In 2011, Nora Janssen launched Karen’s Equine Intervention to honor her daughter, Karen, who passed away following complications from a car accident.
“That’s the sad part,” Janssen said. “The good part is using the animals to help people.”
Janssen — a...
The widening of Southern Blvd./State Road 80 to six lanes from Crestwood Blvd. to Lion Country Safari Road, which is now underway, may cause some confusion for drivers over the next year during the construction process. However, the Florida...
Despite a sparse turnout at the Loxahatchee Groves public input meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2, a number of people commented on issues with the town’s new containerized garbage pickup service.
Linda Isaacs of Marcella Blvd. said she has neighbors who...
The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors will hold a workshop to get input from equestrians on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m. before the board’s next regular meeting.
“We’re looking for feedback from the equestrian community as to...
Residents had many comments for the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council about a workshop planned for Tuesday, Oct. 9 to clarify the language of a proposed referendum question to get the town long-term bonds for road repair after a previous...
Congressman Brian Mast (R-District 18) visited the Indian Trail Improvement District on Monday, Sept. 24 to tour the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area levee at the invitation of district officials, who seek funding to complete the half-finished levee and...
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, World War II veteran Carl Arfa addressed the eighth graders of Western Pines Middle School in The Acreage. He was accompanied by his daughter, Debra Katzman, who often assists her father in such presentations, helping...
The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of two excavators, a wheel loader and some accessories last week to outfit an in-house culvert installation crew.
“Back when we were doing the budget, we had earmarked $883,000...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved the final reading of an ordinance reducing setbacks for the town’s agricultural residential lots last week, inserting a clause that they would not be more restrictive than Palm Beach County regulations.
The ordinance will...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave final approval Tuesday to a significant tax rate increase for the upcoming fiscal year — additional revenue designated to replenish the town’s depleted reserves and help improve deteriorated roads.
The approved budget of $13.39...
The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors held a lengthy discussion Wednesday about easement obstructions, especially plant growth in swales that hamper drainage in The Acreage.
The board’s challenge is that ITID staff is retrofitting many swales where overgrowth...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council, sitting as the Local Planning Agency, recommended approval Tuesday of an ordinance that would remove from the comprehensive plan a fencing requirement on equestrian trails on lettered roads.
Later in the meeting, the council approved...
