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Crestwood Track Team Honored For 2023 County Championship

Back in May, the team from Royal Palm Beach’s Crestwood Middle School won the Palm Beach County Middle School Boys Track & Field Championship. It was the sixth Palm Beach County title in school history, all under the direction...

TKA Girls Volleyball Is Playing Well And Continues To Improve

In sports, athletes and the teams they represent often learn more about themselves following a loss rather than a victory. That is a lesson that the girls varsity volleyball team from the King’s Academy learned earlier this season. Right now,...

New Horizons Elementary School Celebrates Renovated Media Center

New Horizons Elementary School in Wellington celebrated the grand re-opening of its newly renovated media center on Tuesday, Aug. 29. The morning included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and live dance performances by students. The media center renovations help create a dynamic...

Wellington Council Thanks Top Cop And Top Firefighter

Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Wellington Village Council lauded the influential examples set by its Top Firefighter, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Capt. Cecilia Eaton, and Top Cop, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Detective Tim Barbusio. Take Eaton. She began volunteering...

Baxter Proposes Palm Beach County Grandfather In Some ITID Truckers

The Indian Trail Improvement District could become a haven for long-haul truckers and others pulling heavy loads under a plan proposed by District 6 Palm Beach County Commissioner Sara Baxter. The Acreage area “is one of the few places where...

Wellington Council Finalizes Utility Budget; Approves First Reading Of Spending Package

The Wellington Village Council gave final approval to its water and wastewater utility budget and rates on Tuesday, Sept. 5, and also held the first of two required public hearings on the village’s overall budget for the new fiscal...

Westlake’s Education & Youth Advisory Board Gets Reprieve

Westlake residents came out in person and online Tuesday, Sept. 5 to voice their disapproval of a plan to eliminate the community’s Education & Youth Advisory Board. Occurring during a marathon meeting of the Westlake City Council that lasted nearly...

World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure In Wellington

On Wednesday, Aug. 30, Printed Farms hosted an open house to show off a state-of-the-art luxury equestrian facility. The structure was 3D-printed onsite in concrete and is currently the largest 3D-printed structure in the world at 10,678 square feet. Printed...

Appearance Of Antisemitic And Racist Flyers Stun Wellington Neighborhoods

Residents in several Wellington neighborhoods woke up Labor Day morning to find plastic baggies containing hateful antisemitic and racist rhetoric thrown on hundreds of front lawns. Reports on social media quickly turned into news reports and activated a swift response...

Westlake A Step Closer To Second-Straight Year Of Trimming Tax Rate

The Westlake City Council adopted a tentative property tax rate of 5.0 mills for the 2024 fiscal year at its first budget hearing Tuesday, Sept. 5. The rate represents a small decrease from the city’s 2023 tax rate of 5.1...

Modern Home Designs Get Architectural OK At Farrell West

Builders unveiled to a Wellington board the first six examples of what the luxury homes might look like in the 27-lot Farrell West development near the entrance to the Palm Beach Polo community, in a style decidedly more modern...

Some Design Changes Approved For Lotis, But Not Shingle Roofs

Wellington’s Architectural Review Board denied a switch from metal to asphalt shingle roofs while approving other changes to the Lotis Wellington mixed-use project under construction on State Road 7. “I think you would be taking away from that ‘downtown’ look,”...

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Wellington Family AutoFest Brings Car Lovers To Town Center

The Wellington Rotary Club’s Wellington Family AutoFest was held Sunday, Sept. 10 at its new location at Wellington Town...