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Filing Deadlines Near For Local Municipal Elections

By Joshua Manning Due to recent changes in state law, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link required all municipalities holding elections on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, to pull back their filing deadlines into November. The Village of...

Legislative Delegation Supports Lox Fireworks Bill, Corbett Levee Funding

The Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation on Thursday, Oct. 28 supported a bill for legislative approval that would limit the use of fireworks in parts of the Town of Loxahatchee Groves zoned agricultural-residential, as well as a request to...

Wellington Agrees To Purchase 45-Acre Parcel To Expand Environmental Preserve

By Joshua Manning The Wellington Village Council agreed Tuesday, Oct. 26 to purchase a 45-acre parcel along Flying Cow Road to expand and enhance the adjacent Wellington Environmental Preserve at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Everglades Habitat. The total purchase price is...

Legislative Delegation Postpones Acreage Incorporation Decision To Dec. 8

At its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 28, the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation tabled consideration of a local bill allowing a referendum on Acreage incorporation until its next meeting on Dec. 8. The bill would authorize a public referendum on...

Wellington Architectural Board Approves Lotis Signage On SR 7

Wellington’s Architectural Review Board on Wednesday, Oct. 20 approved a series of signs along State Road 7 that it had earlier postponed a decision on for Lotis Wellington, a 64-acre mixed use development on the west side of SR...

Wellington Presents Top Cop And Top Firefighter Awards

The Wellington Village Council presented its 2021 Top Cop and Top Firefighter awards on Tuesday, Oct. 26 to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jason Villiers and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Lt. Jen Kleier. Presenting the awards were PBSO Capt....

RPB Council Gives Go-Ahead To Raising Cane’s Restaurant At SR 7 And Southern

On Thursday, Oct. 21, the Royal Palm Beach Village Council gave the architectural approvals necessary to construct a Raising Cane’s restaurant with a drive-through at what is currently the Applebee’s restaurant at the northeast corner of Southern Blvd. and...

ITID Board Has Concerns With Plan For Charter School

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors did not react well Wednesday, Oct. 20 to a presentation on a proposed charter school between Northlake and Hamlin boulevards near 140th Avenue North. Land planner Josh Nichols, representing the planned Avocado/Northlake...

Westlake Will Oppose Acreage Incorporation At Delegation Meeting

A delegation from the City of Westlake will be on hand to oppose Acreage incorporation efforts by some Indian Trail Improvement District residents when they meet with the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation on Thursday, Oct. 28. “I believe the...

Wellington Zoners Discuss Limited Use Of Artificial Turf

On Wednesday, Oct. 13, Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board discussed the use of artificial turf in place of grass in commercial and residential areas where grass does not seem to grow well. Senior Planner Damian Newell said that artificial...

Westlake’s Art In Public Places Plan Gets Preliminary Approval

There seems to be consensus that an art in public places program will be beneficial to the young and fast-growing City of Westlake as it attempts to develop an identity, but the question is: Who gets to define what...

Groves Bill Regarding Fireworks Before Legislative Delegation Oct. 28

A local bill for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves will go before the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation on Thursday, Oct. 28 that would regulate the use of fireworks within the areas of the town zoned agricultural-residential. The legislative delegation...

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Event At Mall Celebrates More Than 150 Educators

The Mall at Wellington Green, in partnership with the Wellington Community Foundation and the Education Foundation of Palm Beach...