Kamila Diaz joins Lantana Ocean Rescue chief Marc Fichtner as he receives an award from the Town Council for helping to rescue her after a shark had severed the leash to her surfboard. Photos provided
By Patrick Sherry
A Lantana lifeguard walked away
By Patrick Sherry
Lantana’s traditional seagull and sailboat logo, which can be seen throughout the town, might be changing.
The town is considering an entire rebrand with the help of a local marketing agency, which would create a new identity for
By Patrick Sherry
Owners of a nearly $8 million Hypoluxo Island property next to the Ocean Avenue bridge will be building a security wall taller than typically allowed, one that they say will protect their family.
The Lantana Town Council approved a
Lantana Town Council incumbents Mark Zeitler and Chris Castle secured new three-year terms on Nov. 21 after being the only candidates to qualify for what was to be next year’s municipal election.
Zeitler and Castle both successfully filed to retain
Lantana’s town manager will be sitting on the council dais for another five years.
The Town Council approved renewing Brian Raducci’s contract 5-0 at its Nov. 10 meeting.
Raducci, who has 25 years of local government managerial experience, has been
A special election to fill the seat of former state Rep. Mike Caruso will be held March 24, four days after the Florida Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for 2026. In setting the timetable, Gov. Ron DeSantis also said a primary election for the Hou
By Patrick Sherry
Bicentennial Park will be closed for eight months starting next year after the Lantana Town Council approved entering into a grant agreement to improve the sea wall there.
The council at its Oct. 27 meeting pushed forward with the a
By Patrick Sherry
Lantana Town Council members like the idea of holding more town-sponsored food truck events as long as local restaurants aren’t hurt by the competition.
At their Oct. 10 workshop, council members discussed potential revisions to th
Tall privacy wall earns support on Hypoluxo Island — The Lantana Planning Commission recommended approval of an application to build an 11-foot wall on a nearly $8 million property near the Ocean Avenue bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
Ana Davi
Would-be candidates for the upcoming March 10 municipal elections have to qualify to be on the ballot by filing for the office they’re seeking with their town clerk or city clerk, and meeting the necessary requirements. The qualifying periods for the
By Jan Norris
You’re not showing up empty-handed to any affair on our watch. We have the suggestions and the goods for your hosts or for thank-you gifts during the season. Be the good guest and bring something appropriate — either tasty or useful.
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The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Read for the Record initiative, which directs adults and children through a shared reading experience. Mayors from Palm Beach County municipalities helped kick of
Familiar faces appointed to planning commission — Incumbent Rosemary Mouring, whose term on Lantana’s planning commission expired, was reappointed for another three-year term at the Sept. 8 Town Council meeting. Mouring has served on the commission s
By Mary Thurwachter
The tax rate in Lantana will remain the same as it has since 2022 — at $3.75 per $1,000 of taxable value.
However, homeowners may pay more in town taxes due to an increase in their taxable property value. The approved tax rate is
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
