Spacious homes with large lots and mature trees, like this single-family home in Manalapan being shown by Realtors Angelo and Antonio Liguori, continue to bring high prices. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Hladky
After soaring for two years, taxable values of Palm Beach County properties are now heading back to earth.
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On June 13, my morning
By Anne Geggis
From now on, State Road A1A will be dedicated to the man who drove home how changes in latitudes can change one’s attitude.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 27 signed a bill that passed unanimously in both chambers of the state Legislature de
By Sallie James
Ocean Ridge residents could pay a tax rate as high as $6.00 per $1,000 of assessed value under a tentative proposal town commissioners OK’d during a July 1 budget workshop.
But don’t swoon from sticker shock just yet: The town’s fina
The roof of this home on Harbour Drive North has been in need of repair for years. Coastal Star photo
By Anne Geggis
A house in disrepair — for years now — is among the reasons that Ocean Ridge town leaders plan to consider dedicating a new position
Betty Bingham was honored by Mayor Geoff Pugh (background), who declared her 95th birthday on July 21 as Betty Bingham Day. After the speech, Town Manager Lynne Ladner and others presented her with flowers. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Activism keep
Rescue personnel from Palm Beach County and other local and federal agencies search for the 8-year-old boy along the north side of the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Anne Geggis and Mary Kate Leming
Police are investigating how a fish
By Steve Plunkett
A half year after 10 coastal elected officials from southern Palm Beach County resigned their seats rather than be forced to fill out a more-detailed inventory of their wealth, a federal judge has stepped in and put the new state re
Natalie Gauthier and Michael Crouteau from Quebec lounge by a cliff of sand in May just north of Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park. The erosion and dead vegetation reflect past storm damage. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Homes like this one in Sanibel can withstand hurricanes, as seen following Hurricane Ian striking the Gulf Coast island city in 2022, but removing a mountain of debris is still costly. Photo provided
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By Anne Geggis
The proliferation of newer homes looming over the area’s more traditional style — a trend emerging throughout South County coastal communities — has the Ocean Ridge Town Commission looking for ways to encourage new, one-story homes.
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Consensus for land acquisition — Negotiations are underway for Ocean Ridge to purchase three parcels. A consensus emerged at the May 6 commission meeting for Town Manager Lynne Ladner to proceed with talks about acquiring 6470 N. Ocean Blvd., located
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Critically eroded beaches make coast more vulnerable as storm season arrives
If disaster strikes, municipalities may need millions ready to spend
By Anne Geggis
An effort to shore up the facts about Manal
Ocean Ridge Garden Club member Britt Flanagan leads the club’s drive to send grade-school students to the Wekiva Youth Camp in central Florida. Eleven will go this summer. Photo provided
By Brian Biggane
An Ocean Ridge Garden Club program that start
Samuel Reiter of Ocean Ridge plans to study aviation and business at The Ohio State University. Photo provided
By Faran Fagen
A lot of high schoolers take off with their friends on their 17th birthday, but Samuel Reiter chose to spend eight hours
Unintended conse-quences. Who would have guessed 20 years ago that big, white square houses would be all the rage? Who could have known FEMA, faced with the reality of rising water, would set new requirements for floor levels? And I suppose it should
By Anne Geggis
Every dog may have its day, but canines shouldn’t be having theirs on Ocean Ridge’s beach.
That was among the priorities that town commissioners raised during their annual goal-setting session April 22, in addition to adding a crosswal
Beach sign case closed — The “no trespassing” signage controversy that inspired a new Ocean Ridge ordinance — and then a code enforcement case against the Turtle Beach condominium association for violating it — may finally be resolved.
The code case
