Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Westlake Putting More Distance Between Predators And Kids

There will be a special meeting of the Westlake City Council on Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m. to codify a change to the municipality’s sexual offender and sexual predator ordinance. Mainly, the change extends from 1,000 feet to 2,500...

Water Managers Plan Major Project Above ITID’s ‘Top Hat’

What has earthen walls that are 20.5 feet high with a perimeter of 5.5 miles, covers 1,600 acres and when filled will contain approximately 3 billion gallons of water? Answer: The reservoir that the South Florida Water Management District is...

Indian Trail’s Seat 2 Draws Crowded Field For August Primary

The field in the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors Seat 2 race is finally complete, drawing a total of six candidates. Former Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Capt. Richard Vassalotti II qualified for the ballot just over 90 minutes...

Contract Approved For Synthetic Turf Field At Acreage Park

By early 2025, athletes should have a new $1.7 million synthetic turf football and soccer field to enjoy at Acreage Community Park’s South Campus. The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a contract for the field with...

Neighbors Raise Concerns About Lox Groves RV Park Idea

A developer’s presentation on a possible high-end, equestrian-themed recreational vehicle park in Loxahatchee Groves was met with a concerned response from residents at a Tuesday, June 4 workshop session. The hour-long workshop gave a conceptual overview of the project, proposed...

Minto Hoping To Accelerate County’s 60th Street Timetable

Members of the Westlake City Council heard from Palm Beach County staff Tuesday, June 4 that design work for 60th Street North between Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and 140th Avenue North won’t be finished until 2026, with construction to...

Lox Council Inks PBSO Contract With Slimmed-Down Increase

After weeks of saber rattling on both sides, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, June 4 after the PBSO agreed to lower its requested increase...

Indian Trail Board Continues To Study Carol Street Culvert Issue

Residents of Santa Rosa Groves and nearby Sunny Urban Meadows with culvert concerns again filled the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors chambers on Wednesday, June 5. Supervisors were pressed to replace the culvert that was removed from the...

Argue Seeking Third ITID Term; Two More Enter Seat 2 Race

With some 36 hours to go before the end of the qualifying period, five candidates have entered the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors Seat 2 race. Meanwhile, two-term incumbent Supervisor Betty Argue has filed for re-election to Seat...

Tax Collector’s Office In Westlake Presented Landscape Design Award

On Monday, May 20, Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon received the Unsolicited Landscape Design Award from the Wellington Garden Club, in conjunction with Florida Federation of Garden Clubs - District X, on behalf of the Constitutional Tax...

Westlake Opens Four Models In New Townhome Neighborhood

Minto Communities USA, developer of the popular Westlake master-planned community, has opened four furnished models for its new townhome neighborhood, the Terraces of Westlake, starting in the mid-$300s. “Homebuyers have a rare opportunity to purchase a new construction home in...

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...

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Flavors ‘Decades Tour’ A Tasty Traveling Experience

On Thursday, June 5, the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Flavors 2025, now in its 22nd year. Several...