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Along the Avenues: Steve Forbes pays a visit to Trump’s place

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 13:42

By Thom Smith

For decades the family yacht tied up at local marinas, the better for dad to entertain big clients and the family to enjoy a little respite from Northeast winters.
Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, but the wining and dining aboard Highlander

Lantana: Budget reveals less bad news than last year

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 13:08

By Margie Plunkett

Lantana kicked off its budget process with the prospect of further drops in property tax revenue and other income that could once again force it to grapple with cost cutting. But as one council member put it, the glass is lookin

Lantana: Officer charged with multiple robberies

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 13:06

By Tim O’Meilia

    A Lantana police officer was arrested and charged with three counts of robbery after he allegedly pulled over Hispanic men and stole their money after they left check-cashing stores.
    Officer Mark Ott, 35, faces a maximum of

South Palm Beach: Breakwater prospects occupy commission

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 13:00

NOTE: Story has been corrected since printed to reflect the following date change:

• Changed the date of the June council meeting to the 21st, rather than the 28th, also to accommodate Flagello’s schedule.

By Tim O’Meilia

Clutching to a sliver o

Lantana Fishing Derby: Old Key Lime House, Lantana

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 12:29

Anglers take photographs of Capt. Reese L. Singleton III, whose boat, Old Key Limer, won third place for dolphin, with a 16.01-pound fish in the Lantana Fishing Derby. The awards ceremony for the tournament was held May 15 at The Old Key Lime House i

Mayors of coastal communities to discuss common concerns

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on May 5, 2011 at 16:33

By Steve Plunkett

Coastal mayors will meet for lunch this month to see how they might help one another, share or contract out police and other municipal services and perhaps trim town budgets in the process.
Basil Diamond of Manalapan began contacting

A popular place: Politicians tour Lantana and South Palm Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on May 4, 2011 at 14:57

Florida Governor Rick Scott talked with Michael Bornstein, Lantana’s Town Manager, and dozens of other local officials during a whirlwind tour April 6 of three eroded Palm Beach County beaches. The Governor made no promises of any efforts the state

Lantana: Fishing Pier added to bridge plan

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on May 4, 2011 at 14:27

By Tim O’Meilia

Hoping to shoo fishermen off the soon-to-be-rebuilt East Ocean Avenue bridge in Lantana, the Town Council approved construction of a $500,000 concrete fishing pier on the west end of the span.
Palm Beach County will build the 8-foot-wid

Lantana: Cenacle zoning sparks discussion, reversal

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on May 4, 2011 at 12:53

By Margie Plunkett

Lantana Council has dubbed the Cenacle property on Dixie Highway commercial, reversing an earlier vote that returned it to residential following a failed deal to sell it to a luxury hotel developer.
Council members reconsidered the i

Lure of fiction called when real estate took a dive

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:52

By Steve Pike

You might say that A.C. Brooks has seen it all in his 20 years at the area’s watering holes, restaurants, fishing boats and boat docks. And what Brooks, a Lantana resident, hasn’t seen he’s made up in his first book, Foul Hooked.
Sub

Obituary — Robert 'Bob' Long

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:18

By Dianna Smith

LANTANA — Robert “Bob” Long might have known a lot about real estate and what it took to sell a luxurious home, but the legacy he left behind to those who knew him wasn’t just that he was a fantastic Realtor.
Mr. Long’s legacy was that

South Palm Beach/Lantana: County drops breakwater, leaving few options for town

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:42

By Tim O’Meilia

Hope for a proposed 1.3-mile breakwater project designed to protect the shrinking South Palm Beach and Lantana shoreline is eroding faster than the beach.
When Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-2 on March 22 to scuttle a $50 mill

Lantana swearing in

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:40

Councilman Tom Deringer won re-election in Group 3 with 68.3 percent of the vote. Challenger Joseph Ferrell earned 31.7 percent.
In Group 4, Philip Aridas won election with 52.2 percent of the vote, with challenger Susan McCreery gaining 47.8 percen

Lantana Election: Town Council Group 4

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 3, 2011 at 12:00

Election Results

Lantana Group 4

Philip Aridas - 325 votes, 52.17%

Susan McCreery - 298 votes, 47.83%

Lantana Election: Town Council Group 3

Lantana: Candidates volley ideas and pass pop quiz

Councilman Tom Deringer’s Group 3 and Councilwoman Eli

Lantana Election: Town Council Group 3

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 3, 2011 at 11:30

Election Results

Lantana Group #3

Tom Deringer - 417 votes, 68.25%

Joseph Ferrell - 194 votes, 31.75%

Lantana Election: Town Council Group 4

Lantana: Candidates volley ideas and pass pop quiz

Councilman Tom Deringer’s Group 3 and Councilwoman Eli

Lantana: Candidates volley ideas and pass pop quiz

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 3, 2011 at 11:30

Lantana Election Candidates: Town Council Group 3 | Town Council Group 4

By Tim O’Meilia

Trolleys, festivals and leasing park land to a bridge contractor were ideas suggested by Lantana Town Council candidates to help businesses survive when the Eas

Lantana: Pavilion deal permits outdoor bar

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 2, 2011 at 16:15

By Margie Plunkett

Lantana has reached a lease deal with the Dune Deck Café that will give the town control of the beach pavilion in exchange for letting the restaurant build and run an outdoor bar.
The town intends to rent out the pavilion, which it

Lantana: Bridge closing expected to be 'very traumatic' — Construction will affect residents, businesses, motorists and boaters

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 6, 2011 at 12:10

By Tim O’Meilia

Start saving your change for extra gas money. Not because gas prices may reach $4 a gallon this summer, but because the round trip from South Palm Beach, Hypoluxo Island or Manalapan to the mainland will be six to 10 miles longer by Th

Municipal governmental seats up for grabs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:32

By C.B. Hanif

It’s been said that all politics is local. For folks seeking to resolve local issues, the second Tuesday in March — Election Day — is the traditional date for significant civic action.
Public offices from mayor to town councils will be up

Forums on calendar to hear views of candidates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:29

It maybe snow season up North, but it’s municipal election season in Palm Beach County.
Since it’s hard to tell the candidates apart without a candidate forum, several have been scheduled in south county municipalities where elections are expecte