, Heather Bolint and Bryan Galvin have been walking the coast of Florida to document and pick up waste plastic. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
When last we heard from Bryan Galvin and Heather
As part of their U.S. government class, Gulf Stream School seventh-grade students (l-r) Jake Julien, Katherine Erbstein and Tessa Sorenson address the Gulf Stream Town Commission about changing the driving age for golf carts in town. As part of their
By Steve Plunkett
Resident Martin O’Boyle and town officials are girding again for a court battle — this time over how much O’Boyle’s attorneys should be paid in a public records case they won.
O’Boyle’s legal team tallied up its costs at $61,800 and
By Steve Plunkett
Savvy negotiating by town officials will save each Gulf Stream household about $60 on trash pickup this year.
Waste Management, which has collected the town’s garbage since 1993, first demanded $38 a month, up 25 percent, to extend
By Steve Plunkett
Town officials are poised to create time limits between 16 and 30 months on future new construction in Gulf Stream.
The new rules, which town commissioners will consider on final reading in March, come after unhappiness at the slow
By Steve Plunkett
A federal lawsuit filed against Boca Raton has coastal communities scurrying to update their websites before they too wind up in court.
Juan Carlos Gil, a legally blind resident of Miami who has sued roughly 200 governments, stores
