Mary Kate Leming's Blog Posts Tagged 'Ocean Ridge' (11)

Recreational boaters and snorkelers gather along the north side of Bird Island, where Manalapan residents say their presence can be a nuisance. Photos by Jerry Lower

By Steve Plunkett



The summer sun is hot, and so are neighbors of the Boynton…

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By Tim O’Meilia



Thirty-odd years ago, a barely teen-aged Geoff Pugh and his brother would climb down to the rocks at the bottom of the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet and spear fish until a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy shooed them away.

Other days they would cast nets for sheepshead or whatever…

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By Margie Plunkett

Police officers will be paid for a full, 104 extra hours they will work annually

because of a schedule change to 12-hour shifts, a reverse by Ocean Ridge

commissioners who initially agreed to pay for only 44 additional…

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By Margie Plunkett

A majority of residents favor rehiring the Boynton Beach Police Department to patrol and protect Briny Breezes, according to a survey conducted by the town

as aldermen prepare to choose between Boynton Beach and the Ocean Ridge Police

Department in May.…

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10 Questions

On a recent day, the sun glittered on the Intracoastal water outside James

Gardner’s Ocean Ridge home, where he lives with his wife of 45 years and their

sociable black poodle. It is a comfortable and well-appointed abode, but with

his collection of African sculpture and masks…

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Looking back, there really wasn’t much doubt about what John D. O’Connell was going to be when he grew up. “I have a picture of him when he was 3,” said his mother, Debby O’Connell, a Realtor with Hampton Real Estate in Ocean Ridge. “He was saluting.”

Flash forward 21 years. The saluting toddler is now a 24-year-old Marine, a first lieutenant stationed in Afghanistan.

“When he heard he was going to Afghanistan, he was thrilled,” Debby… Continue

By Kelly Wolfe



It’s 8:03 on a Saturday night in January — arguably the busy season — on a mild evening just after the cold snap.

Boynton Beach Police Officer Mike Mulcahy is on duty. In the past hour and a half, he’s cruised each Briny street; shined his spotlight in between each trailer; walked the length of the clubhouse and checked the beach for vagrants. He’s sat at the red light; shined lights on the boats and been invited to a… Continue

By Margie Plunkett



Colonial Ridge Club residents want to put up gates to stop motorists and pedestrians from cutting through the property located between A1A and Old Ocean Boulevard as well as using the condo’s parking spaces.

A group of residents and officers appeared before Ocean Ridge commissioners in January, requesting permission to install an electric gate at the A1A entrance of the condominiums at 5505 N. Ocean Blvd., which would be attached to a wall that already… Continue

By Margie Plunkett



The sand transfer plant at South Lake Worth Inlet is up and running, but the new silence of its electric motor may be offset by the pounding of pilings through March, according to Manalapan Mayor Tom Gerrard.

“The plant was dead quiet from the outside,” said the mayor. The quiet motor pumps more efficiently than the old, smoky engine — and the mayor said during the town’s January commission meeting that he… Continue

By Christina Denardo



In an effort to revitalize Boynton Beach’s downtown and save money, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency is moving the annual free concert series from the waterfront to downtown.

It’s a return to downtown for the concert series, which was created 14 years ago under a different name, Tunes in Town, to boost city spirit. In 1998, the series moved to Oceanfront Park on A1A in Ocean Ridge. The monthly waterfront performances were popular, drawing about 400… Continue

By Margie Plunkett

Election day in Ocean Ridge and Manalapan may find a permanent home on the second Tuesday in March if commissioners in each town follow through on preliminary approvals in November.

Most of the 38 cities in Palm Beach County hold municipal elections on that date, but Ocean Ridge, Manalapan, Palm Beach and Jupiter Inlet Colony are among those that don’t. Ocean Ridge’s last elections were the second Tuesday in February; Manalapan’s were the first Tuesday in March —… Continue