Anglers on a small flats boat make their way past the sea wall at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton. The wall is scheduled for replacement. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Projects aim to raise ground level, increase sea wall heights
By Jane Musgrave
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American oystercatchers mingle alongside construction equipment on the north island of Bonefish Cove. Photos provided by Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management
By Mary Thurwachter
While snowbirds flock to airports and high
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana signed off on flood management regulations to meet National Flood Insurance Program standards, which meant the town also had to revise its ordinance as it relates to mobile homes. On its first reading of the ordinance in N
Library employee receives top honor — Jennifer Sweeten has been working at the Lantana Public Library for less than a year but has made a big and wonderful impression on colleagues and regulars at the library.
Sweeten, who transferred from the town’s
Louis M. Canter, aka Lantana Lou, gained notoriety for donning a cape, a crown and carrying a colorful, cutout fish on Groundhog Day to predict Lantana’s next six weeks of weather. Photo provided
By Mary Thurwachter
LANTANA — It’s been a decade since
During the Read for the Record competition, Lantana Police Chief Sean Scheller belts out a tune in the library as part of a mini opera, to the amusement of library staffer Jennifer Sweeten (left) and Director Kristine Kreidler. Photo provided
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By Steve Plunkett and Mary Thurwachter
Three Old Key Lime House workers have died following a shooting Dec. 10 in Lake Worth Beach after a company holiday party.
The men were among four of the Lantana restaurant’s employees who were shot in the incid
By Brian Biggane
New South Palm Beach Town Council member Sandy Beckett wasted no time using her influence on the governing body, joining with Vice Mayor Monte Berendes and others to defeat a proposal designed to bring about a crosswalk just south of
An assortment of businesses, including beauty salons, jewelry and clothing stores, and restaurants offer a variety of goods and services at the Plaza del Mar shopping plaza, 201 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Steve Plunkett
Two men are dead and two others are hospitalized after an early-morning shooting Dec. 10 in Lake Worth Beach following a holiday party.
All four men worked at the Old Key Lime House restaurant in Lantana.
Restaurant owner Ryan Corde
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana’s municipal beach will be the latest to cash in on a grant opportunity.
At the Town Council’s Nov. 18 meeting, members entered into a $150,000 matching grant agreement with the state’s Department of Environmental Protecti
A firefighter who has served 20 years with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue has thrown his hat into the ring for the Group 1 Town Council seat in Lantana.
Jesse Rivero, a 26-year resident, seeks to unseat veteran Council member Lynn “Doc” Moorhouse, a r
By Steve Plunkett
The Cops Caring for Cops Fundraiser has started.
The Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police is “adopting” or supporting 20 police officers who were significantly harmed by Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Oct. 9.
The
Special meeting on Kmart development — During a special meeting on Dec. 10, the Lantana Town Council will consider proposed changes to the comprehensive plan and zoning code for a potential mixed-use development at the former Kmart site, at 1201 S.
The renovated shark tank is one of the recent improvements at the Sandoway Discovery Center. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
The Sandoway Discovery Center won the mid-level Hats Off Nonprofit of the Year from Nonprofits First. Sandoway Executive Di
A county employee uses a gas-powered blower to clear leaves and twigs from a path in Gulfstream Park. BELOW RIGHT: Jim Reynolds, with his wife, Susan Beil, says the noise is ‘like an explosion of sound.’ Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Thurwachter
The tail-wagging news keeps getting better for the dog play area at Maddock Park, the top spot for canines in Lantana.
A year ago, the hound-friendly park lapped up $180,000 in new fencing, benches and canine exercise equipment.
A man who the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office described as mentally ill was spotted driving recklessly at the Lake Worth Beach parking lot on State Road A1A. After seeing a deputy, the driver fled in his van south to Lantana, where he crashed thro
After Hurricane Milton exited Florida late Oct. 10, it left behind optimal surf conditions south of the Boca Raton Inlet. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related: Carlisle and Eau open doors to Tampa evacuees from storm; Briny Breezes: County orders eva
By Rich Pollack
With Hurricane Milton bearing down on them and a new evacuation order issued, the team at Tampa’s Estate at Hyde Park memory-care facility knew it needed to flee — and fast.
So, at 5 p.m. Oct. 8, the day before the storm was expected
