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Along the Coast: Sargassum -- too much of a good thing?

Posted by Chris Felker on September 30, 2015 at 14:16

Sargassum seaweed blankets the Ocean Ridge beach in July.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Cheryl Blackerby

Sargassum, the brown free-floating algae that turns up on Palm Beach County’s beaches every summer, is essential for marine life. The thi

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Boca Raton: Gumbo Limbo makes temporary fixes

Posted by Chris Felker on September 3, 2014 at 10:42

By Cheryl Blackerby

After fish and a moray eel died at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center when a pump failed in early August, Michele Peel, spokesperson for Friends of Gumbo Limbo, asked the city of Boca Raton and the Boca Raton Beach and Park District for

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