Delray's $19M beach restoration is leaving a cliff
A longtime resident says the $19 million beach project has cut off his access to the water.
Delray's $19M beach restoration is leaving a cliff
Delray's $19 million municipal beach restoration has produced a steep, cliff-like drop-off, and longtime resident Errol Gumer told WPTV the work has now blocked his own access to the water. Gumer has been tracking the project since January. Scooter Bobby, also quoted in the report, said the uncertainty around the work is frustrating. The setup: a high-cost public project on Delray's signature asset is producing a visible barrier on the sand, and people who use the beach are starting to say so on the record. Worth watching: whether the city or project team explains the timeline and the final beach grade before the busy summer stretch, and whether the accessibility issues flagged in WPTV's reporting draw a formal response.
The municipal beach earns its fourth straight Blue Flag
Delray's municipal beach has earned the Blue Flag designation for the fourth consecutive year, per the city's news page. The post is headline-only as captured; no criteria breakdown, no narrative on this year's assessment. Worth filing: a fourth-year run on any externally-judged designation is the kind of steady-state win that rarely makes news but often shapes how the city pitches its waterfront.
A 25-year Delray knitting group says it needs help
Loving Hands, a Delray knitting group that started 25 years ago, says it needs community support to keep its blanket-making mission going, per WPTV. Rising costs from tariffs and inflation are making supplies more expensive. Laura Kowalczyk, founder of Kids Needing Kidneys, helps get the blankets to families across South Florida who need them most. The full WPTV report has the on-camera version of the group's ask.
Downtown is turning into a citywide challenge course for an annual race
Boca Post reports that downtown Delray Beach is being set up as a citywide challenge course for an annual race, in a post tagged Events, Family Activities, Parks, and Recreation. The captured material is the headline and Boca Post's standard newsletter prompt; the race name, date, course route, and organizer are not in the capture and would come from the full Boca Post piece.
The downtown events calendar is listing a craft festival
Downtown Delray Beach's events calendar has a listing for a Downtown Delray Beach Craft Festival, described as a chance to explore local crafts and art. The captured listing does not include a date, time, exact location, vendor count, or admission detail, so readers planning to go should pull those specifics from the DDA calendar entry itself.