This peacock — described as ‘quite a handsome one’ — showed up about a year ago. Photo provided by Susie Bowman
By Ron Hayes
Ann McGlinn-Work hesitated, pondering, trying to remember.
“I think it goes back to a little over a year ago,” she decided.
By Mary Thurwachter
The Town Council agreed in May to hire a third-party consultant to create a new master plan for Lantana using information gathered from residents during two recent workshops.
The move follows through on a goal of Mayor Robert Hage
Steven Presson (right), a Realtor with the Corcoran Group, shows a property on Hypoluxo Island to Brian Mock in March as Douglas Elliman agent Tonja Garamella listens from the top of the stairs. The Mocks, from Newport Beach, California, plan to move
Max Beverly of Hypoluxo Island had a career helping young people — as a counselor, detention service director and administrator of Palm Beach County’s Juvenile and Family Court. He also served as the county’s youth affairs director and became its fir
Boca Raton residents Amanda Clark (l), 20, and her mother Kate Clark are battered by the winds and rain of Tropical Storm Eta as they observe the power of the storm from the pavilion of South Beach Park in Boca Raton Nov. 8. The intense wind and hor
By Mary Thurwachter
After hearing residents’ concerns about house parties at suspected short-term rental properties, the Lantana Town Council, at its July 13 meeting, said it was addressing the problem, but warned that a resolution won’t be easy.
In
By Mary Thurwachter
After hearing residents’ concerns about house parties at suspected short-term rental properties, the Lantana Town Council at its July 13 meeting said it was addressing the problem but warned that a resolution won’t be easy.
In a l
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana police made quick work in nabbing a Belle Glade lawn maintenance worker charged with snatching $200,000 worth of checks from a mailbox on South Atlantic Drive on Hypoluxo Island.
According to the police report, Marchello W
Don Edge at his Hypoluxo Island home, which he designed and built 60 years ago. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On a cold January afternoon in 1952, a young man named Donald Edge stepped off a curb in downtown Detroit and landed in West Pa
Elizabeth McDonough, a mental health counselor and triathlete, lives on Hypoluxo Island with her husband, J.J., and their sons, Kane, 8, and Van, 4. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
As if having a husband, two young boys and a career as a mental health
Debra Ghostine of Hypoluxo Island takes on volunteer opportunities like athletic events. She pitched softball in her youth and plays tennis and golf. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Stephen Moore
Volunteering and athletics are big parts of Debra Gho
By Arden Moore, Mary Thurwachter and Rich Pollack
Neighbors, family members, longtime clients and anyone else who knew veterinarian Ken Simmons rarely were at a loss for words to describe him. He stood 6-foot-8, but his attitude and actions stood out
Three-year-old Luke Howard gets a push from his father, Jake, during the Hypoluxo Island property owners annual picnic at McKinley Park on Feb. 24. They were in town visiting grandparents Diz and Sally Howard of Hypoluxo Island. Jerry Lower/The Coast
Hayley Sheldon of Hypoluxo Island holds her 3-month-old daughter, Willa, and her papier-mâché dandelions. She crafted the flowers from dyed and painted paper on a papier-mâché base for the show ‘Flora’ last year at the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Be
The landowner plans to build a home where his contractor knocked down trees, including a beloved old live oak, on heavily wooded parcels. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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