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Loxahatchee Groves

McLendon To Seek Second Term On Lox Groves Council

Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Todd McLendon confirmed this week that he plans to run for re-election to Seat 2 on the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council in March after serving his first three-year term. McLendon ran unsuccessfully in 2013 against former...

Lox Council Approves Measures Relating To Upcoming Election

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave final approval to several items Tuesday, Dec. 18 relating to the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, March 12. During the election, three council seats will be available, and two referendum questions will be asked...

Lox Council OKs Resolution To Clear Equestrian Trails

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a resolution to remove obstructions from town-owned equestrian trail easements last week, as well as the mailing of letters informing property owners along the trails of the plan. On Wednesday, Dec. 5, the second...

Lox Groves Council To Hold Workshop On Legislative Priorities

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council will hold a special workshop meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 18 that will include a discussion of priorities for the upcoming legislative session in Tallahassee. Mary McNicholas with town consultant Geoffrey B. Sluggett & Associates gave...

Anita Kane Tapped To Fill Vacant Lox Town Council Seat

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday, Dec. 4 appointed former Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Chair Anita Kane to replace former Councilwoman Joyce Batcheler, who resigned from Seat 3 last month less than a year into her three-year...

Consultant Working To Improve Lox Groves Computer Systems

Steven Murray with Municipal Technologies reported at the Tuesday, Dec. 4 meeting of the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on the progress of several major upgrades underway to improve the computer systems and web sites of the Town of Loxahatchee...

Four Terms Is Enough For Lox Groves Mayor Dave Browning

Loxahatchee Groves Mayor Dave Browning announced this week that he will not seek re-election to Seat 4 on the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council in March after serving 12 years. Browning, 68, was elected to the inaugural council in 2007 in...

Lox Groves Town Council Agrees To Advertise For New Manager

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed earlier this month to begin advertising for a new manager, although the current manager’s contract was recently extended for two years. At the Nov. 6 meeting, Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia made a motion to begin...

Lox Council Gives Final OK To Groves Town Center Retail Project

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council granted final approval last week to development plan amendments for the Wawa convenience store, Chase bank and Aldi grocery store at the Groves Town Center, as well as a horse trail, at the northeast...

Joyce Batcheler Abruptly Resigns From Lox Groves Council

Less than one year into a three-year term, Loxahatchee Groves Councilwoman Joyce Batcheler resigned her position this week. Batcheler submitted a letter of resignation read by Mayor Dave Browning at the Tuesday, Nov. 6 meeting of the Loxahatchee Groves Town...

Lox Council Seeks To Amend Charter’s Law Enforcement Wording

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved the preliminary reading of an ordinance Tuesday that will place a referendum question on the March 2019 municipal election ballot asking to strike a provision in the town’s charter that requires the town...

Arrive Alive Simulation At PBSC Campus Warns Of Driving Dangers

By Chris Levy and Jessica Sorensen Every day, people drive intoxicated more than 300,000 times. Some 3,200 of them are arrested, leading to fines and legal complications costing in excess of $10,000 — and worse, injury or death. These are facts...

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