LEFT: Jose Arimatcia, an employee of Pugh’s Pools and Spas, installed a pair of tile mosaic sea turtles at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall. The installation is a joint project between the Ocean Ridge Garden Club and Mayor Pugh.
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Michael and Robyn Hallasz show off items collected on March 17. The couple vow to continue their mission at Ocean Inlet Park. Photo provided.
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Sea Angels’ trouble with the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department
Ocean Ridge town attorney Kenneth Spillias has departed from his daily genre of resolutions and ordinances to pen a newly published novel, Widow’s Walk, Part I: The Precipice.
The self-published book is set in South Florida and tells the tale of chara
Christian Riera and Marcela Viglianchino pose with a few of her candelabra.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
A couple that does everything together, stays together. That’s what Christian Riera, 41, and Marcela Viglianchino, 36, think.
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Elizabeth Thompson’s painting, Undulation. Courtesy image
By Mary Jane Fine
Elizabeth Thompson’s house is a proper Old Florida house, shaded by greenery, all-but-enveloped by greenery — Tarzan wouldn’t look out of place, swinging past on the vi
An ordinance is in the works in Ocean Ridge that would require rental properties to register with the town, pay a fee and undergo inspection. Commissioners directed Town Attorney Ken Spillias to prepare the document at its February meeting.
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Ocean Ridge Town Commission gave thumbs-up at its February meeting to a site plan that would replace an apartment complex with townhouses at 3 Adams Road, just east of A1A.
The developer, Ernie Varvarikos of Ocean Breeze LLC, plans to demolish Ocean
Municipal elections will be held in a number of towns and cities in Palm Beach County on March 12. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Town or city clerks can provide answers to any election-related questions.
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There is no electio
By Margie Plunkett
Ocean Ridge has started investigating the costs and concepts of creating a commercial zone at the town’s south end with an eye toward making recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Commissioners agreed that Town Man
By Angie Francalancia
Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station that helps serve Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will be brought back up to full staffing, thanks to a two-year grant that the Boynton Beach Commission agreed last month to accept.
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By Margie Plunkett
Ocean Ridge’s dispatchers have saved the town time and money by writing post-911 dispatcher certification training — a curriculum that was just approved by the Florida Department of Health.
Dispatch coordinator Jessica Simpson and di
Writing an obituary is, simultaneously, among the easiest and the hardest assignments any reporter receives.
Telling the story of a life involves the basic who-what-where-when-and-how that most journalists know is required for news stories. A
By Margie Plunkett
Thanks to anonymous donations, the Ocean Ridge Police Department is getting a new police car that had previously been cut from the budget.
The commission in December accepted the donation of $30,000 from the Ocean Ridge Support G
The koi pond at Ocean Ridge Town Hall has aquatic plants so koi have hiding spots. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Every day at around 3 p.m., receptionist Lisa Burns feeds the orange, black, white and cream koi darting abo
By Tim O’Meilia
For the second time in two years, the Manalapan Town Commission rejected bids from outside agencies to handle the town’s police dispatch services.
Both neighboring Ocean Ridge and Lantana submitted proposals well under the town’s $2
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Henry “Hank” Gribensk, 60, a veteran of the U.S. Army who many years ago used his opportunities in the military to get off drugs and turn his life around, died Dec. 5.
Mr. Gribensk was a well-known and well-loved pro
Marg Williams plans to donate part of the proceeds from her handmade necklaces (worn above) to benefit women’s heart health organizations. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
No, it’s not breast cancer.
In fact, heart disease is the l
By Margie Plunkett
The Ocean Ridge Police Department will continue on the beat, after commissioners defeated a proposal to provide law enforcement services through the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
The decision — made in a 4-1 vote — met
Ocean Ridge resident Matt Gracey shows a rendering of his latest transformational idea, Art House of Delray. The community art center, which opened in September, benefits artists and art enthusiasts. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Delray Beach has a n
By Tim O’Meilia
The Manalapan Town Commission’s thoughts of farming out its police dispatch services has drawn interest from three local police departments.
Representatives of neighboring towns Lantana and Ocean Ridge and nearby Delray Beach a
