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Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Groves Puts $500K In Capital Plan For Possible Town Hall

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a capital improvement budget Tuesday including $500,000 to plan for a future town hall and $200,000 for trails. During council members’ discussion of capital improvement plans, Town Manager Mark Kutney explained that capital programs...

2013 Lox Groves Town Tax Rate Unchanged

At a budget workshop Tuesday, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed to keep its property tax rate unchanged at 1.2 mills for the upcoming year. Due to a small drop in overall property values, that will bring in slightly...

Tax Amendments Await Florida Voters In November

Acreage resident John Thomas, an employee in the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office, updated members of the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association last week on several of the 12 proposed amendments to the state constitution coming before voters in...

Groves Artist Featured At Cultural Council

To Karen McGovern, art is nature and nature is art. “Art and nature are one and the same to me,” said McGovern, a Loxahatchee Groves artist. “You cannot have one without the other.” A conservation biologist by day and jewelry designer...

Project 425 Hosts Exchange Students

Project 425 hosted exchange students from Spain on Wednesday, July 18 at G&M Ranch in Loxahatchee Groves. The focus of the field trip was the use of the Huey helicopter in the Vietnam War and the present duties of...

County Supports Larger Store On Sluggett Land

In a 4-3 decision, the Palm Beach County Commission gave preliminary approval Monday to a comprehensive plan amendment that would eliminate a 65,000-square-foot single-tenant cap on the Sluggett property at the intersection of Southern Blvd. and Seminole Pratt Whitney...

Groves District Lowers Assessment Rate

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District gave preliminary approval to its 2013 budget and assessment rates at a special meeting Tuesday, setting the assessment rate at $135 per acre for properties on unpaved roads. That assessment rate is $16.45 below...

Benefit Softball Tourney At Acreage Community Park

Friends, family and supporters of firefighter Chris Bradley joined in the War on Cancer Co-ed Softball Tournament on Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21 at Acreage Community Park. Dozens of softball teams came out to play and raise money....

Benefit Raises $27,000 For Vinceremos

With nothing but rain for weeks before, the four hours of sunshine that allowed charity golfers to get their game on during a benefit for Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center last month at PGA National Resort & Spa were a...

Campaign Kickoff For ITID Candidate Ken Hendrick

A campaign kickoff party was held Thursday, July 19 at Kocomo’s Island Grill restaurant in The Acreage for Ken Hendrick, a candidate for Seat 4 on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors. Supporters turned out to enjoy...

Wording In Livestock Ordinance Still Concerns ALA

Palm Beach County planners attended a joint meeting of the Acreage Landowners’ Association and Indian Trail Improvement District on Monday, July 9 at the ITID office to explain a newly drafted livestock ordinance. The office was packed with Acreage residents...

LGWCD OKs Payment For Paving Despite Overrun

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District approved the final engineering invoice Monday for its recent road-paving project. The invoice included $5,670 for additional inspections that arose after some residents complained about the size and uniformity of the speed humps. “Due...

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Rotary Celebrates RPB Milestone At Tribute Dinner

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club held its annual Tribute Dinner on Saturday, June 14 at the Royal Palm...