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Loxahatchee Groves

Lox Groves’ Finance Committee Picks Jim Rockett As Chair

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves’ Finance Advisory & Auditing Committee (FAAC) chose former Councilman Jim Rockett as chair and former Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor John Ryan as vice chair at its Oct. 23 meeting, passing over former...

Lox Council OKs Emergency Road Maintenance Work

In a special meeting Thursday, Oct. 26, attended by an overflow crowd of residents, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council voted to conduct emergency grading and fill to roads that are in the most need of repair after being damaged...

County Delegation Advances Local Bill To Make LGWCD Dependent To Town

The Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation approved a local bill Tuesday that starts the process to enable the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District to become dependent to the Town of Loxahatchee Groves. The process will require the state legislature to...

Manager: Full Rehab Of Groves Roads Will Require More Money

Recovery from Hurricane Irma is well underway in Loxahatchee Groves, but damage to town roads during debris pickup is hampering repairs. More work will depend on financing to build up the town’s gravel roads to a level for proper...

Pumpkin Patch Fun At Community Of Hope

Community of Hope Church in Loxahatchee Groves held its fifth annual Punkin Chunkin event on Sunday, Oct. 15. At the event, teams strive to launch a pumpkin the farthest using home-made catapult contraptions. There were games, contests, raffles and...

Lox ULDC Amendments Include Protections For Mobile Homes

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council last week approved the preliminary reading of an ordinance that updates the town’s Unified Land Development Code and preserves uses to allow mobile homes and premanufactured homes that received permits from the town or...

LGWCD Prepares To Sell Road Equipment At Auction

In anticipation of no longer maintaining roads after voting to turn the remaining ones over to the Town of Loxahatchee Groves last month, the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District agreed Monday, Oct. 9 to hire an agent to help...

PBSC To Construct Dental Building On Loxahatchee Groves Campus

The Palm Beach State College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the relocation of its dental health programs building to the Loxahatchee Groves campus on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Public forums were held last week at both the Loxahatchee Groves campus on...

Lox Council OKs Budget Amendment After More Haggling

A resolution reinstating the town’s code enforcement budget after the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gutted it at its previous meeting was approved Tuesday, Oct. 3 after council members debated where other budget cuts would come from. The council haggled over...

Loxahatchee Groves Welcomes New Deputies

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves held an installation ceremony for the five deputies of the town’s new Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 17 substation during a town hall workshop meeting Friday, Sept. 29. “This is a wonderful day for...

Groves Council Agrees To Take Over Remaining LGWCD Roads

On a 3-2 vote, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a quit claim resolution last week for the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District’s remaining 13 miles of roads that had not been previously transferred to the town. At the Sept....

Groves Town Council Slashes Budget To Cover PBSO Increase

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council wrangled to reach a final tax rate of 2.15 mills on Tuesday, below the staff recommendation of 2.6 mills in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-18, which begins Oct. 1. The tax rate is...

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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...