The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District has applied for almost $844,000 in assistance to repair culverts and berms that failed during Tropical Storm Isaac.
District Administrator Clete Saunier reported on the damage and repairs needed at the LGWCD board meeting...
Representatives from the South Florida Water Management District brought the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association up to date last week about what was done to deal with the deluge of 12 to 18 inches of rainfall from Tropical Storm Isaac.
“We...
In a 3-2 decision Tuesday, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council authorized its attorney to ask Florida’s attorney general for an opinion on a recent amendment to state statutes regarding non-residential farm buildings, fences and signs.
Town Attorney Michael Cirullo said...
In a workshop session Monday, the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors set parameters of a new contract for longtime District Administrator Clete Saunier that would mean significantly less in salary and benefits.
Although most supervisors ranked Saunier,...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance amending the town’s Unified Land Development Code to allow planned unit developments (PUDs) on two large parcels of land along Southern Blvd.
The need for a PUD ordinance...
Tropical parrots, penguins and tigers are some of the exotic animals that can be treated at the Rainforest Clinic for Birds & Exotics.
Dr. Susan Clubb, the owner, is an experienced and internationally known board-certified veterinarian. She is a 1978...
The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Monday setting its assessment rate and certifying its assessment roll, projected to bring in $1,564,885 in revenue for fiscal year 2012-13.
The board set assessment rates in July...
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...
