This sign was placed near the Beachway Drive dune cross-over for a few days.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Two signs reading “private beach” have been removed by Ocean Ridge town workers after complaints that they discouraged pe
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Oceanfront Park has a new name: Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park.
Boynton Beach City Commissioner David Merker urged changing the park’s name to “Boynton Beach” in August and renewed his call Oct. 15 after the recreation and parks advisory board
By Tim O’Meilia
The owners of Ocean Ridge’s five-store business district agreed to pay for a planning study that may forestall its demise, but not before clashing with town commissioners.
After requiring an engineering study of the property a
By Steve Plunkett
Ocean Ridge Town Attorney Ken Spillias has extended his resume with a job he’s held before: lawyer for the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
Spillias, who represented the CRA from 2004 to early 2007, was chosen o
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Elizabeth L. Pettinicchi, a stay-home mom and grandmother with a propensity for kindness, acceptance and spending time with her kids and grandkids, died Oct. 21 at her home in Ocean Ridge. She was 87.
“The mai
Circuit Judge Lucy Chernow Brown was awarded the Jurist of the Year Award by the Palm Beach County Justice Association at a sold-out dinner reception. The award is given annually to a Palm Beach Circuit Court judge who personifies excellence in prese
By Tim O’Meilia
A divided Ocean Ridge Town Commission approved a $5.6 million town budget that will require dipping into town reserves for more than a third of a million dollars but keep the tax rate at the current level.
Commissioners split over
By Tim O’Meilia
Despite their unhappiness with spending far more than other coastal cities in a two-year dispute over funding the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s Office, Ocean Ridge commissioners decided to retain their town attorney to hand
Pilot Elizabeth Ackerly joined Alan Anders, Jeff Geer and Mark Kandianis on a flight in a T-6 warplane from Bellingham, Wash., to Great Falls, Mont., then to Fairbanks, Alaska. Photo provided
Related story: Wartime challenge begets lifelong dedicatio
By Tim O’Meilia
Elected officials in Ocean Ridge and Manalapan questioned the legal fees they are paying in a dispute over who pays for the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s Office.
While Ocean Ridge is considering reducing the fees or bailing out
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge town commissioners continued to wrestle with how to pay for six “wish list” items that would cost $167,000 in next year’s budget.
Making all the wishes come true would mean dipping further into town reserves — up to
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge town commissioners will consider giving town employees a 3 percent raise, buying two police cars, a tree-trimming bucket truck and an all-terrain beach vehicle, and replacing the town’s outdated computer system — all i
Ocean Ridge resident Joyce Bruck (shown here with her Chihuahua Chi Chi)
travels extensively, using two Canon cameras to capture images
of the humans, the wildlife and the scenery she encounters.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Joyce Bruck of Ocean
Lawrence O'Daly
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — Lawrence O’Daly made his living selling toys and laughter.
As a producer of television commercials, he promoted Duncan Yo-Yos and Silly Putty.
In the early 1960s, he helped develop and promo
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge town commissioners will consider giving town employees a 3 percent raise, buying two police cars, a tree-trimming bucket truck and an all-terrain beach vehicle, and replacing the town’s outdated computer system — all in n
A man that police allege is part of a "pillow case" gang from Lauderdale Lakes in Broward County was arrested on Coconut Lane in Ocean Ridge on the afternoon of July 9 after escaping from officers during an earlier apprehension.
Ocean Ridge and Boyn
By Tim O’Meilia
Owners who rent out their single-family homes in Ocean Ridge will now have to register each rental property at Town Hall for $50 annually.
But some residents say the rental registration will do little to discourage short-term re
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge police will be patrolling the narrow streets of Briny Breezes, checking for unlocked doors and writing tickets for illegal parking at the beach for another three years.
The Briny Breezes Town Council unanimously app
By Tim O’Meilia
Budget managers in eight of nine South County coastal communities can exhale.
Taxable real estate values — the stuff property taxes are made of — continues to creep back toward pre-recession levels.
Taxable property values i
Vito Damiani, of Mr. Vito Men’s Hair Designers, gives a massage to Boca resident Jerry Martin.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
‘Fonzi’ Palmieri trims Alexandra Pena (left) at Colby’s Barber Shop in Ocean Ridge. Shop owner
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