By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Hal Hutchins estimates that somewhere between 10 to 20 percent of the town’s permanent residents ignored calls to evacuate the island during Hurricane Irma and rode out the storm in their homes.
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Chances are that you’ve been busy cleaning up your yard since Hurricane Irma left town. And you have a large pile of palm fronds, tree branches, coconuts and other brown matter at your curb.
But if you want the trees that are left to flourish in the
By Sallie James
Boca Raton is on the road to recovery with many city services returning Sept. 13 as City Hall opened again for business. The city’s mandatory curfew has also been lifted.
Although much of the city remains without power, cleanup in
Tall coconut palms at the Gulf Stream Golf Club were shredded during winds from Hurricane Irma. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Carpets are spread on the lawn to dry at Gulfstream Shores condominium in Gulf Stream. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A bicycli
Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. Photo provided
Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. Photo provided
A palm tree fell into the Intracoastal Waterway in Highland Beach. Photo by Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Palms swayed in the wind Saturday
A hand-made sign marks the location of a down power line in the County Pocket on Sept. 13. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A power pole leans across South Island Drive in Ocean Ridge on Sept. 13. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Ocean Ridge officer Jimmy Pi
In Highland Beach, Mayor Carl Feldman estimated that 70 percent of residents had power by noon on Thursday, Sept. 14 with outages still reported in the south end of town. Power was also reportedly out at the town's only commercial property, the Delra
The Carlisle retirement community on Ocean Avenue in Lantana had power Wednesday, Sept. 13 following Hurricane Irma and had staffers working to dry out apartments on the east side of the building that had water damage from the hurricane. A few trees
Tall coconut palms at the Gulf Stream Golf Club were shredded during winds from Hurricane Irma. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Carpets are spread on the lawn to dry at Gulfstream Shores condominium in Gulf Stream. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
After the hurricane, Lantana Mayor Dave Stewart drove through the town, street by street, and gave this assessment: "I saw no damage to buildings, a lot of landscaping in disarray, and at the beach we lost part of the road."
Stewa
Omar Gonzalez clears a limb from the parking lot at the Mayfair House in South Palm Beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The Town of Palm Beach was still enforcing an ID check at their border on Sept. 12. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A surfer heads t
Rob Barron, the dune management consultant for Delray Beach, said he was pleased with how the dune plants weathered Hurricane Irma's winds.
Category 1 storms with winds around 80 mile per hour are beneficial to the dune system, Barron said.
"The plan
By Rich Pollack
Boca Raton Airport was operational Monday at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 and reporting only trees and branches down, according to Clara Bennett, executive director. The tower, however, was not operational due to staffing and other concerns
By Rich Pollack
In Highland Beach a day after Hurricane Irma struck, police officers were stationed at either end of town, allowing only residents to come through.
With widespread power outages, they wanted to make sure people and property were saf
Aerial photograph of Briny Breezes taken Sept. 11 following Hurricane Irma. Photo courtesy of James M. Arena
By Jane Smith
In Delray Beach, Andy Katz just returned to his barrier island home this morning. He does not have power, but he has food, water and a small generator that powers a limited number of items. His refrigerator is plugged into it to keep th
By Jane Smith
Linda Cross, who lives in the Marina Villages condo complex in Boynton Beach, said her family lost power the morning of Sept. 11for about 90 minutes.
"We had power the entire time of the storm ," she said. "The water flowed over the sea
Briny Breezes residents returned home Sept. 11 to mostly minor damage in Palm Beach County's only oceanfront mobile home park. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Briny Breezes saw some street flooding in low areas. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Surf was up
Ocean Ridge police officers block traffic into town at the Ocean Ave. Bridge on Sept. 9 in response to a county-wide curfew implemented in advance of Hurricane Irma. Delray Beach and South Palm Beach have implemented similar roadblocks. All municipal
Workers put up shutters in Briny Breezes in advance of Hurricane Irma's arrival. The seaside mobile home park is traditionally one of the first places in the County to face a mandatory evacuation order. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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