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
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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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
By Thom Smith
Mario Batali had logged a busy day, giving a cooking demonstration for Publix Apron’s Cooking School at The Morikami. The Food Network favorite was hungry, and he wanted someone else to do the cooking. He also wanted a place where he co
