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Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

ITID Votes To Hire Jay Foy As Engineer And Hydrologist

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors voted last week to enter into negotiations with Jay Foy of Stormwater J Engineering to serve as both district engineer and hydrologist. After oral presentations at the Wednesday, July 10 meeting, the...

Acreage Residents Ask County For Park Funding Help

Several residents of The Acreage attended the Palm Beach County Commission meeting Tuesday to ask the county for equitable financing for recreation facilities in their community. The requests came during budget discussions and the commission’s consideration to set the maximum...

Lox Council Sets Higher Preliminary Property Tax Rate

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council adopted resolutions Tuesday approving a tax rate increase from 1.2 mills to 1.5 mills, as well as increased residential waste service rates. The millage increase was largely due to a 3.8 percent dip this year...

Exchange Students Visit G&M Ranch

Project 425 hosted exchange students from Spain on Wednesday, July 10 at G&M Ranch in Loxahatchee Groves. The focus of the field trip was educational. The guest speaker was Royal Palm Beach Councilman and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col....

Lost Pets Facebook Page Successful And Growing

A new Facebook page, Loxahatchee Lost and Found Pets, was especially busy during and after the Fourth of July celebration, with many success stories. Page founder/manager Gail Bass said there was a noticeable increase in activity around the holiday, as...

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...

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Rotary Celebrates RPB Milestone At Tribute Dinner

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