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Preschool Children Become Toy Testers At The Goddard School

Preschoolers at the Goddard School in Wellington have spent the past week working hard at what many might call a dream job. There are more than 430 Goddard School locations in the United States, and 50 schools each year are...

Lox Council Moves To Hire Two Magistrates On A Rotating Basis

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council entered contract negotiations Tuesday with two firms that responded to requests for proposals for special magistrate code hearing services. The council heard presentations from private-practice lawyer Paul Nicoletti and attorney Keith Davis of Corbett, White,...

RPB Changes Evaluation Method For Scholarship Applicants

At the Royal Palm Beach Village Council meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15, Vice Mayor Jeff Hmara reported on the village’s first Education Advisory Board meeting of the season on Sept. 12. Hmara, who is liaison to the board, said he...

Soaring Beyond Our Limits To Host Unique Fashion Show In RPB

The Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center stage will have a flurry of activity Saturday, Sept. 24 when more than a dozen children and young adults strut their stuff and show off their skills at a unique fashion/talent show put...

LGWCD Inks Trail Agreement With Town, But Not At College Campus

Forget hitching posts that might have been envisioned at the new Palm Beach State College campus in Loxahatchee Groves. Horses, and the public use of Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District maintenance easements, are not welcome on the campus due...

Wellington Zoners Postpone Discussion Of Winding Trails

Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board met Wednesday, Sept. 14, but the majority of agenda items were postponed to the board’s October meeting — including consideration of the proposed Winding Trails equestrian estate community on the unused Wanderers Club...

Baby White-Tailed Deer At Okeeheelee Nature Center

The Okeeheelee Nature Center at Okeeheelee Park recently had a special new arrival when white-tailed doe Chloe gave birth to a fawn. The nature center will host a naming event on Friday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. Visitors will learn...

Bertha Faleck Celebrates Her Centennial Birthday

One hundred years ago, Bertha Faleck came into this world. The vivacious, spunky and independent centenarian recently celebrated her milestone birthday with her family in Wellington. Faleck was born Sept. 7, 1916, delivered by a midwife in her mother’s home...

Economic Forum Luncheon Focuses On The Future Of Medicine

Palm Beach State College President Ava Parker and Dan Cane, CEO of Modernizing Medicine, were keynote speakers at the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. The theme...

Westlake Council Gets Down To The Business Of Governing

The new Westlake City Council chose Councilwoman Katrina Long Robinson as its vice mayor on Monday at a meeting that also included the hiring of several key consultants and a report on the widening of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. Robinson,...

Wellington Budget Gets Preliminary OK

The Wellington Village Council conducted its first public hearing Tuesday on its 2016-17 budget of $89.5 million, which is roughly $4 million above the current budget. The ad valorem tax rate is down 0.01 to 2.44 mills, the lowest since...

Indian Trail Board Sends GL Homes Condition Letter To County Commission

GL Homes’ comprehensive plan amendment request for a 3,897-home development comes before the Palm Beach County Commission on Thursday, Sept. 22, and the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors spent time Wednesday discussing a letter outlining proposed conditions...

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ITID Re-Opens Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park

On Saturday, March 9, the Indian Trail Improvement District held a grand re-opening ceremony for the district’s Nicole Hornstein...