The playground at Patch Reef Park, to open next summer, will be easier to navigate for kids like Jordan Ogman (foreground below), who has a genetic brain disease. Rendering and photo provided
By Faran Fagen
At the start of 2023, Boca Raton resident
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By Steve Plunkett
After a half-year of construction, Patch Reef Park has opened three artificial turf fields complete with state-of-the-art organic infill that promises not to give youngsters hot feet.
The GreenPlay infill, a mixture of coconut fiber
Boca Raton resident Tim Willis and his two children Maya, 3, and Logan, 1, dig for treasures Aug. 26 at the sixth annual Pirates & Princesses Party at Patch Reef Park. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Relations between the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the city withered in June like an unwatered lawn in the hot Florida sun.
• District Chairman Robert Rollins listed a year’s worth of failed efforts to get th
