At least two barge-loads of sand are being deposited every day to create the two new islands in a restoration project called Bonefish Cove. The red buoys and yellow silt curtains help to contain the sand and sediment until the islands are complete an
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Hypoluxo Island resident Leah Mills and her daughter have come up with a ‘better-for-you drink.’ Photo provided
What 10 years ago was a summertime drink Leah Mills would serve friends and family is now a gin-based refreshment the Hypoluxo Island re
Jordan Nichols and Bill Simons gauge the plan’s suggested channel as too shallow. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
After plan blindsides Hypoluxo Island, lagoon project won’t touch channel after all
By Mary Thurwachter
Bonefish Cove, a long-pla
Annika Kielland with her whippet, Bodhi, at home on Hypoluxo Island. She was first attracted to the house’s outside, ‘which is like a Balinese tropical jungle.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Annika Kielland’s job history runs the gamut, from waitress
The recently built, 2,640-square-foot home has a contemporary facade with tropical ground cover, high horizontal windows, eclectic art friezes and marble tile panels along with stunning front doors. Photos provided
With its stylish horizontal design,
By Mary Thurwachter
Several Hypoluxo Island residents appeared at the July 24 Lantana Town Council meeting to protest a neighbor’s requests for a variance to add a third boat lift to his dock. The applicant did not attend, but sent his lawyer to argu
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One of the earliest coastal communities to employ license plate recognition software was the town of Manalapan, which had a system in place as early as 2
Kerry Sullivan’s Halloween drawing ‘Smile’ was honored with a national gold medal in competition. Artwork provided
By Faran Fagen
In elementary school, Kerry Sullivan thought hard about which crayons to use to illustrate the features of her many “My
Carol Titcomb and her husband of 73 years, Ray, have lived in their Hypoluxo Island home since 1985. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Carol Titcomb haș always been on the move and, at 92, the Hypoluxo Island resident shows few signs of slowing down.
Duri
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council unanimously approved revisions April 10 to the town’s traffic calming policy.
Changes include one that allows residents who are renting their homes to participate in petitions for traffic calming, with th
By Mary Thurwachter
It’s back to the drawing board for a couple who asked the Lantana Town Council to grant a setback variance to build a 7,100-square-foot home on a .36-acre lot on Hypoluxo Island.
The council delayed voting on the variance at its Fe
Malcolm Balfour enjoys a cup of tea on the dock of his Hypoluxo Island home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
As a journalist, Hypoluxo Island’s Malcolm Balfour has pretty much done it all.
Associate editor of the National Enquirer for eight years when
LANTANA — John Joseph Holloway passed away March 13 in Burnsville, North Carolina, at the age of 61. He was the son of Emma Holloway and the late John Holloway Sr.
Born in Detroit, he soon relocated with his family to Florida, where he attended scho
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council voted 3-1 Feb. 27 to delay a vote on whether to grant a setback variance to a couple who want to build a 7,100-square-foot home on a .36-acre lot on Hypoluxo Island.
The couple, Thomas and Mindee Borzilleri
Max Chiorean, of Boynton Beach, walked across the exposed rocks on Gulf Stream Beach with his surfboard on Nov. 10. Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski and Joe Capozzi and staff reports
A rare November hurricane combined with king
With a triple lot of 1.25 acres, this estate stretches across 264 feet of prime water frontage. It has three docks that will accommodate up to a 35-foot vessel. Photos provided
Resplendent in design and livability, this estate with a total of 10,250
By Mary Thurwachter
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Narine Ebersold, a good, kind and friendly woman cherished by her children and admired by neighbors and friends, died on Aug. 26 at Palm Garden of West Palm Beach. She was 95.Mrs. Ebersold and her late husband, D
By Brian Biggane
BOYNTON BEACH — Near the end of a lengthy interview with Ken and Cat Hilgendorf concerning the recent death of their daughter Capri Grotowski, Ken summed up all the two had said previously: “She was our hero.”
They are not alone. Mrs
By Ron Hayes
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Don and Alice Edge moved into their Hypoluxo Island home on April 9, 1959.
Two years earlier, the young architect had bought the 6,000-square-foot lot on Southeast Atlantic Drive for $6,000. He designed the house, paid
By Mary Thurwachter
Budget workshops seldom draw a crowd in Lantana, where the tax rate has remained mostly the same for the past 21 years. That changed this year after word of a proposed tax hike spread.
Despite a 15.8% increase in the town’s tax ba
