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Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Acreage Residents Muster For AAL Leader Michele Meredith

Many people in The Acreage and beyond love Michele Meredith, a longtime resident who has supported the Acreage Athletic League for many years. Meredith now needs the support of her friends in her battle with cancer. Those friends have teamed...

Town Council Honors ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday recognized Quasi Modo, a local dog with shortened vertebra, for winning first place recently in the 2015 “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. Quasi is shown...

Church Distributes School Supplies

Community of Hope Church in Loxahatchee Groves held its “Shoes of Hope” event on Saturday, Aug. 15. More than 100 volunteers were on hand to give out new shoes, school supplies and free haircuts to children headed back to...

ITID To Consider Wastewater Permit For Seminole District

At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors will consider a special permit requested by the adjacent Seminole Improvement District to reroute its wastewater to the county. The wastewater from two local schools is...

Lox Council To Hear From Management Firm Applicants

Two candidates responded last week to the call put out by the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council for a new town management firm. As expected, Underwood Management Services Group, the town’s current provider, was not among them. Underwood chose not to...

SRHS Football Squad Eyes Return To Post-Season

BY GENE NARDI The Seminole Ridge High School football squad has started pre-season practices, getting ready to make some waves in Class 8A competition this fall. The Hawks are usually no strangers to post-season play, but last year, plagued by injuries,...

Lox Groves Council Approves Paving Project For B Road

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a construction schedule for the paving of B Road with open-graded emulsified mix (OGEM) on Tuesday. Also approved were amendments to the Loxahatchee Commons commercial center, including what could be a 24-hour gas station...

Lox Council Denies Request Regarding B Road Work

On Tuesday, July 21, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council denied a request from the developers of the commercial project at B Road and Southern Blvd. to grant them a self-help provision to proceed with a paving project at the...

Indian Trail President: County Code Enforcement Out In Force

Indian Trail Improvement District President Carol Jacobs warned residents last week that Palm Beach County code enforcers have been out in The Acreage citing residents for infractions. “I want to let everybody know,” she said. “Palm Beach County is out...

Hundreds Come Together To Support Special Olympian Christina Cooney

More than 200 people came out to the Lindburgers Restaurant in Wellington on Thursday, July 16 to help local athlete Christina Cooney get to the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. Christina, 37, is an experienced rider at...

ITID Safety Fair At Hamlin House

The Indian Trail Improvement District held a free Public Safety Fair Day on Saturday, July 25 at the Hamlin House Community Center. The day drew a crowd, as kids met with Smokey the Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog,...

Exchange Students Visit Project 425

Project 425 members welcomed Spanish exchange students to G&M Ranch in Loxahatchee Groves on Wednesday, July 22. Students got to speak with veterans of the Vietnam War. The students learned the important role of Huey helicopters during the conflict....

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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...