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Loxahatchee Groves

Groves Budget: Higher Tax Rate, Lower Garbage Rate

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a 2016 budget and capital improvement plan with a property tax rate of 1.4718 mills. That rate is above the current rate of 1.2 mills, but the increase will be...

Loxahatchee Groves Commercial Project Gets Underway

Loxahatchee Groves Commons broke ground on its commercial project at the northwest corner of B Road and Southern Blvd. on Thursday, Sept. 10. The project will be adjacent to the Palm Beach State College campus currently under construction. A...

Lox Groves Council Approves Lower Solid Waste Assessment

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a lower solid-waste collection assessment Tuesday in anticipation of a transfer from its general revenue fund, which will be larger due to an anticipated increase in ad valorem tax collections. Town Manager Bill Underwood...

Lox Groves Council Keeps Underwood Management

In a 4-1 vote, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday invoked its option to extend its current contract with Underwood Management Services Group after its choice for a new management firm backed out. Two weeks ago, the council chose...

Town Honors Special Olympian Christina Cooney

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council honored Special Olympics equestrian Christina Cooney on Tuesday for winning silver and bronze medals at this summer’s Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles, Calif. Cooney was among 16 athletes from Florida competing with...

Severn Trent Backs Out Of Lox Groves Management Job

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council’s choice out of two respondents to be the town’s new management firm has backed out of its offer to replace the current management company. Severn Trent Management Services sent a letter to Town Attorney Michael...

LGWCD Approves Map, Maintenance Agreements

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District on Monday approved a South B Road maintenance map necessary to provide a quit-claim deed to its 60-foot easement on B Road so that the town and area developers, including Palm Beach State...

Lox Groves Town Attorney Announces Firm’s Resignation

Loxahatchee Groves Town Attorney Michael Cirullo this week announced the resignation of his law firm, Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol PA, as legal counsel for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves. Cirullo, who is a shareholder with the firm, did not...

Lox Council Picks Severn Trent As Management Firm

In a 3-2 vote, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed Tuesday to enter contract negotiations with Severn Trent Services as its new management company, although the contract will cost more than the current agreement with Underwood Management Services Group. If...

Town Council Honors ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday recognized Quasi Modo, a local dog with shortened vertebra, for winning first place recently in the 2015 “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. Quasi is shown...

Lox Council To Hear From Management Firm Applicants

Two candidates responded last week to the call put out by the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council for a new town management firm. As expected, Underwood Management Services Group, the town’s current provider, was not among them. Underwood chose not to...

Lox Groves Council Approves Paving Project For B Road

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a construction schedule for the paving of B Road with open-graded emulsified mix (OGEM) on Tuesday. Also approved were amendments to the Loxahatchee Commons commercial center, including what could be a 24-hour gas station...

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