Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.
The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the livelin
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By Tim O’Meilia
Thirty-odd years ago, a barely teen-aged Geoff Pugh and his brother would climb down to the rocks at the bottom of the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet and spear fish until a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy shooed them away.
Other da
Tim O’Meilia
and Margie Plunkett
Cooperation was at the top of the menu for the first luncheon of mayors from South Palm Beach to Gulf Stream.
Mayor Ken Kaleel of Ocean Ridge organized the meeting at Callaro’s Prime Steak and Seafood
Left: Katie Coz and her brother Joey Coz (rising junior at College of Charleston)
KATIE COZ
College/Field of Study: Sewanee, University of the South, BA Economics
Hometown: Ocean Ridge
High School: St. Andrew’s School
Parents: Valerie and Steve C
Left: John Doyle, son of John and Andrea Doyle of coastal Boca Raton, graduated from Boca Raton High School. John was one of the 2011 State Science Olympiad Champions, a Science Pathfinder nominee and a National AP Scholar. He plans to stu
OCEAN RIDGE — Ides Makris loved to travel.
“That was her hobby,” remembers her husband, Geris. “Italy, France, Athens — you name it. She said, ‘Live life to the fullest.’ We have a picture of her on the Amalfi coast, leaning over t
OCEAN RIDGE — John Joseph Wurster died knowing the Colonel’s secret recipe.
“He knew it, he really did,” said Wurster’s widow, Josephine, the granddaughter of Kentucky Fried Chicken icon and founder Harland Sanders.
“I don’
South County homes and businesses are still leaking taxable value, but this year it’s closer to a dribble than a dam break.
While eight of nine coastal towns lost more than 5 percent of their taxable real estate value in 2009, only Mana
Ocean Ridge officials breathed a sigh of relief this month when a state board overseeing police officer training let three dozen arrests stand even though the officers who made them hadn’t gotten their firearms recertification
PALM BEACH — Weldon Yeager was in Michigan on business when a passing stranger gave him a seat on the Ocean Ridge Town Commission.
In the February 1990 election, both Mr. Yeager and Vera Klein, an 18-year veteran, garnered exactly 269 vote
Coastal mayors will meet for lunch this month to see how they might help one another, share or contract out police and other municipal services and perhaps trim town budgets in the process.
Basil Diamond of Manalapan began contacting
LEFT: Jeanne Zuidema relaxes with her rottweiler,
Alicia, at their home in Lantana. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Jan Norris
When she retires May 31 after nearly 28 years as a Police Department dispatcher for Ocean Ridge, Jeanne Zuidema’s career is going
Julia Walker (l-r), Dr. John Wootton and Rita Ginsky of the Ocean Ridge Garden Club with the native planting at Ocean Ridge Town Hall. Photo provided
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club has installed a native garden at the entrance to the Town Hall.
Why nativ
Exactly when should the public speak at town meetings? It’s a question that cropped up as newly elected Ocean Ridge commissioners took their places on the dais in April. The immediate answer: the status quo.
Commissioner Zoanne Hennigan noted the audi
The word “bonus” has more than once set off debate among Ocean Ridge commissioners — and the latest round ended with a vow to consider defining and cutting back on the traditional retirement bonus here.
While the discussion at commis
The towns of South Palm Beach and Highland Beach have more registered voters than they have actual flesh-and-blood residents. You can look it up.
The seaside enclave of Briny Breezes suddenly has 800 not-so-mobile homes, the U.S. Ce
Zoanne Hennigan (left)
and
Ed Brookes (right)
were the top two vote earners for two commission seats up for election in Ocean Ridge. Hennigan earned 39.7 percent of the vote, Ed Brookes earned 35 percent. Incumbent Betty Bingham, with 25 percent, wa
An ordinance that would ban fishing for sharks from Ocean Ridge’s shores was delayed last month to allow research on whether the high water line that marks the town’s boundary would impede enforcement of the law.
“If they’re in the w
When Highland Beach’s town manager, Dale Sugerman, was suspended last month, town att
