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12213933269?profile=RESIZE_710xABOVE: Rebecca Germany, sea turtle conservation assistant at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, excavates a loggerhead nest in Boca Raton three days after the eggs had hatched.
BELOW LEFT: A baby loggerhead makes its way to the ocean after being rescued by

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By Steve Plunkett

Six weeks after taking over responsibility for the city’s sea turtle rehabilitation efforts, the nonprofit group formerly known as the Friends of Gumbo Limbo has not applied for a permit to run the program.

“No, Gumbo Limbo Coastal

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11063071671?profile=RESIZE_710xIt could take months before turtles are back at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. File photo

 

Letters to the Editor: Nonprofit chair hails ‘exciting times’ ahead for Gumbo Limbo|Retired leader of turtle facility laments ‘black eye’ for city|Former voluntee

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11009465090?profile=RESIZE_710xStaff and volunteers at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center had to move nine sea turtles to other facilities because Gumbo Limbo no longer had a license to treat them. Photo provided

 

By Steve Plunkett

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s injured and recuperating sea

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10925294299?profile=RESIZE_710x Dr. Maria Chadam checks the eyes of one of the 12 Kemp’s ridley turtles that were flown from Cape Cod for treatment at Gumbo Limbo. Andrea Jelaska, a sea turtle rehab technician, holds the turtle.

By Tao Woolfe

Dr. Maria Chadam peered into the eye

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Obituary: James Francis Weege

OCEAN RIDGE — James Francis Weege, a much-loved veterinarian and longtime resident of Ocean Ridge, died suddenly on Oct. 22. He was 77.
10861021882?profile=RESIZE_180x180Dr. Weege was an active, practicing vet until the day before his death. He is survived by his wife, Susan (nee Ros

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10859954295?profile=RESIZE_710xVisitors set off on a trail at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge west of Boynton Beach. Coastal Star file photo

By Brian Biggane

You know the feeling. You’ve just polished off Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings — including a

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10800254095?profile=RESIZE_710xWinds from the east this summer have pushed a nearly constant supply of sargassum onto the beach, challenging beachgoers like Debby Belmonte of Ocean Ridge. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star 

Seasonal inundation is here to stay, scientists say

By Larry Ba

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10796588489?profile=RESIZE_710xParents and kids can get a close-up view of prehistoric life when they visit the ’Dinosaur Explorer’ exhibit, which opens Sept. 15 at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach. Besides dinosaur displays and actual fossils, visitors will

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10746311056?profile=RESIZE_710xA leatherback hatchling makes its way into the ocean in Boca Raton after a release by Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Joe Capozzi

Walk along the beach at Red Reef Park in Boca Raton and it’s hard to miss evidence

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10527715899?profile=RESIZE_710xFrom outdoor movies and concerts, to green markets and nature hikes, we want to soak up as much open-air activity as possible before hurricane season settles in and the oppressive heat and humidity drive us indoors. Searching for ideas? Look no furth

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