By Mary Thurwachter
The lease isn’t up for three more years, but Dune Deck Café owner John Caruso was able to persuade the Lantana Town Council to extend the popular beach restaurant’s contract until 2022.
“It’s important for us to have tha
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The Carlisle Palm Beach, a six-story senior living community at 450 E. Ocean Ave. in Lantana, completed a renovation that includes the addition of a “memory care” unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
“We’re excited
By Mary Thurwachter
Shortly after returning from his Hawaiian vacation, Vice Mayor Lynn Moorhouse went to the beach for brunch at the Dune Deck. The local dentist had no complaints about food, but what he saw in the parking lot had him clenchi
By Mary Thurwachter
Developers were able to persuade a majority of Lantana Town Council members that rezoning the Cenacle property to make way for a 319-unit apartment complex was a good idea. On the other hand, a request for four variances to the
The Lantana beach parking lot has been raised and new metered kiosks have been installed.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
A drainage and paving improvement project in Lantana for the beach parking lot that began in February is ne
By Mary Thurwachter
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach has been forgotten too many times, says Lantana Mayor Dave Stewart, and he is ready to do something about it.
The Hypoluxo Island resident has agreed to have his hair and beard shaved off if th
By Mary Thurwachter
The tax rate in Lantana hasn't changed for six years and there will be no change in the rate next year. At its July 28 meeting, the Town Council again set the rate at $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable property.
The town will h
By Mary Thurwachter
A zoning change for 10 acres of prime waterfront property that has been home to the Cenacle Spiritual Life Center in Lantana for nearly 60 years won the approval of the Lantana Town Council on June 9.
The change, from C1 co
By Mary Thurwachter
A rebounding economy and $39 million uptick in taxable property values to $724.9 million will give Lantana more money to work with next year.
But residents shouldn’t expect a spending spree. After all, expenses are going up,
INSET BELOW: Barbara Sella’s vizsla, Ridley, was killed seven years ago by a car speeding around a curve and past her house.
By Mary Thurwachter
On Hypoluxo Island, residents can watch palm tree-framed sunsets from their front porches and bird w
By Mary Thurwachter
A proposal to redevelop the retreat property owned by the Catholic Cenacle Sisters into a high-end rental community took a step forward on April 23 when the Lantana Planning Commission gave its blessing to a needed zoning chang
By Mary Thurwachter
Rather than borrowing money from a bank, the town of Lantana will finance the extension of natural gas lines to Hypoluxo Island using money from its general fund.
In March, the Town Council directed Town Manager Deborah M
By Mary Thurwachter
During the first week in March, Gov. Rick Scott signed off on the sale of A.G. Holley State Hospital in Lantana to a Boca Raton developer for more than $15 million.
“Now it is in the private sector and the devil is in the
Owen Gassaway III stands in front of model airplanes
that once graced the Lantana airport. They are being packed and ready to move.
2013 photo by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The Lantana airport operator is a man on a mission.
By Mary Thurwachter
A plan to extend a natural gas line to Hypoluxo Island is a go, but not without some controversy. In October, the town of Lantana mailed letters to island residents asking for a yes or no vote on the issue. Proponents of the
Cory Lambe (left) clears out drains along Lands End Road on Hypoluxo Island.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Bill Otis and Challis Thompson chat while checking out flooding on the north end
of McKinley Park on Hypoluxo Island.
By Dan Moff
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The close relationship between South Palm Beach and Lantana has gotten a little closer with the approval of a new working relationship between the two towns’ police departments.
South Palm Beach Town Council members unanimously
By Mary Thurwachter
While support to bring a natural gas line to Hypoluxo Island has gained momentum, the men spearheading the effort are concerned that getting the required 60 percent of the voters to agree may fall short by a few votes.
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By Mary Thurwachter
Another traffic study is due for South Lake Drive, south of Ocean Avenue and around the corner from the Old Key Lime House.
The Lantana Town Council authorized the count at its Jan. 27 meeting in response to complaints fro
After 10 years of being Lantana’s version of Punxsutawney Phil, Lantana Lou (Canter) will no longer emerge from the Atlantic Ocean to make his sunny weather prediction on Groundhog Day.
“I was always right in predicting six more weeks of great
