Nick Ourusoff (l-r), Bill Poist, John Powless and Don Mathais at the finals in San Isidro, Agentina.
Photo provided
By Steve Pike
Ocean Ridge resident Bill Poist is finishing 2014 on a high note. Poist and his doubles partner, Donald Mathias of St
By Dan Moffett
In August, Ocean Ridge town commissioners rejected a last-ditch proposal from the Sivitilli family to renovate their beleaguered commercial building at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd.
As it turns out, however, that was only a penultimate
Surveillance cameras are popping up everywhere.
The McCormick Mile Beach Club, known to many as the little pink house on the beach side at the inlet, is looking better than ever today. Freshly painted slate blue with white trim, the clubhouse had
By Dan Moffett
Minutes before approving a much-anticipated beach ordinance, Ocean Ridge town commissioners inserted a few words into the new law that could complicate its enforcement.
The commission decided to make it a violation for motorists
By Willie Howard
OCEAN RIDGE — Janet Hall, one of the first female boat captains in South Florida and co-founder of the Sea Mist drift fishing business in Boynton Beach, died Sept. 16 at her home in Ocean Ridge.
She was 96.
Born in Cortland,
A diver keeps a lionfish at arm’s length to avoid the sharp spines.
Geoff Pugh, a lifelong diver, developed a tube
for storing lionfish after they are speared. The invasive fish
have 18 venomous spines on their bodies. Pugh builds his lionfish tubes
By Dan Moffett
After more than a decade on life support, the end appears near for the last commercial district in Ocean Ridge.
The Town Commission has rejected an amendment that essentially would have grandfathered the five-store strip at 5011
For two years after we moved into our office at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd., people would stop in asking where the dry cleaner was. They looked crestfallen when I explained the locations of two businesses across the bridge.
At least once a week throug
By Jane Smith
Starting Oct. 1, residents in Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will pay more for an ambulance ride provided by Boynton Beach Fire Rescue.
For a basic ambulance ride, the transport fee will increase by nearly 75 percent to $610, a
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have given unanimous preliminary approval to two measures intended to resolve two of the town’s most contentious and complicated issues.
At the Aug. 11 meeting, the commission approved the first reading
By Dan Moffett
Faced again with dipping into reserves to balance the budget, Ocean Ridge commissioners aren’t buying some things that town officials wanted for the next fiscal year.
Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi isn’t going to get two new patrol
Christiane Francois has traveled
to Boynton Beach’s sister city, Qufu, China.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The owner of the defunct Dolphin restaurant in Boynton Beach likes to think globally.
“I like the idea of finding out abou
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners wanted to crack down on nuisance rentals of single-family homes last year when they passed an ordinance that set new fees and registration requirements for landlords and tenants.
While the law has helped
By Dan Moffett
With the budgeting in Ocean Ridge comes a debate over semantics.
A sizable new expenditure in the town’s proposed 2014-15 budget is $85,000 to hire another police officer.
Town commissioners are supporting the hiring as a way
By Jane Smith
Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes residents will not have to worry about fire-rescue response times next summer, thanks to a directive given to Boynton Beach’s city manager at the city’s annual budget workshops, held July 21-22.
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Lily Forte performs with the School of Rock during its 2013 summer tour to the Northeast, which included a show at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo provided
Watch video of Lilly performing
By Amy Woods
She sang her heart out in front of Mel B, Heidi
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge residents may soon get some definitive answers on how commissioners plan to resolve the town’s long-running debate over public beach access.
The town commission listened to more opinions from residents during a Ju
By Willie Howard
OCEAN RIDGE — Capt. Mike Zubak, a charter boat captain who earned a living on the waters off Boynton Inlet for nearly 40 years, died June 22 while in Hospice care at Bethesda Memorial Hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Zubak had suffe
Stephanie Stanton poses with her dogs at her house in Ocean Ridge. Pictured from left are Sweet Pea,
Frankie and Teelee (being held), Sophie (white Maltese) and Frogman (on couch).
Stephanie Stanton’s product Dog Sprinkles, which includes
pumpkin s
The History of Ocean Ridge, Gail Adams Aaskov’s book on the town’s heritage, has been updated and reprinted. Originally published in 1995, this is the publication’s third printing.
The comprehensive guide includes a chronology of events, an e
