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Royal Palm Beach Council Reviews $45.1 Million Budget Proposal

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council hosted a budget workshop on Tuesday, July 2, reviewing a $45.1 million spending proposal put together by staff for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2019. The fiscal year 2019-20 spending plan is up...

Sparks Fly As ITID Board Sets Budget Workshop For July 17

The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors last month postponed a detailed discussion of its budget for fiscal year 2019-20 to July to give district staff time to change some questionable items that were presented to the board...

Two-Year Overhaul Nearly Complete At Cypress Trails

When students return to Cypress Trails Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach for the 2019-20 school year next month, they will walk into an almost totally refreshed facility. Just a few finishing touches will be done at night during...

Property Appraiser: County Property Values Up 6.21 Percent

Property values increased 6.21 percent in Palm Beach County from 2018 to 2019, according to a report released July 1 by Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks. The increase was slightly above the property appraiser’s initial estimation of 5.73...

County OKs Study For Creating Deep-Water Reservoir At Mecca

The Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday, July 2 approved a consultant study to evaluate the Mecca Farms site north of The Acreage as a potential reservoir or flow way as part of the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project. In...

Wellington Seeks Resident Input Through Budget Challenge

The Village of Wellington is willing to lend an ear and listen to all suggestions from members of the public who live, work or play in Wellington regarding how the village will spend its revenue over the next year. Launching...

Wellington Wahoos Compete In Jupiter Summer Short Course

The Wellington Wahoo swim club competed in the Jupiter Dragons Summer Short Course Invitational on Saturday, June 29 at the North County Aquatic Complex. The meet serves as a way for swimmers to work on cutting their time during...

Dream Pillow Dreamimals Wins Mall’s 2019 Battle Of The Pop-Up

Jenna Sellers Miller, who founded Dream Pillow in 2018, encouraged her daughter to dream big. And she did! Seven-year old Harper created and developed Dreamimals, a pillow that comes with Wish Notes on which kids can write out their...

USA Gymnastics Championships Coming To The Palm Beaches

More than 1,000 of the nation’s top trampoline and tumbling gymnasts and coaches will converge on the Palm Beaches to participate in the 2019 Stars and Stripes Championships on July 20-21 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. The two-day...

TAP Wants To Bring Expanded Artistic Presence To Wellington

Aside from high school auditoriums and outdoor amphitheaters, there are not many facilities in Wellington that can house a theater production company seeking to seat an audience of 250 people. But this isn’t stopping some advocates from trying to...

Wellington Council Thanks Retiring New Horizons Principal

It was a celebratory event when retiring New Horizons Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Cardozo was asked by Mayor Anne Gerwig to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the Wellington Village Council meeting on Tuesday, June 25....

Local Robotics Team Seeks Funding To Help Conquer The World

By Meredith Burow When you think of the western communities today, “swamp” may not be the first word to come to mind. But for Loxahatchee residents Darcy Murray and her son Aiden, being a Child of the Swamp is a...

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Northlake Closure Expected To Start On Friday, Aug. 1

As the western communities brace for a traffic tsunami caused by the complete closure of Northlake Blvd. at the...