Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Music & Fun At Minto’s WestlakeFest Community Event

Developer Minto Communities USA hosted WestlakeFest, a free community-wide event, on Saturday, June 1. The event marked the grand opening of Minto’s new Courtyard Collection townhome models at the Terraces and included a live concert by Dwayne Dopsie and...

Seminole Ridge Celebrates Graduating Class Of 2024

More than 550 members of the Seminole Ridge High School Class of 2024 celebrated the culmination of their high school years at a graduation ceremony held Thursday, May 23 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. They’re off to...

Westlake Mayor Floats Idea For Helipad/Vertiport At New Park

Westlake Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor thinks he may have landed on an idea that could take off. At a Tuesday, May 21 joint meeting of the Westlake City Council and the Seminole Improvement District (SID) Board of Supervisors, O’Connor suggested a...

Filing Underway For Two Seats On The Indian Trail Board

Four candidates have already turned in paperwork to run for two seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors in the upcoming election season, with a little more than two weeks left to qualify for the ballot. In...

City Of Westlake Plans $10 Million Budget For Fiscal Year 2025

Members of the Westlake City Council heard at their Tuesday, May 21 budget workshop that staff is proposing a $10,303,700 budget for fiscal year 2025. The budget — called “very preliminary” by City Manager Kenneth Cassel — contains a 15.4...

SRHS Boys Volleyball Falls At State Finals After Historic Season

This year’s Seminole Ridge High School boys volleyball team has set the bar high for future editions of the team. Under the guidance of head coach Scott Barnwell, the Hawks won every game at home and reached the district...

ITID Seeks A Way To Replace Carol Street Culvert

Santa Rosa Groves residents packed the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, May 15 to express their concern over the recent removal of a culvert at the south end of Carol Street. The removal of the culvert...

With PBSO Contract Renewal Pending, Groves Council OKs Backstop Ordinance

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved an ordinance Tuesday, May 7 designed to serve as a backstop should negotiations over a new contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office prove unsuccessful. The town currently has a longstanding agreement for...

ITID Wins Court Battle With Minto; An Appeal Is Likely

Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard L. Oftedal issued a final ruling Tuesday, May 14 in favor of the Indian Trail Improvement District in its multi-year legal battle with Minto, the largest landowner and developer in the City of Westlake. The...

ITID Board Holds The Line On Assessments In FY 2025 Budget

By a unanimous vote, the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors passed their fiscal year 2025 budget Wednesday, May 15 with no increase in assessments for most area property owners. The per-acre fee will remain at $946.95 to fund...

Werner Presses Minto Attorney On Westlake Development Plans

Westlake Councilman Gary Werner is again pushing for more disclosure about the future uses of privately owned property being platted within the community. The parcel in question is a 57.5-acre tract on the west side of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road...

Seminole Ridge Boys Volleyball Team Advances To State Tourney

In the month of May, the boys varsity volleyball team from Seminole Ridge High School has been ignoring the seedings for the state volleyball tournament. Instead of playing like a lower-seeded team and losing on the road to a...

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