During the record rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Isaac, the Town of Loxahatchee Groves and the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District worked together to avoid what could have been a much more serious situation, community leaders said at Tuesday’s...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council conducted its first public hearing Tuesday on the budget for fiscal year 2012-13. At the meeting, the council formally set the town’s property tax rate at 1.2 mills, the same rate as last year.
They...
Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue in Loxahatchee Groves held an “Emergency Rebuild Weekend” Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and 2. Volunteers assisted in relocating horses from the rescue’s other locations, which were flooded due to Tropical Storm Isaac. The rescue’s...
A rash of home burglaries and truck thefts have marred Loxahatchee Groves’ usually low crime rate, according to Lt. David Combs, commander of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 15 substation.
“We’ve had a number of burglaries and stolen...
Dressed in a flowered cotton long dress and blouse in the style a pioneer woman might have made for herself, Gina Sauber of Loxahatchee Groves focused on early lifestyles of Floridians in her presentation “A Time Remembered” last week...
Amid standing-room-only supporters and eleventh-hour naysayers, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave final approval Tuesday to comprehensive plan amendments and a resolution that will allow Palm Beach State College to proceed with the development of its fifth campus on...
Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Jim Rockett received a certificate of completion for the 2012 Institute for Elected Officials held June 22-24 in Tampa from Bill Underwood of Underwood Management Services, the town’s management contractor. Underwood also taught the course.
Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District supervisors Tuesday appointed Loxahatchee Groves Councilman Jim Rockett to negotiate a new contract with LGWCD Administrator Clete Saunier.
Under the arrangement, supervisors would provide input through the district’s legal staff and forward it to Rockett....
In a 3-2 decision, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday postponed a proposal to adopt speed hump designs installed in The Acreage as a standard for the town, preferring to let the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee work out a...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a capital improvement budget Tuesday including $500,000 to plan for a future town hall and $200,000 for trails.
During council members’ discussion of capital improvement plans, Town Manager Mark Kutney explained that capital programs...
At a budget workshop Tuesday, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed to keep its property tax rate unchanged at 1.2 mills for the upcoming year. Due to a small drop in overall property values, that will bring in slightly...
Acreage resident John Thomas, an employee in the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office, updated members of the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association last week on several of the 12 proposed amendments to the state constitution coming before voters in...
