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Words Of Wisdom For The Class Of 2013
By Town-Crier Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
Area seniors will celebrate the end of their high school careers next week. The commencement season kicks off with Wellington High School’s graduation on Tuesday, May 21 and continues with graduation ceremonies for Seminole Ridge High School and Palm Beach Central High School on Thursday, May 23. Royal Palm Beach High School will celebrate the Class of 2013 on Friday, more...
Bureaucracy Must Stop Blocking Inspector General
By Town-Crier Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
Some Palm Beach County officials are doing all that is possible to put roadblocks in front of Inspector General Sheryl Steckler, making it impossible for her to do her job, then criticizing the work that has gotten done. Are we destined to relive the shame of our recent past? Let’s hope not. When 72 percent of Palm Beach County voters agreed in 2010 to create the more...
New Boys & Girls Club Is A Reason To Celebrate
By Town-Crier Editor at May 3, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
Last weekend, the Wellington community put aside its differences and came together to celebrate the grand opening of a bigger and better facility for our youth to learn, grow and play. The Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club will provide generations of children a safe place away from home, and it is because of support from the entire community that the facility is more...
Local Projects Need Legislature’s Help To Become Reality
By Town-Crier Editor at April 26, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
It’s the first year in a long while that there is extra money flowing through Tallahassee. Rather than deep cuts, there will be extra funding. As the Florida Legislature hashes out its more than $74 billion state budget in Tallahassee, Palm Beach County residents are waiting to see if several long-awaited hometown projects will get funded or get postponed yet more...
Don’t Be Ruled By Fear After Boston Bombings
By Town-Crier Editor at April 19, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
When bombs rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday, our nation once again felt the quake of fear and confusion — a feeling that so many of us wish we could forget. And while it’s easy to be gripped by fear after such a tragedy, we must not let that fear prevent us from coming together and moving forward. By all accounts, the Boston Marathon bombing was an amateur more...
Florida Needs Texting-And-Driving Ban With Real Consequences
By Town-Crier Editor at April 12, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
The Florida Legislature is once again considering a bill to restrict cell phone usage behind the wheel, but the bill does not go far enough. Time has long passed for Florida to follow the example of other states and ban texting and driving, and it’s important that our state law enforcement has a law with some teeth behind it. The behavior is dangerous and needs to be more...
Relay For Life Season Underway In The Western Communities
By Town-Crier Editor at April 5, 2013 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
In the next two weeks, the western communities will come together during three events to fight cancer — and there’s still time to get involved. The American Cancer Society’s signature Relay for Life event will be held Saturday, April 6 in Royal Palm Beach and Wellington, and on Saturday, April 13 in The Acreage. The Relay for Life is an overnight community more...
April Is National Donate Life Month: Take Time To Sign Up
By Town-Crier Editor at March 29, 2013 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
Each April, the federal government recognizes National Donate Life Month, reminding us all of the importance of organ donation. Every year, right around this time, the Town-Crier writes on this topic, encouraging readers to sign up for organ donation, yet each year the number of people on transplant lists grow by the thousands. As medical technology continues to more...
Help Royal Palm Beach Celebrate Opening Of Commons Park
By Town-Crier Editor at March 22, 2013 | 12:01 am | 1 Comments
At long last, Royal Palm Beach Commons Park celebrates its grand opening this weekend with a slew of festivities designed to herald in the new park as the beacon for village celebrations for years to come. It hasn’t come easily or quickly, but finally Royal Palm Beach will see the fruits of its labors, and we encourage residents to get out, see the park and use it — more...
Will New Pope Bring A New Direction For Catholic Church?
By Town-Crier Editor at March 15, 2013 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
This week, the world watched as white smoke billowed over the Vatican, declaring that the 266th pope had been chosen. The election of Pope Francis, previously Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, marks a series of firsts for the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope and the first pope to bear the name of St. Francis more...
