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Royal Palm Council Approves Change To Cypress Key Site Plan

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved a site plan modification on Thursday, Aug. 20 for a 1.56-acre parcel at the 35.23-acre Cypress Key mixed use development from day care to medical professional office space, over the objections of...

Royal Palm Beach Plans To Change Park Hours

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council gave preliminary approval on Thursday, Aug 20 to change park operating hours to more specific hours, rather than “sunrise to sunset,” which is the only existing definition of most park operating hours. The change...

Frankel Honors Wellington Educator With Congressional Recognition

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-District 21) recently honored two local heroes with Congressional Awards that come with a mention in the historical Congressional Record. Mary Baldwin and Melissa Davison each received the honor during a Zoom broadcast on Friday,...

Acreage Landowners’ Association Hosts Successful Equestrian Clinic

The Acreage Landowners’ Association and Western Equestrian Shows & Trails (WEST), an ALA sub-committee, held its first equestrian event on Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Nicole Hornstein Equestrian Park, with several dozen attendees and horses taking advantage of low-cost veterinary...

Lox Council Reviews Smaller Budget For Upcoming Year

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council held a budget workshop Tuesday, Aug. 18 to review a “back to basics” maintenance plan for fiscal year 2020-21. The proposed budget stood mostly unchanged at $5.5 million, excluding borrowing and capital spending, compared to...

Plans In Flux For What School Will Be Like Once Students Return To Buildings

The Wellington Education Committee met on Tuesday, Aug. 18 for a meeting held via Zoom and discussed the unusual circumstances surrounding the delayed start to the school year. At the beginning of the meeting, John Webber was chosen to remain...

Loxahatchee Groves Council Appoints ULDC Members

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved several appointments to its Unified Land Development Committee on Tuesday, Aug. 18 after tabling the item at its July 7 meeting when opposition arose over some of the proposed appointments. Councilwoman Laura Danowski, who...

Westlake Tentative Budget Includes Funds For Possible ITID Litigation

The Westlake City Council reviewed its proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21 on Tuesday, Aug. 18 with about $100,000 added in for extra attorney fees to cover the expense of a possible lawsuit with the Indian Trail Improvement District...

Indian Trail Plans To Close Off 140th Avenue Crossover

The Indian Trail Improvement District has announced plans to install a gate at the crossover from 140th Avenue North to 40th Street North into the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, shutting down a little-known access point widely used by local...

County’s Weekly COVID-19 Numbers Show Downward Trend

As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the COVID-19 positivity rate had fallen to 6.5 percent in Palm Beach County, which shows a downward trend in weekly cases. This was a key takeaway from Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner’s press...

Injured Veteran Liam Dwyer Gets Keys To His New Home

Capping a four-year process, Marine Staff Sgt. Liam Dwyer and his wife Meghan received the key to their new custom-built, handicap-accessible house through the national nonprofit Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) on Saturday, Aug. 8. The normally wide-scale community celebration...

Sales Surtax Yields Big Renovations At Wellington El

Wellington Elementary School has been abuzz this summer, but not with the voices of school children. Instead, the sounds of power tools have been reverberating throughout the halls as many renovation projects have been completed, with more being worked...

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