By Mary Thurwachter
OCEAN RIDGE — At Florida Atlantic University, where Heather Turner Frazer taught for 35 years, she was known as the history department’s moral compass — the woman who always knew the right thing to do and how to do it. Even 1
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By Steve Pike
“I was born addicted to heroin.”
That Garcia Marquez-esque line opens The Painting and the Piano, co-authored by Ocean Ridge residents John Lipscomb and Adrianne Lugo. The self-published book follows Lipscomb and Lugo from seem
By Dan Moffett
Preliminary results of a barrier island fire district study suggest that six coastal communities could benefit from joining forces to provide their own services, Gulf Stream Town Manager William Thrasher said.
“There seems to b
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners are preparing to take a close look at the town’s storm-water drainage issues, but there are two schools of thought about how extensive that examination should be.
Commissioner James Bonfiglio wants a dee
Delray Beach developer Frank McKinney is marketing a 4,042-square-foot micro-mansion
that is under construction in Ocean Ridge. He’s not set a price.
Rendering provided
By Christine Davis
Frank McKinney, Delray Beach resident and “real estate art
By Jane Smith
The city recently agreed to pay more than $221,000 for work done to clean and sanitize two fire stations, including one that serves Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes.
At station No. 1, which serves the coastal communities, the mold-re
By Willie Howard
OCEAN RIDGE — Flip Traylor made a living on the water around Boynton Beach most of his life. The Ocean Ridge resident loved fishing, music and his two West Highland white terriers, Dobbie and Duff. The former pilot, boat captai
By Dan Moffett
Town Attorney Ken Spillias retired in March after 17 years on the job in Ocean Ridge and 41 years practicing law.
“I’ve seen good government and I’ve seen very bad government,” Spillias told the commission. “I want you to know t
Correction
A story in the April Coastal Star misstated the reason the town of Ocean Ridge paid $50,000 in legal fees to Commissioner Richard Lucibella’s attorney. The payment was reimbursement for Lucibella’s legal defense of a failed recall effo
Seasonal Ocean Ridge resident Karen Hudgin (left) placed first in the juried Ocean Ridge Art Show. Twenty-seven professional and emerging artists participated in the event. With a passion for wildlife art, it is no surprise Hudgin’s work, titled ‘The
The presidential preference primary will take place on March 15, and the towns of Ocean Ridge, South Palm Beach and Lantana will also hold their elections on that date.
The municipal elections are nonpartisan, meaning voters of any party are
These candidates are competing for a three-year term on the Ocean Ridge Town Commission.
RESULTS (unofficial):
Allison: 44.44% | 356 votes
Coz: 55.56% | 445 votes
Lynn Allison (incumbent)
Age: Did not disclose
Education: Bachelor
I was raised in Illinois. The Land of Lincoln. I have heartland values.
Maybe that’s why this election year has been so disturbing to me. It seems I’m just not angry enough or afraid enough to embrace the hate-filled mentality that has grippe
About 30 people turned out for the annual Valentine’s Day party at the Turtle Beach community in Ocean Ridge, where there was an abundance of food and laughter. ABOVE: (l-r) Party organizers Gail Bartelli, Gillian McMullin and Maureen Darcy. Photo pr
By Rich Pollack
Advances in technology are helping to breathe new life into plans by local law enforcement agencies to install license-plate recognition cameras along State Road A1A, despite a Florida Department of Transportation ban against placi
Ocean Ridge resident Beth Sloat’s
Blue, a 24-inch by 24-inch oil.
By Lucy Lazarony
For the second year in a row, an art exhibit will be on display at Ocean Ridge Town Hall during March.
“It will be in Ocean Ridge for the entire month,” says
OCEAN RIDGE — Martin L. Gross of New London, N.H., and Ocean Ridge died Jan. 26, in Ushuaia, Argentina, following a stroke suffered en route to Antarctica. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Gross and his wife, Deirdre, became winter residents of Ocean
Author Bettie Bearden Pardee spoke about her book, Living Newport,
and the impressive historic preservation and garden lushness of that famous Rhode Island enclave.
Photo: (l-r) club member Cecile McCaull, Pardee and Grass River President Holly Breed
A private security camera took this image of a newer model, gray BMW convertible in the area
of Ridge Boulevard in Ocean Ridge. The subject exited the vehicle and checked for other unlocked cars
to either burglarize or steal, police say. Anyone who r
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners didn’t have to look far to find the successor for retiring Town Attorney Ken Spillias. They realized the right man for the job was already working in Town Hall.
Glen Torcivia, who has served as the t
