Saturday, July 12, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Acreage Teen Stars In Local Indie Film

Fifteen-year-old Jazmine Williams from The Acreage rode in a limo and walked the red carpet as star of a new indie film 2057: Return to Zombie Island, which premiered Friday, July 26 at the Mos’ Art Theatre in Lake...

First Acreage CERT Graduates

Acreage residents and Indian Trail Improvement District employees teamed up for the first Acreage Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program provided by the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center, Palm Beach State College and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue. Acreage...

SRHS Quarterback Zach DeCosta Leads Hawks To Victory

BY GENE NARDI Seminole Ridge High School starting quarterback Zach DeCosta has been training through the summer to improve his skills for the coming fall season. The 6-foot, 180-pound senior has had the starting job since the spring of his sophomore...

Music Teacher Gets National Kudos For Nutrition Show

BY ANNE CHECKOSKY A local music teacher received national recognition last month for a production she helped plan and put together to help kids learn about nutrition and recycling. Estibaliz Gastesi, music teacher at Golden Grove Elementary School in The Acreage,...

Nicole Hornstein’s Father Pushing Helmet Laws Around The Nation

The Acreage father who spearheaded the drive to require that juvenile horse riders wear helmets in Florida has taken his campaign to other parts of the nation. Gary Hornstein’s activism began with an Acreage tragedy — the death of his...

ITID: More Money For Drainage Projects, Less Toward Parks

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors met for a budget workshop Wednesday, July 24, with the primary goal of reallocating a larger percentage of its budget to drainage issues. The workshop had been called by Supervisor Gary Dunkley...

Northlake/Coconut Project Dies As County Refuses To Postpone Vote

The Palm Beach County Commission denied postponement Wednesday of a request for transmittal of a land-use change from rural residential to low-intensity commercial for property at the southeast corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards. In refusing to delay, the commissioners...

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...

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Fourth Of July Brings Fun & Fireworks To Wellington

The Village of Wellington held its annual Fourth of July holiday celebration on Friday, July 4 at Village Park....