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Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

One Blood Honors Seminole Ridge As Top School

One Blood Inc. has acknowledged Seminole Ridge High School among all public and private high schools in Palm Beach County as the highest blood drive collector in a school year with 568 units of blood donated. In addition, One Blood...

LGWCD Board Preparing For Possible Merger With The Town

On Monday, May 14, the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors will review more than 300 pages of documents relating to an anticipated successful voter referendum for the district to become dependent to the Town of Loxahatchee...

Shreya Patel, Isabel Rivera To Lead Sem Ridge Class Of 2018

Seminole Ridge High School’s Class of 2018 will graduate Monday, May 21 at 4 p.m. at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Valedictorian Shreya Patel and Salutatorian Isabel Rivera will lead the ceremony as some 580 classmates cross the stage. During her...

GL Homes To Present Development Plan To ITID May 16

GL Homes has reinstated its original petition to Palm Beach County to rezone its 4,871-acre Indian Trails Grove residential planned unit development after meeting with south county resistance to relocate a substantial portion of its development to the agricultural...

County Commission Rejects Proposal To Widen 60th Street

The Palm Beach County Commission unanimously rejected a proposal Wednesday, May 2 to widen the 60th Street North right-of-way in The Acreage from 80 to 100 feet for about two miles between 120th Avenue North and 140th Avenue North. The...

Horses That Help Hosts Patriotic Barbecue

Horses That Help hosted a patriotic barbecue on Saturday, May 5 at Hamlin House in The Acreage. The day of horseback riding and kids’ activities such as crafts and coloring kept youngsters entertained. Project 425 brought military vehicles for...

Lox Council Changes Town Hall Hours To Four-Day Schedule

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council decided Tuesday to change the hours of operation at Loxahatchee Groves Town Hall to a four-day, 10-hour-a-day work week. Councilman Todd McLendon asked the council to consider a four-day work week for town hall, explaining...

ITID Wants More Traffic Controls And Lower Speed Limits

The Indian Trail Improvement Board of Supervisors last week directed staff to broaden its traffic calming pilot project to Hall and Tangerine boulevards after a successful test on 140th Avenue North. At the board’s April 25, meeting Joe Capra of...

Indian Trail To Honor Late Supervisor Gary Dunkley

The Acreage community is mourning the loss of Indian Trail Improvement District Supervisor Gary Dunkley, who died on Saturday, April 28 at age 62. ITID President Betty Argue said she has put several items on the Wednesday, May 16 meeting...

Owner To Focus On Landscaping After Farmer’s Daughter Closes

The Farmer’s Daughter Produce Market & Garden Center, located on Southern Blvd. in Loxahatchee Groves, is closing its doors on April 30. For nearly 26 years, owner Julia Campbell has provided thousands of residents in the western communities with fresh...

Indian Trail Board Hears About Available Grants For Projects

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors heard a presentation Wednesday by consultant Ryan Ruskay on how to obtain grants and funding to augment money available for capital improvement projects. ITID has several projects in the planning stages that...

Palms West Hospital Celebrates NICU’s Anniversary

Palms West Hospital hosted an anniversary party for the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Saturday, April 21. The event was a reunion opportunity for the babies who were born into the hospital’s NICU, their families and the...

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Northlake Closure Expected To Start On Friday, Aug. 1

As the western communities brace for a traffic tsunami caused by the complete closure of Northlake Blvd. at the...