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By Jane Smith
Parking at Oceanfront Park and Harvey Oyer Jr. Park will become more expensive in some cases starting Oct. 1.
At Oceanfront Park, four meter kiosks will be added and in operation from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m., Boynton Beach city commissione
By Jane Smith
Sand lost to 2017’s Hurricane Irma on the beaches of Ocean Ridge/Boynton Beach, south Delray Beach and north Boca Raton will be restored starting about Feb. 5.
The projects will be paid for using federal tax dollars authorized by Congr
Sixteen members of Cub Scout Pack 241 from Imagine-Chancellor, a Florida charter school in Boynton Beach, helped city staff in the planting of native, salt-tolerant sea grape trees at Oceanfront Park near the newly completed playground. The other tre
For one Saturday morning, dogs were allowed to play off leash on the beach at Oceanfront Park. ABOVE: Buddy, 4 months, runs from the incoming tide. BELOW: 3-year-old Duke (front) and Moose, 2, greet each other before running off. Photos by Rachel O’H
For one Saturday morning, dogs were allowed to play off leash on the beach at Oceanfront Park. The City of Boynton Beach and Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department sponsored the Dec. 15 Oceanfront Bark event. Duke, 3, and Moose, 2, greet one
By Jane Smith
Oceanfront Park will soon have upgraded playground equipment and a fitness area for adults after Boynton Beach city commissioners approved the $150,000 project in early October.
Kompan Inc., a Texas-based playground equipment maker, aw
Date: October 4, 2018
Contact: Lisa De La Rionda
Public Affairs
In addition to generating 200 kilowatts of power per hour for FPL, two large solar arrays provide shaded parking at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Lona O’Connor
If you happen to score one of the parking spaces under
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach is moving closer to allowing dogs on the beach at Oceanfront Park.
A majority of city commissioners agreed Aug. 21 to a trial event proposed by Wally Majors, recreation and parks director.
The event will be free and open t
Boynton Beach city employees work May 24 to repair a water main break that disrupted traffic at Ocean Avenue and A1A and forced the city to stop water service to about a dozen Ocean Ridge homes. They patched the pavement and put up a barricade until
By Dan Moffett and Jane Smith
With a 3-2 vote, Boynton Beach city commissioners approved exploring the possibility of opening Oceanfront Park to some level of dog use.
“I’d like to see some middle ground,” said Mayor Steven Grant, who cast a deciding
By Dan Moffett
Those rusted and ragged shade sails lining the parking lot at Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park are soon to give way to aluminum solar canopies as part of Florida Power & Light’s growing campaign to promote clean energy across the stat
Smoke-free zone signs are in place at Oceanfront Park.
Tom Warnke/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach has created a voluntary smoke-free zone at its Oceanfront Park.
“People will still be able to smoke in designated areas of the park.
By Jane Smith
Beach lovers will soon have renovated restrooms to use at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park in Ocean Ridge, along with freshly baked pastries at the snack bar.
The restroom renovations will be finished by the end of May, said J
ABOVE: FAU student Ryan Uber does a back flip March 25 at South Beach Park in Boca Raton. BELOW: Aquatic-themed kites fly at the Air Waves event in mid-March at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Children look at an inflatable shark as kites fill the sky during the Air Waves kite-flying event March 18 at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park. The kites were mostly designs of aquatic creatures.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Family-oriented activities, such as sack races, are planned for the free event.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Grab the kids’ swimsuits and the sunscreen, and head to Oceanfront Park on Nov. 19 for “Play Outdoors Unplugged: Looney Dunes Beach P
Starting in September, beach-goers who drive to Oceanfront Park in Boynton Beach will pay $10 to park their cars on holidays and weekends year-round and $10 daily in the winter months, defined as Nov. 16 to April 30. The $5 daily rate in the summ
‘Sea oats are our first line of defense in dune protection,’ Ocean Rescue Chief Tom Mahady says. So six students from Pope John Paul II High School joined Mahady in planting 250 sea oat seedlings. ABOVE: (l-r) Mahady with students Zachary Markle, Jon
