Voters in the Town of Loxahatchee Groves will choose a new councilman to fill Seat 4 on Tuesday, March 11. The winner will replace Councilman Robert Shorr, who is departing the dais after two terms in office.
Three candidates are...
After months of controversy, the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Wednesday, Feb. 19 to extend to the Acreage Athletic League a “nonprofit athletic user agreement” that would give the youth sports organization first priority...
The four remaining members of the Westlake City Council will be voting at a Tuesday, Feb. 25 special meeting on a replacement for Seat 2 Councilman Julian Martinez, who resigned earlier this month.
Martinez, who could not be reached for...
Members of the Westlake City Council moved closer during their February meeting to creating committees to review the city’s charter.
Councilman Gary Werner said it is time for the council to establish “a blue-ribbon committee to review the city charter...
More than 260 brave and bundled-up contestants came out amid chilly weather Saturday, Jan. 25 to take part in the second annual Westlake 5K Run/Walk. Friends, family and coworkers of all ages stepped up to the starting line for...
When Arden residents leave their community’s single exit onto Southern Blvd., it’s not merely a grocery store run or trip to the office or school, it’s an expedition, homeowner Ben Brown said this week.
“We pack cold drinks and extra...
It has been a pain, like a stick in the eye, for the parents of elementary school students on the eastern boundary of the City of Westlake. There it has been — Golden Grove Elementary School — visible from...
The Town of Loxahatchee Groves invites all residents, trail users and stakeholders to participate in a Community Input Meeting to discuss the future of multi-use trails throughout the community, including the Okeechobee Blvd. corridor. The Community Input Meeting will...
The national nonprofit Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) kicked off the building of a specially adapted home for U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward Bonfiglio on Saturday, Jan. 18.
The event took place at Osceola Creek Middle School, and Bonfiglio’s new...
Where will little Johnny play? And how long will he or she be able to play there?
Those were two of the critical questions being asked of Indian Trail Improvement District supervisors when they held a Monday, Jan. 13 workshop...
Westlake Mayor John Paul O’Connor said this week that it is time for residents to have a seat on the Seminole Improvement District’s three-member board of supervisors.
“The people of Westlake deserve representation on the SID board to ensure their...
Thanks to his expeditions and discoveries in places like remote Tanzania, Jonathan Bartky is a minor celebrity within gem and mineral circles. He is regarded as the discoverer of new types of green and red quartz, called Tanzurine.
In pursuit...
