By Mary Thurwachter
A zoning request that would allow the offices of the Old Key Lime House on Ocean Avenue to be moved next door to a historic home at 110 S. Lake Drive failed to win over the Lantana Town Council.
The home’s owner, Wayne Cordero, als
By Mary Thurwachter
A year after Hurricane Irma left the trail at the Nature Preserve in shambles, the Lantana Town Council is still grappling with the best way to restore it. Only the front portion of the path is accessible.
In May, the council talk
Lantana will be 100 years old in 2021, and town officials are seeking residents and business folks to join town staffers to form a centennial planning committee.
Once formed, the committee will meet quarterly to plan festivities, says Town Manager D
By Mary Thurwachter
The Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause that Lantana Mayor David Stewart misused his position to attempt to obtain a sexual benefit for himself. Probable cause also was found to believe he solicited sex from a co
The residences will be coastal postmodern in style, according to the architects, Urban Design Kilday Studios. Rendering provided
By Mary Thurwachter
Things are finally beginning to take shape at Water Tower Commons, the 72-acre retail and residenti
By Mary Thurwachter
Town Council members adopted a $20,372,098 budget for fiscal year 2019 and kept the current tax rate — $3.50 per $1,000 of taxable value.
During Lantana’s final budget hearing on Sept. 26, Mayor David Stewart said the $3.50 rate
An aquatic- themed mural may soon cover this building on Ocean Avenue. Rendering provided
By Mary Thurwachter
Not everyone saw eye-to-eye on the artistic allure of a proposed mural to cover a new boutique at 228 E. Ocean Ave., but the plan squeaked
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach mayor measures the drop in overdoses by the sound of silence.
“We no longer hear the sirens blaring from rescue vehicles racing to the next overdose,” said Mayor Shelly Petrolia. “It used to happen several times a day.
Slow progress on main angers residents
Work on South Atlantic Drive on Hypoluxo Island continued on July 24, past the Lantana Town Council’s July 23 deadline for the project’s completion. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana offi
By Mary Thurwachter
The Florida Commission on Ethics in June dismissed one of two complaints filed by Lantana resident Catherine Padilla against Mayor David Stewart.The complaint, filed on March 27, accused Stewart of using sexual innuendo during a K
By Mary Thurwachter
It’ll be a year in September since Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in Lantana and so many other communities.
But this year, with the hurricane season already underway, the town is fortifying two of its buildings with the help of FEMA
By Mary Thurwachter
An amendment to an ordinance that would allow miniature pigs to live in Lantana squeaked by the Town Council on May 14 — but not without trepidation.
While council members were sympathetic to the call from resident John Park to ke
By Mary Thurwachter
A proposal to construct a concrete trail at the Lantana Nature Preserve got mixed reviews from the Town Council on May 14. The discussion prompted the town to look at other ways to rebuild the pathway, including a boardwalk.
Last
By Jane Smith
The blaring horns from FEC freight trains and Brightline passenger trains will soon stop in most South County cities.
In Boca Raton, a quiet zone was scheduled to begin at 11:59 p.m. May 30. The city’s website explained: “Residents may
By Jane Smith
Coastal residents who live near the FEC tracks will have until at least late June to continue listening to loud train horns from Brightline passenger trains and FEC freight trains.
In mid-April, Brightline said its subcontractor was di
By Mary Thurwachter
John Park didn’t appear before the Lantana Town Council on April 9 to squeal about tax increases or garbage pickup. He just wants to keep his mini pig.
Park, who has a home on South 11th Street, said he received a code violation
By Mary Thurwachter
The annual cost of garbage collection in Lantana is jumping from $700,000 to almost a million dollars.
The Town Council last month approved a contract with Republic Services Inc., the same company that has handled the town’s garba
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana will spruce up the town’s 17 bus passenger shelters and benches in April.
Each will be sandblasted, primed and get a fresh coat of regal blue paint.
The shelters are 17 years old and haven’t been repainted before, says Lin
By Dan Moffett and Mary Thurwachter
Up and down the coastal communities, from the condo walls of South Palm Beach, to the mobile homes of Briny Breezes, to the old polo homes of Gulf Stream, a common question resonates from neighbor to neighbor.
“Whe
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council, at its Feb. 26 meeting, approved a collective bargaining agreement between the town and the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association. The agreement, which reflects an overall 5 percent salary incre
