Thursday, July 10, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

Proposed ITID Budget Starts At $24 Million; Cuts Expected

When the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors opened their budget hearing Wednesday, May 31, they were considering a staff-proposed $24 million budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The staff-proposed budget is created to “document all...

ITID Board Concerned About Troubled Youth Housed In The Acreage

With five group homes for young offenders located in The Acreage, members of the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors are expressing concerns that the area has become a dumping ground for problem teens. “These homes are in residential...

Developer Minto Introduces Two New Single-Family Floor Plans At Westlake

Minto Communities USA, the master developer and primary builder in Westlake, is introducing two smaller floor plans that will give homebuyers on a budget a lower-cost option for a single-family home. Both plans will be released for sale June...

Top Sem Ridge Students Close Circle With First-Year Principal

For Seminole Ridge High School Principal Robert Hatcher, valedictorian Juliana Ortega and salutatorian Julia Newcomb, the Thursday, May 25 graduation ceremony is the closing of a circle that began at Western Pines Middle School. Hatcher was principal at Western Pines...

A Truck Park Proposed As Answer To Big-Rig Issue

Can a truck park solve the ongoing dispute between Palm Beach County and local truckers living in The Acreage? Indian Trail Improvement District Vice President Betty Argue recently said that an available 30 to 40 acres of land in the...

ITID Supervisors Saddle Up For Another Equestrian Trails Discussion

Plans for a new equestrian committee were scheduled to be trotted out and reviewed again at the Wednesday, May 17 meeting of the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors. The draft mission statement for what is tentatively being called...

Endangered Clouded Leopard Cubs Born At Panther Ridge

The Panther Ridge Conservation Center in Loxahatchee Groves has been a part of the vital species survival plan (SSP) for Sunda clouded leopards for just over five years, and its successful contributions to this unique leopard species is making...

PBSC Breaks Ground On New Dental Building At Lox Groves Campus

Palm Beach State College held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, May 16 for its new, high-tech $50 million Dental & Medical Services Technology Building on its Loxahatchee Groves campus. Construction is set to begin next month on the four-story, 83,500-square-foot building,...

Seminole Ridge Flag Football Squad Falls In State Semifinals

The Seminole Ridge High School girls varsity flag football team achieved one of its season-long goals: reaching the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Class 2A state final four at Mandarin High School in Jacksonville. But the team was unable...

Sem Ridge Alums Key Members Of Keiser’s Flag Football Team

The Keiser University women’s flag football team has 20 athletes on its roster for the current 2023 season. Of those 20 players, six of them graduated from Seminole Ridge High School. All six Seminole Ridge alums have contributed to...

County Commission Supports GL Homes Land Swap

Following hours of presentations, comments and debate on Wednesday, May 3, the Palm Beach County Commission approved a land/housing swap that will cut GL Homes’ development plans west of The Acreage by one-third. In return, the developer will be allowed...

Lox Council Approves Changes To Big Dog Site Plan

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved a new site plan for Big Dog Ranch Rescue on Tuesday, May 2 that allows the nonprofit animal shelter the ability to expand its existing buildings with the primary goal of accommodating new...

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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...