By Dan Moffett
It might be time for Ocean Ridge to think about adding a motto to the town seal.
How about “World Leader in Beach Access Opinions”?
Town commissioners heard plenty of them from residents during a lively 2½-hour workshop that e
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By Dan Moffett
Homeowners and house flippers who ignore code violations aren’t likely to get much sympathy from the Ocean Ridge Town Commission these days.
Ask Prodigy Capital, a Palm Beach Gardens-based real estate investment group that pl
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have grudgingly agreed to give the owners of the town’s five-store business district a three-month extension to submit plans for overhauling the 60-foot-deep strip at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd.
But they warned
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club celebrated the 90th birthday of one
of its longtime members, Dottie Morrison, at its year-end luncheon May 7
at the Ocean Club of Florida in Ocean Ridge. Club president Kristine de Haseth
presents Morrison with an orchid a
Flip Traylor with a bonefish caught around Little Torch Key
in the Florida Keys. The photo dates to the 1960s.
INSET BELOW: Fishing has been a family affair; Flip's wife,
Barbara Traylor, poses with a sailfish caught at Walkers Cay, Bahamas.
Family p
Mr. and Mrs. William Harve Lozier of Des Moines, Iowa, announce the engagement of their daughter, Charlotte Anne, to John Case Lundquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. David John Lundquist of Ocean Ridge.
Charlotte graduated from Northwestern University
Editor's Note: Confusion about beach access abounds
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge residents will get their chance to weigh in on a number of contentious public beach access issues at a much-anticipated workshop scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on May 6
AmeriCorps members Michael Owen, 27, and roommate Cathy Hentschel, 23,
relax with their dogs in their pet-freindly Las Ventanas third floor loft apartment.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
AmeriCorps member Courtney Cambra works on spelling
A bulldozer levels the sand escarpment in Ocean Ridge just south of Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park while beachgoers and sea shell collectors enjoy the beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
In a surprise move by the contractor, dr
Jack and Bea Fearon, left, Steve and Mary Lou Cousley, David and Marie Vladyka and Jeri and Bob Bové renew vows. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Fifty years ago, the Beatles invaded America, the first ZIP code appeared, the first lung wa
By Cheryl Blackerby
The last of four beach renourishment projects is underway, and it’s up against an April 30th deadline that may not be met if rough seas continue.
Work on the project at Boca Raton’s north beach started March 23. The dredg
Jim McCormick (left) and Bobby Jurovaty are sworn in as aldermen.
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes is considering joining with neighboring communities in a plan to install a network of security cameras that would photograph the license plates of mo
Unofficial results from Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge residents who have complained about too many people coming to their beaches are starting to notice a new wave of nonresident visitors: Ocean Ridge police officers.
Chief Chris Yannuzzi says his officers checked the
For the second time in two months, Ocean Ridge public safety officers were called upon to assist the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in the search for a missing swimmer whose body was later discovered several miles north of where he first disa
By Cheryl Blackerby
Two beach renourishment projects are completed, with two more to go.
The Savannah dredge finished work on nine-tenths mile of beach in south Boca Raton on Dec. 9, and the Ocean Ridge project wrapped up Feb. 9. The dredge
Laura and Ella Jervis (left), descendants of Walter ('Pop') Lyman, captain of one
of the first commercial boats to navigate the Boynton Inlet, take part in
a dedication ceremony of a new historic marker at the South Lake Worth Inlet.
The marker was
Three candidates are competing for two open seats after Ed Brookes and Zoanne Hennigan decided against running for re-relection on March 11.
Personal: 60; bachelor’s degrees in political science and history, 1975, University
Cheryl Wise Busch from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary allows parents and children
to get hands-on with a baby alligator during the Florida Wildlife Encounter
held outside the Ocean Ridge Town Hall.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
One more upcoming "Rosie" event... this one at 5:30 pm, Monday Feb. 10:
Florida Wildlife Encounter
Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd.
5:30 pm, Monday, Feb. 10
Cheryl Wise Busch from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary presents "Florida Wildlife Encoun