Ocean Ridge News

Don King, the world's most famous boxing promoter, has come up with a South Florida plan to memorialize his close friend: the soft-spoken, gentle, peace-espousing Michael Jackson.

Lothar and Carlyn Mayer sold a six-bedroom, 8.5-bath home at 6017 N. Old Ocean Blvd.

The city authorities in Ocean Ridge, FL are warning the residents and those who travel there for summer vacations to keep the doors of their cars locked for safety as the number of "flippings" have been increased nationwide.

MICHAEL Jackson's stunned eldest son watched "in a trance" as his father died, it was revealed yesterday.

Updated 4 p.m. Friday - SOUTH PALM BEACH - Vice Mayor Chuck McCrosson declared his candidacy Thursday for Jeff Atwater's Florida Senate seat.

Palm Beach County Commissioners have approved a $1.4 million Change Order 1 in a contract with M&J Construction Company of Pinellas County, Inc - increasing the total contract value now to $4 million.

Bill Hager, Republican candidate for the State House seat in District 87, will kick off his campaign with a fundraiser June 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Bogart's Grille in Boca Raton Included as hosts are Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel and members of the City Council, including Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie, Constance Scott, Anthony Majhess, and Michael ...

A tornado was spotted near Interstate 95 and Boynton Beach Boulevard this afternoon, state officials said.

A day of diving turned up a troubling find. Elaine Blum and a group of divers were on a charter boat, on their way back into Two Georges Marina in downtown Boynton Beach.

The Town Commission plans to demand more protection for the south-end shoreline before the county starts constructing a new sand transfer plant at the South Lake Worth Inlet this summer.

Unity Middle School Drama students, some with three to four years of professional-level drama production experience, will present the classic tale a oeSleeping Beautya May 1-2 for local school children and the community.

After more than four decades of vacuuming up sandy mush on one side and spewing it out 700 feet south of the other, the sand transfer plant at the Boynton Inlet will be torn down this spring.

A county official said the upcoming construction of a new sand transfer plant at the Boynton Beach Inlet will provide a more consistent supply of sand to the beaches to the south, including Ocean Ridge.

AP Photo/The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Mark Randall Mary Ziegenfuss, of Ocean Ridge, watches the 41st annual Delray Beach St.

Jim Logue of Canton, Ohio, was a triple winner Wednesday in a Treasure Coast Senior Tour event at Heritage Ridge Golf Club in Hobe Sound.

Palm Beach County commissioners have approved a concessionaire service agreement with Intuitive Investments, Inc.

New Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher faces her first test Tuesday when the town of Palm Beach holds its municipal elections.

A record six Unity Middle School students - three of them from Boca Raton -- captured seven awards in the 2009 Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair recently held at Palm Beach Central High School.

Palm Beach County commissioners have approved the sale of a parcel of land in the Town of Cloud Lake to the town for the perfunctory sum of $10. The parcel measures 90-foot wide for the south 660 feet, said ...

Three beaches have been closed to swimmers today after a broken pipe leaked raw sewage into the Intracoastal Waterway, according to the Palm Beach County Health Department.