Friday, March 29, 2024

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Lion Country Seeks OK To Expand Walk-Through

The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission last week approved modifications necessary for an 11-acre expansion at Lion Country Safari’s walk-through area. The modifications include a 70-foot height exception to allow construction of a zip-line tower and a special exception to...

Draft ITID Budget Drops Assessments, Spends More

Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors heard a presentation on the first draft of the district’s 2013 budget Wednesday. The budget calls for assessments that are 2.5 percent lower on average than the 2012 budget. However, the draft budget of...

Landlord Dispute Has Groves Seeking New Office

Faced with the possibility of losing some of the town’s office space to a new tenant, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council directed its staff Tuesday to search for a new office location. During his administrative update, Town Manager Mark Kutney...

LGLA Members Briefed On Sugarland Wind Project

At the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association meeting Thursday, April 26, Robin Saiz of Wind Capital Group gave a presentation on the Sugarland Wind project, a 200-megawatt wind farm planned just east of Belle Glade. Wind Capital Group started out as...

Lox Groves Resident Sets Up Free Web Directory

Loxahatchee Groves resident Larry Lefkowitz announced last week that he has set up a new town directory web service. Speaking at the Thursday, April 26 meeting of the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association, Lefkowitz said that the site, at www.loxahatcheegroves.com, went...

Unpermitted Dump Site Worries Acreage Officials

South Florida Water Management District enforcers are moving to get a 40-acre site in The Acreage, owned by Vila Nursery, cleaned up and permitted after they cited the owner for improperly dumping fill on the site. Indian Trail Improvement District...

Snowball, Parks Make Ballot For LGWCD Election

Loxahatchee Groves residents Roy Parks and Robert Snowball have filed for the newly created “qualified elector” seat on the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors. Qualified electors — defined as registered voters who are also property owners, and...

Lox Council OKs New Development Moratorium

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a six-month moratorium Tuesday on further development applications until the council can refine portions of the town’s comprehensive plan to reflect its intentions for commercial development on Okeechobee and Southern boulevards. The moratorium, which...

Hospital Celebrates ‘Topping Out’ Of New Addition

Palms West Hospital celebrated the topping out of its fourth-floor east wing addition with a party Tuesday attended by numerous local well-wishers. Newly appointed CEO Eric Goldman welcomed attendees, including founding CEO Mike Pugh, who had the forethought to build...

Chili Cook-Off Returns To The Acreage Saturday

The Acreage Music & Chili Cook-Off is coming to Acreage Community Park on Saturday, April 21, with more bounce houses, more music, more chili entries and more fun than ever, said organizer Robert Trepp. The event will have a full...

LGWCD: Investigate Complaint From PBSO E-mail

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board decided Monday to call for third-party inquiries into a letter sent to Gov. Rick Scott from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office e-mail address that alleged board mismanagement and corruption in the...

Most Of The Acreage Would Fit In Rooney’s District

During a legislative update at the Indian Trail Improvement District meeting Wednesday, State Rep. Pat Rooney (R-District 83) announced that his newly drawn district will cover almost all of The Acreage. “We were tasked with redistricting, which we do every...

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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...