By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Council member Yvette Drucker has dropped her bid for a state Senate seat to run for Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in the November 2026 election.
Drucker’s Aug. 21 announcement came shortl
By Henry Fitzgerald
The Coastal Star won nine first-place awards at the recent Florida Press Association ceremony, including the top award for general excellence at the highest level — Division A — for weekly and monthly newspapers with circulations
By Mary Thurwachter
A plan to improve Lantana’s Public Beach has been talked about for years, but in August council members and residents got a chance to hear about a conceptual site plan.
“During the visioning session in April everybody had beach i
The Lantana Town Council and the office of U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel honored World War II Navy veteran Edward Sandy of Atlantis for his 100th birthday at the Aug. 11 council meeting. ABOVE: Mayor Karen Lythgoe leads the applause for Sandy. Photo provide
Rabbi Leibel Stolik plans to make several stops with his shofar to usher in the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
This Rosh Hashanah is Rabbi Leibel Stolik’s 20th year leading High Holidays services in coastal Palm Beach C
A heavy buildup of sargassum created less-than-picture-perfect conditions for visitors to Lantana’s beach park in July. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana Town Council members have revised the town’s beach cleaning directive to
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana held its second budget workshop on July 14, and the process is running smoothly, according to Town Manager Brian Raducci.
Residents may be pleased to learn that the Town Council is not planning an increase in the tax rate
Parking lot proposal denied — Local developer Tony Mauro failed to convince the Lantana Town Council that building a private parking lot and small structure at 200 N. Third St. in the commercial zoning district was a good idea.
The council unanimous
By Rich Pollack
Water and sewer system improvement projects and road renovations, along with public safety enhancements, were among projects in south Palm Beach County that survived state budget cuts and received funding.
While Gov. Ron DeSantis veto
Gear up for savings as many restaurants initiate summer specials. In addition to $29 and $39 prix fixe menus, expect a wide participation next month when Flavor South Florida hits and restaurants add special lunch and dinner deals to their menus. For
Sargassum piles up on Lantana's town beach in May. File photo/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Although Lantana hasn’t formally given the green light to raking sargassum off its beach, the town appears to be headed in that direction — but the ear
By Mary Thurwachter
Sean Scheller won’t be calling it quits as Lantana’s top cop this month — as he had been scheduled to do.
The police chief wants to stay — and the town wants him to remain. Council members told him so at their June 9 meeting and
Helping neighbors — Lantana has launched Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a program connecting volunteers with residents who need extra help in keeping up their homes.
The program is designed to assist residents with non-professional tasks such as mowing
Revisions by the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office to preliminary taxable property values released earlier this year show that those valuations have increased in all cities and towns in southeastern Palm Beach County.
Property Appraiser D
By Mary Hladky
The taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has cooled for the second year in a row, heading back to a more typical rate of increase following stratospheric gains in 2022 and 2023.
But even with the smaller value jump, this marks
Lantana’s policy is to leave sargassum alone, but the record amount forecast prompted the town to seek expert input on whether to rake its beach (above). Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Related: Along the Coast: Record seaweed levels headed our way
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Seaplanes can’t dock in Lantana — The Lantana Town Council unanimously voted to amend its ordinances May 12 to prohibit the docking or tying up of seaplanes or flying boats — seaplanes with a fuselage designed as a hull, allowing them to operate on w
Rodman ‘Rock’ Leas lives on Hypoluxo Island across from the Lantana Nature Preserve. He and his wife — avid birders — enjoy the wildlife preserve’s scenery. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
From Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea to Jimmy Buffett
Related: Lantana: Council to consider allowing sargassum removal from town beach
Don’t be surprised if seaweed starts showing up on south Palm Beach County beaches in even greater piles than have already been washing ashore this year.
The amount of s
Airport revenue has increased in 2025 because visits by President Donald Trump to Mar-a-Lago have diverted more traffic to Boca Raton (above). Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
President Donald Trump’s nine visits to Mar-a-Lago in the firs
