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2 weeks ago | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
Visitors to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton on Friday could only view patients in the nature center's rehabilitation unit from behind a gated fence after the Coastal Stewards abruptly closed the marine hospital and the nature center's gift shop following a Thursday vote by the nonprofit's board of directors. By Steve PlunkettBELOW RIGHT: A sign posted on the fence alerted patrons to the nonprofit board's decision.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
Visitors to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton on Friday could only view patients in the nature center's rehabilitation unit from behind a gated fence after the Coastal Stewards abruptly closed the marine hospital and the nature center's gift shop following a Thursday vote by the nonprofit's board of trustees. By Steve PlunkettBELOW RIGHT: A sign posted on the fence alerted patrons to the nonprofit board's decision.
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2 months ago | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
Controlling traffic is a high priority as construction trucks and workers have to share the road with parents lined up to gather their students at the end of a day of classes at Gulf Stream School. Gulf Stream Police Officer Todd Stanton and Michael Alford of Roadway Construction manage traffic while another worker crosses a metal plate in the road in front of the school on April 25.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
By Steve PlunkettDown year for nests hints at another surge in 2025 Following a record-breaking 2023, people who monitor sea turtle nests up and down south Palm Beach County's coast faced an easier workload this season. And the season, which officially ended Oct. 31, isn't over yet.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
Two rescue divers, Ocean Ridge police and Palm Beach County sherriff's deputies on the beach Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where a teenager appears to have drowned. Gulf Stream police and Boynton Beach fire rescue personal were also involved in the rescue and search. The teenager, mom and sibling were in the surf before lifeguards arrived for the day. BELOW: One of the rescue divers returns to the shore after trying to find the missing child.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
By Steve PlunkettAs viewed from the Intracoastal Waterway, one of the homes in the Bluewater Cove portion of Place Au Soleil will be two stories. Rendering providedThe second of two Bluewater Cove houses on the Intracoastal Waterway has, as predicted, two stories fronting the water, and the empty parcel just to the north will be home to two mangrove nurseries. The new residence will be a 6,967-square-foot single-family home in the Anglo-Caribbean style with a three-car garage and swimming pool.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
A proposed home at 2600 N. Ocean Blvd. east of State Road A1A won a variance from the Boca Raton City Council on Oct. 8. The plans still need approval from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection before construction can begin. A larger scale proposal was rejected by the council in 2019, leading to a pair of contentious lawsuits that ended recently.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
The proposed home at 2600 N. Ocean Blvd. would have two living floors, basement and a rooftop terrace with pool Renderings provided City Council will have the final say By Steve PlunkettBoca Raton's Environmental Advisory Board has delivered a strong "no" to plans for a scaled-back residence on one of the two remaining vacant parcels in Boca Raton east of State Road A1A. The board, meeting Sept.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
By Steve PlunkettWeekly updates online for the Core district's 20-month road, water main and drainage project were not enough. Now Gulf Stream has become a concierge, giving almost-daily reports - by phone - to affected residents. "We started kind of on a weekly basis, but as it turns out even a week is too long," Town Manager Greg Dunham told town commissioners on Sept. 13.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
thecoastalstar.com | Steve Plunkett
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Scott McClure (right) and Lt. Aaron Tobin talk with longtime resident Edith Behm before escorting her and other residents out of the Briny Breezes Town Council meeting last month. Jerry Lower/The Coastal StarBy Steve PlunkettResidents agitated by news removed for disrupting meeting Briny Breezes has qualified for a $7.2 million grant from the state to upgrade its stormwater drainage system and raise its sea walls.
