Thursday, March 28, 2024

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

LGWCD Gives Initial OK To $15/Acre Assessment Hike

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District adopted its 2014 assessment roll with a $15-per-acre increase Monday. The extra money will pay for clearing canals to improve drainage in the face of new federal flood maps that could force residents...

Groves Ponders Tax Rate Hike To Cover Property Value Dip

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves could increase its property tax rate next year to make up for a decrease in the town’s property valuation. Loxahatchee Groves experienced a 3.8 percent dip this year in its taxable value. At a budget...

Man Arrested In Connection With Fatal Acreage Accident

A Loxahatchee Groves man was arrested Tuesday, July 9 in conjunction with the death of Katherine Rigby, an Acreage woman who was killed last month while biking on Tangerine Blvd. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Report, 68-year-old...

ITID’s Dunkley Sees Positives In District Upheaval

After seven months on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors and the recent resignation of former District Administrator Tanya Quickel, followed by a number of subsequent staff resignations, Supervisor Gary Dunkley told the Town-Crier this week that...

Lox Council Tables Decision On Engineering Hires

BY ANNE CHECKOSKY The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council voted Tuesday to wait until their July 16 meeting to make decisions on whether to hire a town engineer, traffic engineer and surveyor. “We have two of the three contracts ready, but it’s...

ITID Board Asks Quickel To Leave Immediately

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation of District Administrator Tanya Quickel on Tuesday, asking her to leave immediately instead of giving her the option of remaining for a 60-day transition period until a new...

LGWCD Ponders Assessment Hike To Fix Canals

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District could increase its assessments next year by up to $15 per acre in an effort to clean neglected canals. In a preliminary 2014 budget discussion Monday, supervisors agreed to include a maximum $15-per-acre increase...

Polo And Punch At Vinceremos

BY ALEXANDRA ANTONOPOULOS The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center celebrated its summer polo camp finals Friday, June 21 with Polo & Punch. Sponsored by Everglades Farm Equipment, FPL and the Palm Beach Kennel Club, the event gave campers the opportunity to...

County Planners Give Thumbs Down To Northlake Project

A controversial development at the corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards in The Acreage met with stiff opposition at last week’s Palm Beach County Planning Commission meeting. The commission recommended denying the requested zoning change in a 9-0 vote at...

County Begins Acquiring Land To Connect SR 7 To RPB Blvd.

The Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday approved the purchase of 24 parcels of land on 60th Street North along the M Canal in The Acreage in preparation for paving the road to connect the State Road 7 extension...

Lox Council Gives Final Nod To Big Dog Land Use Change

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday approved the final reading of an ordinance amending the town’s land-use code that will allow Big Dog Ranch Rescue to locate in the community with accessory uses that include veterinary care and...

LGWCD Rejects $200K For Southern States Deed

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors countered a request Monday by Southern States Land & Timber for $200,000 in exchange for quit claim title to the district’s road easements by inviting its representatives to visit, so...

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ITID Re-Opens Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park

On Saturday, March 9, the Indian Trail Improvement District held a grand re-opening ceremony for the district’s Nicole Hornstein...