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Modest Change In Taxable Property Values Please Local Leaders

The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office released preliminary taxable value figures for 2021 this week showing modest increases countywide and in local municipalities. The villages of Wellington and Royal Palm Beach saw taxable value increases of 5.33 and 5.52...

FASD Honors Betty Argue With Most Valuable Member Award

Indian Trail Improvement District President Betty Argue received her Certified District Manager certificate last week at the Florida Association of Special Districts (FASD) conference in Orlando. At the conference, she was also honored with the Most Valuable Member of...

Foundation, Garden Club Team Up To Help A Neighbor In Need

The Wellington Community Foundation, in cooperation with the Village of Wellington, teamed up with the Wellington Garden Club on Friday, June 18 to help a neighbor in need. When Karen Lombard was faced with code compliance issues, she turned to...

Lox Groves Cleanup And Barbecue To Be Held Saturday, July 3

The Town of Loxahatchee Groves will hold a potluck barbecue and town-wide cleanup event on Saturday, July 3. The event will be based out of Big Dog Ranch Rescue at 14444 Okeechobee Blvd. at D Road. Check-in will be from...

Neil Hirsch Made His Mark In Finance And Polo, But His ‘Kids’ Came First

Wellington businessman Neil Hirsch died Thursday, June 24 at age 74, leaving behind a legacy that began by revolutionizing financial markets and ended with deep roots in Wellington’s tight-knit polo community and a special concern for helping disadvantaged children. A...

Coconut Palm Plaza Reps Share Plans With ALA

Representatives of the planned Coconut Palm Plaza at the southeast corner of Coconut and Northlake boulevards gave a presentation to the Acreage Landowners’ Association on Monday, June 28 on plans to locate a 20-island gas station and several retail...

TKA’s Joshua Zuchowski Pursuing Olympic Glory In The Pool

Many people would rather not spend 11 days in June in Omaha, Nebraska. But for Joshua Zuchowski, a rising senior at the King’s Academy, there’s nowhere in the world that he would rather have been than in Omaha last...

New To The Sport, Tajauni Elliot Is In Pursuit Of A Track Title

A year ago, Royal Palm Beach resident Tajauni Elliot, then a rising sophomore at Berean Christian School, was not running track for the Bulldogs. In fact, he wasn’t even running for fun or fitness. Being a part of a...

Committee Learns About Flashing Yellow Arrow, Golf Cart Battery Safety

Wellington’s Public Safety Committee heard reports Wednesday, June 23 from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, and learned more about the new flashing yellow arrow signal in the community and the dangers of hydrogen-producing...

Wellington Celebrates Completion Of New Sports Facility At WHS

The Village of Wellington held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 16 to celebrate the innovative partnership between the village and the Palm Beach County School District that led to a new multi-use sports complex at Wellington High School...

PBSO: Crime Lower In Wellington During 2020

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Rolando Silva visited the Wellington Village Council meeting Tuesday, June 22 to present the PBSO’s annual report for Wellington. “The pandemic impacted all the numbers in many ways,” said Silva, commander of PBSO District...

Ordinance Moves Forward Allowing Golf Carts To Operate Legally In Wellington

After being discussed since 2019, the latest incarnation of Wellington’s proposed golf cart ordinance passed its first reading at the Tuesday, June 22 meeting of the Wellington Village Council. The measure comes up for its second and final reading on...

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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...