By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana said no to a crossing agreement with Florida East Coast Railway and All Aboard Florida.
“This has to do with a second line for All Aboard Florida that they are going to be running through our town,” Mayor Dave Stewa
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Lantana voters will choose from two candidates for each of two council seats. The town has no term limits. Term is three years.
Council Group 3
Tom Deringer
(incumbent)
Personal: 63; attended the University of Kentucky, but did not graduate; 36
Two Lantana Council members will face opposition from political newcomers in the March 14 election.
Vice Mayor Philip Aridas, who has served on the council since 2011, is being challenged by Suzanne Gordon, 38. She is a stay-at-home mom and Re
5 not-to-miss spots on East Ocean Avenue in Lantana
Story by Mary Thurwachter
Photos by Ruth Cincotta
Some say Lantana is a quaint drinking village with a fishing problem. You can get a feel for both west of the bridge on East Ocean Avenue, the town’s
Yard work and construction trucks clog a Hypoluxo Island road.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
A proposed law that would limit parking on the street and public rights of way on Hypoluxo Island failed to garner a single vote from
Keith Lee of Delray Beach pulls his kayak up the launching pad
at Lyman Kayak Park after an afternoon of fishing.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Those who enjoy the quiet relaxation of paddling a canoe, kayak or paddleboard on th
By Willie Howard
The Lantana Town Council will listen to residents Jan. 9 on the long-standing problem of service trucks parking on Hypoluxo Island, in some cases narrowing roads to one lane.
The council discussed the island’s traffic woes at i
Children from the Lantana Hypoluxo School sit
on the Around the World float during a May Day 1923 celebration.
Lantana Elementary School students crowd around a 1935 American LaFrance fire engine
in this photo, one of about 25 images on display at th
Cooler weather usually brings good numbers of kingfish to the waters off south Palm Beach County.
Wayne Riddler, center, with the 52.1-pound kingfish he caught Dec. 14 on the Living on Island Time drift boat.
With Riddler are Capt. Max Parker, right,
By Mary Thurwachter
A pair of new license plate-reading cameras are destined for Hypoluxo Island. The Lantana Town Council voted Nov. 14 to replace the current readers for $29,257. In 2007, residents of Hypoluxo Island chipped in $28,000 to buy tw
By Willie Howard
Lantana’s Town Council recently hired consulting engineers to oversee the renovation of a water-damaged building on North Eighth Street to create a new headquarters for the Lantana Police Department.
The council unanimously app
By Mary Thurwachter
No stranger to “employee of the quarter” awards from the Lantana Police Department, Officer Edward Tavcar made another appearance at the Town Council’s Oct. 24 meeting. This time, he was recognized for his diligence in invest
For many coastal residents, Matthew was a chance to take photos and watch the waves, such as these off Ocean Ridge.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Employees put cross arms back on the bridge at George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach.
The arms
Pre-Halloween revelers came early for a costume contest and stayed late to dance the night away
at the town’s second annual Haunted Nature Preserve. ABOVE: Zombie cheerleaders (l-r) Janevia Collin, 7,
and Kaliyah Hugger, 8, of Lantana, react to a sca
By Dan Moffett
A Lantana resident and a Manalapan homeowners group have joined forces and filed suit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court to block construction of a Publix at Plaza del Mar.
The suit claims the town acted illegally in July when co
By Dan Moffett
Two coastally iconic Manalapan businesses that were headed for the wrecking ball to make way for a new Publix at Plaza del Mar are planning to relocate soon in larger spaces at the center.
Manalapan Italian Cuisine, with its B
By Mary Thurwachter
For the fifth time this year, Lantana’s Municipal Beach was slapped with a no-swimming advisory because of high bacteria levels.
In tests administered by the Palm Beach County Health Department on Sept. 19, bacteria levels w
By Mary Thurwachter
Developers for Water Tower Commons received approval from the Lantana Town Council for several changes to the commercial plan for the 72-acre retail and residential project at the old A.G. Holley State Hospital site. But they’l
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council postponed for one month a vote on a request for a change to a shared parking agreement for Love Lantana Point properties at 201-239 E. Ocean Ave.
Tom Prakas, manager for Love Lantana Point since Apri
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners will be spreading the word about the need to keep balloons and other debris off beaches, but stopped short of creating an ordinance similar to one implemented by Lantana that bans balloons.
The