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RPB Principals Glad To Return To In-School Learning

The Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board heard reports Monday, Aug. 9 from Royal Palm Beach High School Principal Dr. Jesús Armas and Crestwood Middle School Principal Dr. Stephanie Nance. Both noted that they were glad to be starting...

Town Hall Meeting On Incorporation To Be Held Aug. 14 At Seminole Ridge

UPDATE: The Aug. 14 town hall meeting was canceled. The Indian Trail Improvement District’s Feasibility and Charter Review Committee held a five-hour meeting Saturday, Aug. 7 featuring presentations on many aspects of a possible incorporation from experts recruited to give...

Local High School Football Teams Start Pre-Season Practice

While high school football players have been busy this summer working on getting fitter, faster and stronger during their off-season workouts, the upcoming high school football season officially started with practices on Monday, Aug. 2. Since then, area high...

Sterling Season For Royal Palm Beach U12 All-Star Softball Team

Famed college basketball coach Dave Odom once said that in the sports, “Don’t get so focused on the prize at the end of the rainbow and forget to enjoy the journey along the way.” This is a great way to...

PBC Officials: Vast Majority Of Virus Cases Are Unvaccinated

Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner and medical staff from the Palm Beach County Health Department and JFK Medical Center updated the community Monday, Aug. 9 on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from the Palm Beach County Emergency...

Wellington Council OKs Unchanged Tax Rate And Assessments

The Wellington Village Council approved its proposed taxes for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, Aug. 10. The rates, which are largely unchanged from the current year, will now be subject to public hearings for resident input. Also at the...

Wellington’s SWAG Program Gets 17 Wellington Students Summer Internships

By Margaret Hunt Students Working to Achieve Greatness (SWAG) is a program started by the Village of Wellington in 2017 through the Community Services Department, which provides programs and services to residents of Wellington with the goal of enhancing the...

Wellington Education Committee Reviews And Approves Annual Keely Spinelli Grants

Wellington’s Education Committee reviewed funding approvals for the annual Keely Spinelli grants on Tuesday, Aug. 3 “This is always my favorite meeting of the year,” Committee Chair John Webber said. “It’s great to get to see all the teachers and...

Lox Council, Finance Committee Focus On Infrastructure At Joint Meeting

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council and its Finance Advisory & Audit Committee held a joint meeting on the upcoming year’s budget Monday, Aug. 2, with a focus on creating a capital plan in order to qualify for grants. Assistant Town...

Groves Council Delays Approval Of Okeechobee Overlay To Sept. 21

After a year’s work, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday, Aug. 3 postponed the final reading of the planned Okeechobee Blvd. overlay ordinance to add details that were discussed at the meeting. The final reading will now be...

Lox Council Approves PBSO Contract 3-2, Directing Staff To Have PBSO Talks

At the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 3, Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia called for the review of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office contract with the goal of finding possible cost savings. Maniglia pulled an addendum to the...

ITID President Holds Online Q&A About Incorporation Process

Indian Trail Improvement District President Betty Argue held an online question-and-answer session on Monday, Aug. 2 for anyone with questions about the feasibility studies currently underway regarding the possible incorporation of the district. After approval by the Florida Legislature, the...

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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...