Thursday, July 10, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Strong Summer Shootout Showing For Seminole Ridge Flag Football Squad

On the weekend of Aug. 10-11, more than 30 high-school-age girls flag football teams gathered at West Palm Beach’s Lake Lytal Park to participate in this year’s Palm Beach Summer Shootout flag football tournament, presented by Rising Stars Athletics. Of...

Registration Opens For Westlake’s 5K Run/Walk

The City of Westlake has begun preparations for its second annual 5K Run/Walk & Carnival Games, set for Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at 8 a.m. on Kingfisher Blvd. Registration for the event kicked off this week. Registration windows and rates...

Candidates Make Pitches At Forum; Early Voting Starts Saturday

With primary election early voting beginning Saturday, Aug. 10, a number of candidates seeking state and local offices in the western communities squared off recently in a forum sponsored by Palm Beach County Commissioner Sara Baxter. Some 50 attendees gathered...

ITID, AAL Grind Toward New Sports Provider Agreement

Officials from Indian Trail Improvement District and the Acreage Athletic League met for more than two hours recently trying to work out a new service provider contract, but sparks continue to fly over competition for athletes and access to...

Westlake Tax Rate Coming Down; SID Assessments Going Up

Many Westlake property owners will get a decrease in their 2025 municipal taxes if planned millage rate reductions hold up during upcoming budget hearings. At the second workshop of the budget season on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the Westlake City Council...

Developer Provides Updated Plan For Groves RV Park Proposal

Two months after pitching a high-end recreational vehicle park, a developer was back before the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council at a quasi-judicial hearing Tuesday, Aug. 6 with updated plans. However, residents who strongly opposed the idea in June were no...

Florida Chancellor Of Career & Adult Education Tours PBSC Lox Groves Campus

On Thursday, Aug. 1, Palm Beach State College President Ava L. Parker welcomed Kevin O’Farrell, chancellor for the Florida Department of Education’s Division of Career and Adult Education, to the Loxahatchee Groves campus so that he could learn more...

Starbucks Arrives In Westlake

On Thursday, July 25, the Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County celebrated a ribbon cutting for the new Starbucks in the City of Westlake. (Above) Central Palm Beach...

Central Chamber Welcomes KFC To Westlake Community

The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed new member KFC of Westlake. The restaurant opened its doors for business on July 12. The chamber held the official ribbon cutting on Wednesday, July 24. Special thanks for...

New Westlake Fitness Trail Is Now Open

Minto Communities USA, developer and lead builder in the Westlake community, has completed the construction of a 39-acre linear park that is now open to residents and the public. The Westlake Fitness Trail features a one-mile asphalt path carved around...

Crowded ITID Seat 2 Field Shares Thoughts On Key Issues

In an effort to inform readers about candidates and issues important to residents of Indian Trail Improvement District, the Town-Crier asked a series of questions to each of the six candidates competing for ITID Seat 2 in the Tuesday,...

GL Offers Carol Street Culvert Install; ITID Studying Permit Request

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors agreed 4-0 in a Monday, July 15 special meeting to accept an offer from developer GL Homes to install a new culvert at the south end of Carol Street in the...

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Rotary Celebrates RPB Milestone At Tribute Dinner

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club held its annual Tribute Dinner on Saturday, June 14 at the Royal Palm...