Monday, March 31, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Seminole Ridge High School Mints 579 New Grads

The Seminole Ridge High School Class of 2012 will be remembered as a caring, compassionate and talented group of students who are ready to soar on to their next opportunities. The school graduated 579 students Thursday, May 24 during...

LGLA Features Forum With LGWCD Candidates

Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor Robert Snowball and challenger Roy Parks faced off in a debate May 24 at the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association meeting. Parks and Snowball will contest Monday, June 25 in the district’s first popular-vote election,...

LGWCD To Move Forward With Culvert Crossing

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District approved a request for proposals last week for culvert construction on North D Road at 34th Place North, which would connect four property owners to North D Road, replacing an old culvert. The request...

Shooting Leaves Some Calling For ‘Fair Investigation’

An Internet petition drive is calling for the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office to investigate thoroughly the death of 23-year-old Seth Adams, who was shot late Wednesday, May 16 by a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy who...

Groves Council Gives Raise To Management Firm

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed Wednesday to increase its contract with town management firm Underwood Management Services Group by $75,000 to cover additional work that has been placed on the firm. Town Manager Mark Kutney said the additional money...

ITID Board OKs Concept For Community Center

Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors last week unanimously approved a $4 million cost estimate for the planned community center at Acreage Community Park. The $4 million figure meets what ITID has budgeted for the project, but the board...

Snowball Aims To Keep Lox Groves Moving Forward

Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor Robert Snowball told the Town-Crier this week that he is seeking re-election to keep things moving forward in the community. Snowball will face challenger Roy Parks in an election set for Monday, June 25....

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...

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New PBSO Captain For The Acreage, Groves And Westlake

In the early 1990s, when Robert Sandt first trekked through the palmetto scrub of what is now part of...