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Royal Palm Council Gives First Approval To Budget Of $67.2 Million

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved a budget of $67,268,349 for fiscal year 2021-22 at the first of two public hearings on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The planned tax rate is unchanged from the current year at 1.92 mills. That...

Parts Of ITID’s Temple Park Closing Soon For Renovations

A number of improvements are scheduled for Temple Park in The Acreage, an Indian Trail Improvement District facility located at 17180 Temple Blvd. The playground and volleyball courts will close Monday, Sept. 13 for improvements, including a new, larger playground. ITID...

Wellington Seeks State Grants To Update Two Neighborhood Parks

Wellington’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Board met Tuesday, Sept. 7 to approve two grant requests for upcoming park projects and get an update on the village’s use of its sales surtax funding. Also, as part of a new initiative...

Lox Groves Hears From Regional Planning Council On Consulting

Dr. Kim DeLaney, director of strategic development and policy for the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, gave a presentation to the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Wednesday, Sept. 8 regarding the possibility of consulting with the town on its...

Ophthalmologist Dr. Megan Rowlands Now Seeing Patients At The Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute

Dr. Megan A. Rowlands, a board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in the treatment of glaucoma and cataracts, has recently joined the Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute, seeing patients at the Wellington and Boynton Beach offices. Rowlands completed her undergraduate education at Johns...

Wellington Zoners Narrowly Support New Assisted Living Facility

Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board approved a permit for a new Type 2A Congregate Living Facility for senior citizens on Wednesday, Sept. 8 after a two-hour discussion. Facing opposition from neighbors, the board was divided on the proposal,...

Effort Underway To Save And Preserve The Palm Beach International Raceway

Fans of the Palm Beach International Raceway have started petitions to save the iconic facility located along the Beeline Highway west of Jupiter and north of The Acreage. So far, they have collected more than 16,000 signatures. The raceway recently...

All Eyes On Tallahassee As ITID Incorporation Bill Heads To The Legislature

Now that the Indian Trail Improvement District’s feasibility study and proposed charter are complete, the short-lived Feasibility and Charter Review Committee has turned them over to a three-person committee of local residents to carry a bill through the legislative...

Wellington Equestrian Committee Back After Summer Hiatus

Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee met Wednesday, Sept. 1 with an agenda to hear a proposal changing the configuration of stabling in the Winding Trails neighborhood, a comparison of the local equestrian venues with the HITS facility in Ocala and...

Strong Starts For Seminole Ridge, Palm Beach Central Football

The high school fall football campaign is underway, and the early part of the season has brought victories to Seminole Ridge High School and Palm Beach Central High School. The Seminole Ridge Hawks have started the season with a 2-0...

Sem Ridge, RPBHS Volleyball Squads Focus On Fundamentals

The girls volleyball season is underway, and the teams at Seminole Ridge and Royal Palm Beach high schools have high hopes for a season full of victories. The main objective for the Seminole Ridge High School girls varsity volleyball team...

Top South Florida Swimmers Compete At King’s Academy Meet

It was a record-breaking day in the swimming pool on Saturday, Sept. 4 at the King’s Academy Short Course Meter Invite. In attendance were 120 swimmers from five south Florida schools: Lake Worth Christian, South Florida HEAT, St. Andrew’s,...

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Flavors ‘Decades Tour’ A Tasty Traveling Experience

On Thursday, June 5, the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Flavors 2025, now in its 22nd year. Several...