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Local High Schools Compete In Cheerleading State Finals

They came from far and near last weekend to determine Florida’s best in competitive cheerleading. The 2021 Class 1A and Class 2A Florida High School Athletic Association’s Competitive Cheer State Championships were held Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan....

Wellington Council Reviews More Comp Plan Elements

At a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Wellington Village Council reviewed several elements of a revised comprehensive plan for community. Planning, Zoning & Building Director Tim Stillings explained that the comp plan, first adopted in 1999 and updated several...

Wellington Village Council Recognizes Community Partners

The Tuesday, Jan. 26 meeting of the Wellington Village Council was an evening filled with gestures of appreciation for those making a difference in the community. During the meeting, the council recognized its community partners who are helping residents, particularly...

Without Challengers, Two RPB Incumbents Keep Council Seats

Royal Palm Beach Village Council members Jan Rodusky and Richard Valuntas secured additional two-year terms earlier this month without opposition when the election qualifying period closed without challengers coming forward. Group 2 incumbent Valuntas and Group 4 incumbent Rodusky qualified...

Tom Abel Steps Down As Wellington High School Football Coach

Tom Abel’s football and weightlifting coaching career is coming to an end. Abel, the head football coach and weightlifting coach at Wellington High School, is stepping down from his leadership role with both programs. The news was announced on...

County Commissioners Troubled By Vaccine Distribution Plan

Several members of the Palm Beach County Commission expressed outrage Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the state’s method of distribution for the COVID-19 vaccine, which favors private corporations over public health agencies. The state, acting under orders from Gov. Ron DeSantis,...

Royal Palm Beach Easing Tree Replacement Standards

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved the first reading of an updated landscaping and vegetation management ordinance on Thursday, Jan. 21, modifying the minimum number of trees and shrubs required per lot in single-family homes and duplexes. In accordance...

RPB Council Approves First Reading Of Ordinance Regulating Food Trucks

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved the preliminary reading of an ordinance Thursday, Jan. 21 that will require food truck vendors to have a business tax receipt from the village. Village Manager Ray Liggins said the ordinance was in...

Wellington’s Catherine Chen Creates New Children’s Book

Wellington native Catherine Chen, a recent college graduate, spent her extra time during the lockdown completing her first book, Smores: My Fat Guinea Pig, which debuted on Dec. 30 of last year on Amazon.com. “This is a children’s book about...

RPB Native Kucharski Named Principal At H.L. Johnson Elementary

Royal Palm Beach native Crystal Amado Kucharski, previously an assistant principal at Royal Palm Beach High School, has been named the new principal at H.L. Johnson Elementary School — the same school she attended as a child. Kucharski, who also...

RPBHS Instructor Wins Award For Second Book Of Poetry

Royal Palm Beach High School instructor Dr. J.P. Linstroth’s newly released, second book of poetry, Epochal Reckonings was recently named as co-winner of the prestigious Proverse Prize for Literature. The book launched in November by Proverse Publishers HK. Linstroth has been...

DeMarois Agrees To Negotiated Settlement With Ethics Commission

Former Loxahatchee Groves Councilman David DeMarois reached a negotiated settlement agreement to a charge of misuse of his position at a hearing with the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Attorney Ron Lantz spoke on behalf...

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Murder Mystery Brings Intrigue To Wellington Green

The Village of Wellington collaborated with the Mall at Wellington Green on Saturday, July 19 for a summertime murder...