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Coastal Star: Activist for a polio-free world gets a shock — Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:30

By Linda Haase

Betsy Owen has a powerful message: “As long as one child in the world has polio, every child in the world is at risk.”
Owen, a 70-year-old coastal Delray Beach resident, is a polio survivor — and she’s passionate about helping others avo

Coasting Along: At this ‘private club,’ the crowd’s a gas

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:30

Missy, age 22, hangs out with the gang in front of Gulf Stream Texaco. Photos by Tim Stepien

By Ron Hayes

Palm Beach has the Everglades Club. Ocean Ridge has its Ocean Club. Gulf Stream has a classy Little Club, Delray Beach the lovely St. Andrew’s C

Delray Beach: Reclaimed water project

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:13

Workers put the finishing touches on the almost $1.2 million reclaimed water project along Andrews Avenue in Delray Beach. According to city officials, the project is anticipated to reduce demand on the potable water system, limit watering restrictio

Delray Beach: New restaurant parking requirements back on the table

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:10

By Margie Plunkett

Delray Beach commissioners revived the discussion of downtown restaurant parking, voting 3-2 to reconsider whether to remove incentives once designed to attract restaurants. The ordinance will be heard on first reading Sept. 6.
Early

Delray Beach: City may increase beach parking, marina fees

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:09

By Margie Plunkett

Beachgoers may pay a quarter more an hour for parking in Delray Beach in the next budget year, which would raise about $193,000 in new fees for the city.
The parking increase was one of several proposed fee increases presented at the

Delray Beach: Grant provides receptacles for cigarette butts

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:07

Delray Beach has placed five receptacles for cigarette butts in beach locations in the vicinity of Atlantic Avenue and A1A, thanks to a $1,000 grant from Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful.
Mary Renaud, president of the Beach Property Owners Associatio

Gulf Stream: Improvements, cameras for Place Au Soleil entranceway

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:05

By Steve Plunkett

Place Au Soleil homeowners will install four security cameras to track comings and goings while they widen the entrance road to their community across the street from the Walmart being built in Boynton Beach.
“I think that’s all part

Delray Beach: Alperin fills commission seat on interim basis

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 14:03

By Paula Detwiller

Former Delray Beach Mayor Jay Alperin has been appointed to fill the City Commission seat left vacant by the early departure of Commissioner Fred Fetzer, who resigned effective Aug. 1 for personal and health reasons.
Alperin, a local

Ocean Ridge: Guard camps on island for post-disaster training

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:59

Twenty-eight National Guardsmen set up in a vacant lot across from Ocean Ridge Town Hall to test their ability to assist in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Photos by Jerry Lower

By Ron Hayes

On Aug. 22, while Hurricane Irene was still making up it

Ocean Ridge: Town seeks budget cuts to avoid tapping reserves

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:53

By Margie Plunkett
and Mary Kate Leming
Ocean Ridge employees will forgo cost-of-living increases this year and the town will continue to make do with a part-time maintenance worker as commissioners push for cuts that will help prevent spending from re

Manalapan: Beach house size goes to zoning commission

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:50

By Tim O’Meilia

How big should a Manalapan beach house be?
    Until now, the answer has been: not big enough to live in, sleep in, cook in or rent out.
Certainly not big enough to be seen from State Road A1A, so lush landscaping is a must.
    By

Manalapan: Police hope tweets will discourage youthful drinkers

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:45

By Tim O’Meilia

Hooligans in England used Facebook, Twitter and other social media as an almost instantaneous call to riot in London, Birmingham and other British cities.
Manalapan Police Chief Clay Walker hopes electronic communication will ha

South Palm Beach: Town sets budget workshop

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:30

The South Palm Beach Town Council has scheduled a budget workshop at 7:15 p.m. Sept. 12 to discuss suggestions made by residents during the first public hearing on the budget, at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 6.
The second and final public hearing is set for 6:

Meet Your Neighbor: Vince Canning — Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:26

Tall and lanky with a firm handshake, 81-year-old Vince Canning of coastal Delray Beach seems like a no-nonsense fellow. And he certainly is, when it comes to serving his community. But he’s got a whimsical side, too, evidenced by his Mickey Mouse wr

Hurricane season A-Z: Any way you look at it, it spells trouble!

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:21

Coastal Star Staff
A is for the African coast. We have it to thank for the birth of our Caribbean storms. Also Alka-Seltzer. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is when hurricane warnings get downgraded to tropical storm, or when a hurricane m

Equinox can exaggerate tidal flooding this fall

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 13:04

By Tim O’Meilia

The autumnal equinox arrives Sept. 23 and that means higher than usual spring tides could threaten to slosh down coastal streets this fall.
Huh? Spring tides in the fall?
“It all has to do with the Earth, the sun and the moon li

Boynton Beach: Downtown progressing in fits and starts

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 12:57

By Angie Francalancia

Boynton Beach celebrated the completion of its amphitheater at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and marina-entry feature with tours and music last month — a milestone in a slow progression to convert Ocean Avenue into a dining,

Gulf Stream: Volk house demolition, 6-house subdivision delayed

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 12:52

The British Colonial home, designed by noted Palm Beach architect John L. Volk, is slated for demolition as part of plans for a six-home subdivision. Photo by Jerry Lower

By Steve Plunkett

In its heyday on the eve of World War II, the British

The Mark Garretson Memorial 17th Annual Fishing Tournament

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 12:49

Paul Shersty (center) announces the weight of a wahoo caught by team ‘Killer Buzz’ of Boca Raton during The Mark Gerretson Memorial 17th Annual Fishing Tournament in Delray Beach. The 42-pound wahoo was one pound heavier than the closest competitor

Lantana: Flooding and ballfields get council action

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on August 31, 2011 at 12:45

By Margie Plunkett

The Lantana Town Council hopes a newly approved $711,765 contract will pull the plug on a drainage problem at North Atlantic Drive and Beach Curve Road on Hypoluxo Island that has spanned decades.
The winning bid, quoted by I

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