ABOVE: 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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Owners’ argument for property rights awaits final votes
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge is ready to draw a new, more accommodating line in the sand for the town’s beach property owners.
Town commissioners plan to scale back some earlier regulations t
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge commissioners are considering turning over more than 150 town-owned streetlights to Florida Power & Light, which would then take over the cost of replacing them and charge the town a monthly fee for their use.
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Your August article about “buried valves” in Ocean Ridge has some disturbing quotes. Ken Kaleel might not have known about this issue, but it has come up over and over when valves broke, or could not be located and had to be replaced. During my three
By Larry Barszewski
When it comes to salary considerations, Ocean Ridge commissioners decided they don’t have to treat Town Hall workers and Police Department employees exactly alike.
At an Aug. 15 budget meeting, the commission approved a $2,500 pay
By Larry Barszewski
When Boynton Beach commissioners approved reduced height limits in January for new buildings downtown, they weren’t so much slamming the brakes on growth as they were gently tapping them.
There already are more people per square
Students attending Waves Surf Academy’s camp at Delray Breakers on the Ocean keep cool while combing sargassum for sea critters. From left are Jenna Miranda, Delray Beach, Hazel Aurelien, Boynton Beach, Mason Miranda, Delray Beach, Mary Junghans, Mon
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge has been neglecting hundreds of water valves that are part of its drinking water distribution system, to the point where town crews don’t even know where the valves are anymore.
That means when a water line ruptures, c
OCEAN RIDGE — John Prescott Shibles of Ocean Ridge and Sea Girt, New Jersey, died July 23 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was 75.
He was born in New Brunswick and moved to the Jersey Shore in the mid-1970s and to Ocean Ridge in
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge commissioners reviewing the town’s proposed budget for next year have decided the town doesn’t need a paid lobbyist, and commissioners don’t need computer tablets or a pay raise.
But Town Manager Lynne Ladner can repla
RIGHT: License plate reading cameras are motion activated and take a series of photos that compare plate numbers against those of vehicles listed as suspicious. ABOVE: Police can view results on a desktop computer, in a squad car or even on a phone.
Some elected leaders may resign rather than comply
By Charles Elmore
A new state law that requires mayors and council members in cities and towns to disclose their full net worth, certain clients and the aggregate value of jewelry, art and other hous
Cailyn Doyle is reunited with Julius, her pet tortoise, which wandered into another yard after digging out of his pen. She is happy the town sent out an alert. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
The escapee was on the run, and Ocean Ridge’s
Workers deliver drainage pipe to the Ocean Boulevard property. The latest delay is an inability to get water and electricity without going under the road. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski
The owner of an Ocean Ridge home already unde
By Larry Barszewski
New members of Ocean Ridge’s Planning and Zoning Commission appear ready to give the Town Commission some advice: Make it less of a hassle for property owners to build in town.
They were appointed by a three-member Town Commission
Scott McClure is congratulated by Town Clerk Kelly Avery after being sworn in as Ocean Ridge police chief in a ceremony witnessed by his family and chiefs and officers from local communities. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski
In the en
Commission OKs raise from $52,250 to $61,250, with chance for more
Related: Highland Beach: Town counts on police pay boost to bolster recruitment efforts
By Steve Plunkett
Police officers’ starting pay in Gulf Stream jumped in June from the very bo
OCEAN RIDGE — Marvin H. Ginsky of New York, Florida and Connecticut, died peacefully June 8. He was 92.
Born in New York City on Aug. 2, 1930, Marvin spent his high school years hanging out at Pete’s Pool Room in the Bronx, then worked his way throu
Kara Krueger, environmental horticulture agent for the county extension service’s Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program, awarded its gold level recertification recognition to Terry and Lucy Brown for their Ocean Ridge property, a native plant haven an
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge Town Manager Lynne Ladner announced the promotion Thursday of Scott McClure to be the town’s new police chief.
McClure, who joined the town’s police force in 2016, has been serving as acting police chief since March, w
