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Loxahatchee Groves

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,...

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...

Lox Council Rejects Request For Med Office At New Shopping Plaza

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council shot down a request by Atlantic Land Investments to amend the use of an outparcel at Loxahatchee Groves Commons from restaurant to medical office last week. Mayor Dave Browning was absent from the Sept. 8...

Lox Groves Gearing Up For 10th Anniversary Celebration

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves is preparing for its 10th anniversary with a down-home, country-style celebration. As a result of a successful incorporation effort from 2003 to 2006, Loxahatchee Groves became Palm Beach County’s 38th municipality with its incorporation on...

Lox Groves Voters Reject Town’s Bond Issue Charter Amendment

Loxahatchee Groves voters soundly defeated a referendum question Tuesday asking whether they would consent to allow the town to issue bonds that would be paid off over more than three years. Question 3, intended to allow the town to issue...

LGWCD Supervisors Seek Joint Meeting With Town On Roads

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors decided Monday to try to arrange a joint meeting with the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council to resolve the long history of dispute and confusion over town and district roads. Supervisor Anita...

Lox Groves Council Paves The Way For Road Improvements

At the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council meeting last week, Vice Mayor Tom Goltzené said he felt an explanation was needed to voters for one of the town referendum questions that will appear on the Aug. 30 ballot asking voters...

Loxahatchee Groves Town Council Adopts Unchanged Tax Rate

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a property tax rate of 1.4718 mills for its Truth in Millage (TRIM) rate, the same as this year, at its meeting Tuesday. Based on the average homesteaded property value in town of $180,820,...

Frank Schiola To Chair LGWCD Board

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors chose Supervisor Frank Schiola as its new chair Monday after Supervisor Don Widing and Supervisor Laura Danowski declined nomination. Danowski was picked as vice chair, while newly elected Supervisor Anita Kane...

New LGWCD Board Of Supervisors Reviews Budget

The newly configured Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors reviewed the proposed $1.48 million budget for fiscal year 2016-17 on Monday, particularly $85,000 it expects to receive from the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, which has not yet...

Two New Supervisors Claim Seats On The LGWCD Board

Two new supervisors — Anita Kane and Simon Fernandez — were elected to the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors at the district’s annual landowners meeting Monday, unseating 18-year veteran Supervisor David DeMarois by a wide margin....

Lox Council Frowns On Expansion Plan For Troubled Plaza

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday tabled an application by Palms West Plaza to expand until it cleans up its act. The plaza owner is asking to almost double its square footage from 27,135 square feet to 52,675 square...

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