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
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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
Lantana Mayor David Stewart issued a proclamation during the Town Council meeting recognizing the Lakeside Village senior community for the health-and-wellness environment it offers residents. The proclamation also honored the facility for its Annual
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council wasted little time last month in approving an ordinance banning the use of balloons and sky lanterns.
“They litter up the beaches and turtles think they’re jellyfish and eat them,” said Mayor Dave St
By Mary Thurwachter
Tom Deringer — or more specifically his tire and car repair business — wants to adopt Lantana’s public beach. But Deringer is finding that adopting the 745 feet of sandy shoreline isn’t quite as easy as saying “come to papa.”
By Mary Thurwachter
A town-commissioned traffic study to see if a four-way stop sign was warranted at the intersection of South Atlantic Drive and Lands End Road on Lantana’s Hypoluxo Island failed to yield the results many islanders sought.
Th
Lantana’s public beach is a popular destination for families.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Lantana Municipal Beach came uncomfortably close to having a no-swimming advisory on July Fourth weekend.
Bacteria levels were in t
By Mary Thurwachter
Thanks to a $500,000 state grant, approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this year, plans to renovate the old Juvenile Justice building at 901 N. Eighth St. off Lantana Road are rolling along. The building, on the northeas
By Mary Thurwachter
The economy has had its ups and downs during the past eight years, but one thing hasn’t changed: Lantana’s tax rate. It’s been $3.24 and is projected to stay the same for the ninth consecutive year, 2016-2017.
On July 11,
By Mary Thurwachter
A weeklong effort by police and the Hypoluxo Island Property Owners Association to slow traffic on South Atlantic Drive was successful, Lantana council members learned at a June 13 town meeting.
Lyn Tate, treasurer of HIPOA
By Mary Thurwachter
As developers prepare to build Water Tower Commons, a 72-acre retail and residential project on the site of the former A.G. Holley tuberculosis hospital east of Interstate 95 on Lantana Road, hundreds of trees need to be moved
Lantana has a public beach, one of the requirements for under-the-radar beach towns in a nationwide survey by realtor.com. Above, the Ellis family of Lake Worth cools off in the water at the beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thur
By Mary Thurwachter
The Town Council turned its focus toward kids at its May 23 meeting, giving thumbs-up to a proposal to bring new playground equipment to Lantana Municipal Beach and to the town’s recreation center.
The equipment for the beac
Related story: Atlantic Avenue business sales drive Delray’s value increase
By Mary Hladky
As the housing market collapse fades into memory, the taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has risen to within striking distance of the histor
Agnes Simon and her poodle-Pekinese mix, Benji, celebrate his 11th birthday
at The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana.
Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Inside The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana, you expe
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Police Department is destined for new digs in the old Department of Juvenile Justice building.
At its April 11 meeting, the Lantana Town Council discussed what to do with the old Juvenile Justice building at 901
By Mary Thurwachter
After allowing the Lantana Nature Preserve Commission one last time to meet, the Town Council voted on April 25 to abolish the group.
The council agreed that there was no longer a need for the commission, since that group an
