A twin-engine Cessna plane that hit the new Ocean Ridge Town Hall in July 2008crashed because of a partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report in June.
Contributing to the crash, t
A twin-engine Cessna plane that hit the new Ocean Ridge Town Hall in July 2008crashed because of a partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report in June.
Contributing to the crash, t
By Thom Smith
Heads turned. Hands waved. Horns honked.
Motorists and pedestrians from Sebastian to Boca Raton had no trouble recognizing thefamiliar cyclist during the first week of June. Steve Weagle was at it again, biking north to south to rai
By Margie Plunkett
The Ocean Ridge Police Department will begin patrolling Briny Breezes in October after winning council’s unanimous support with last-minute contract concessions in its competition with current provider Boynton Beach Police Depar
By Thomas R. Collins
Faced with less federal money, and slashes to its own department budget, Palm Beach County has cut back on its surveying of sea turtle nests on a beach that had
been one of the most closely watched.
The stretch of beach, from
Ocean Ridge came a step closer to becoming a bird sanctuary with an ordinance Commissioners passed on first reading at the June 7 meeting.
The ordinance, up for final approval July 12, protects birds from harm within the town’s bounds. The ordinance
John Katsaros has quite a story! And, until recently, not one he was allowed to tell.
During World War II, Katsaros served as a gunner, photographer and engineer in the
U.S. Army Air Corps, when he was barely out of his teens. During that time, h
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE - Jacqueline Bander Weisblut, 65, died on Memorial Day after bravely sufferingfrom multiple sclerosis since she was a young woman in her early 20s.
Her husband, Bob Weisblut, said his wife suffered a heart attack an
By Margie Plunkett
The official word on estimated property values in Palm Beach County that came out in late May confirmed what many already anticipated as another down year for taxable
property values — and for municipal coffers.
Taxable values fe
By Margie Plunkett
Ocean Ridge town commissioners were the arbiters of nature last month, ruling down with the no-see-um, and up with the bird (the feathered variety, that is).
In two s
By Thomas R. Collins
Since Boynton Beach brought up the idea of annexing pieces of unincorporated barrierisland land, several residents have made it known that they’d prefer to be part of Gulf Stream instead.
As a result, Gulf Stream town offici
By Margie Plunkett
Mayor Roger Bennett is asking the two police agencies bidding to provide BrinyBreezes protection to forego annual 4 percent increases, a move that delayed a vote at the Town Council’s May meeting.
The town now plans to choose a
Meet Your Neighbor — Bruce Gimmy
What have dads (and other guys) found fashionable over the years? The preppy look isalways in, one way or another, said Bruce Gimmy, owner of the Trouser Shop on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. He, for one, has
Lucy and Terry Brown of Ocean Ridge announce the arrival of Josephine TeresaSchneider, their first grandchild, born April 20 at 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and 20 inches in length.
The mother is Jessica Brown Schneider, who grew up in Ocean R
Jacqueline Barbara Kaleel
On May 15, Jacqueline Barbara Kaleel of Ocean Ridge graduated from Pope John PaulII High School in Boca Raton. Commencement exercises took place at the Carole & Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at Florida Atlantic U
By Emily J.
Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — It’s never
easy losing a beloved parent, but Diana Lyne is finding solace in the memories
after the death of her father, Eugene Lyne, 86, who spent his
By Margie Plunkett
A majority of residents favor rehiring the Boynton Beach Police Department topatrol and protect Briny Breezes, according to a survey conducted by the town as aldermen prepare to choose between Boynton Beach and the Ocean Ridge
By Angie Francalancia
Federal authorities have seized the Ocean Ridge home and another home owned by JosephRomano, who has been accused of resurrecting a $40 million boiler room scam he originated on Long Island with his Delray Beach-based Collec
By Mike Readling
When Palm Beach County installed 62, 1- to 2-ton pods just offshore from Ocean Ridge last year, the idea was to provide a breakwater for the beachrenourishment project it had in the works.
One of the byproducts of that venture was
By Margie Plunkett
Ocean Ridge’s first art exhibit was so successful that even the paintingCommissioners voted to buy at half price was sold. An enamored resident purchased the seascape by Max Matteson instead, but the town won, too — the sale br
Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.