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Groves Council To Seek Funding For Okeechobee Horse Trail, Roundabouts

Mary McNicholas with Geoffrey B. Sluggett & Associates, the town’s advisor on legislative issues, updated the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Tuesday, Feb. 5 regarding the status of several items she is working on. “I have a couple of really...

Chamber 5K Puts Focus On Local Health Offerings

By Alexandra Roland When fitness consultant Meghan Buser started running about eight years ago, she hated it. Always into fitness and finding ways to be active, she was slowly introduced to the sport when she started training moms at local...

Foundation Awards More Than $5,000 In Grants To Middle Schools

On Thursday, Jan. 31, Wellington Community Foundation board members Tom Wenham, Mickey Smith, Maria Becker and James Seder visited three local middle schools to deliver checks as part of the foundation’s annual “Our Schools” grant program. Checks totaling more than...

Wolverines Avenge Early Season Loss To Broncos With 61-43 Win

The Wellington High School basketball team avenged an early-season loss to Palm Beach Central High School on Friday, Feb. 1, grabbing a 61-43 victory before a capacity crowd. The Broncos bested the Wolverines earlier in the season for the first...

Granato Wins $208,200 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Wellington

Alex Granato scored a weekend double, beating two former FEI World Cup champions to win the $208,200 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Wellington at the CP Palm Beach Masters Winter Classic CSI4*-W presented by Suncast at Deeridge Farms on...

WHS Graduate Mariluz Cook Named Miss South Florida Fair

Eleven young ladies from Palm Beach, Martin, Broward, Hendry and Okeechobee counties competed for the titles of Miss South Florida Fair and Miss Palm Beach County during the Miss South Florida Fair Scholarship Competition, a Miss America-affiliated competition, on...

PBC First In Florida To Approve Cancer Presumption Language For Firefighters

On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, along with her fellow commissioners, approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Professional Firefighters/Paramedics of Palm Beach County, Local 2928, IAFF Inc. Included in the agreement is cancer...

Wellington Earmarks $250,000 In Grants For Home Upgrades

The Village of Wellington’s popular Great Neighborhoods grant program is now seeking applicants. An informational meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.) will explain how grant recipients can...

Western-Area Growth Pains A Hot Topic At McKinlay Town Hall Meeting

Roads, traffic, gunfire in the community and mom-and-pop businesses that have evolved into large commercial operations were issues brought up by residents at a town hall meeting Tuesday, Jan. 29 organized by County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay at the Wellington...

RPB Zoners OK Changes At Village’s Oldest Church

Few buildings in the western communities are as iconic as the beautiful little church with the soaring white steeple near the south end of Royal Palm Beach Blvd., formerly known as Royal Palm Covenant Church. The church was built in...

Lox Groves Council Approves Agreement With New Manager

After much discussion at a special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council hired former Palm Beach County League of Cities Executive Director James Titcomb, currently manager of the Town of Ocean Ridge, as its new town...

School District Eyes Increased On-Campus Police Presence

By Alexandra Roland Wellington’s Public Safety Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23 included presentations by Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue (PBCFR), the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) and the Palm Beach County School District Police Department, with a particular focus...

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Fourth Of July Brings Fun & Fireworks To Wellington

The Village of Wellington held its annual Fourth of July holiday celebration on Friday, July 4 at Village Park....