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Golden Grove Elementary School Marks 9/11 With Ceremony

By Erin Davisson On Tuesday, Sept. 11, Golden Grove Elementary School in The Acreage held a ceremony in remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 17 years ago. This is the third year that the school has done the event, said Assistant...

Wildcats Continue To Look For A Win After Loss To Centennial

The Royal Palm Beach High School football team continues the quest to obtain their first win of the season after a 51-6 loss to the Centennial High School Eagles on Thursday, Sept. 6. Not only did the Wildcats have to...

Health Care District Rolls Out Mobile Clinic For Homeless And Underserved

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County unveiled its new 38-foot, custom-built primary care clinic-on-wheels at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 30 at the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riviera Beach. Community and healthcare leaders, along with...

Acreage Park Expansion Waiting For FPL Transformer To Complete Project

After years of discussion and delay, Acreage Community Park’s southern expansion is almost complete — with its crowning glory being a new community amphitheater. Right now, the big holdup is waiting for Florida Power & Light to hook up the...

Groundbreaking Launches Wellington Water Treatment Plant’s Upgrade

On Wednesday, Sept. 5, members of the Wellington Village Council joined other village officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on a recently approved $17 million upgrade to Wellington’s water treatment plant. When the project was approved at a council meeting last...

County To Explore Cost Of AC For Animal Care & Control Kennels

The Palm Beach County Commission approved the first reading of a fiscal year 2018-19 budget of almost $4.8 billion on Tuesday, higher than last year’s budget, but keeping the same tax rate of 4.7815 mills. Although the millage rate is...

Jordan Ray’s Health Issues Lead To A Product To Help Others

Jordan Ray lived a fairly typical Wellington life up until her junior year of high school. Now 20, Ray lived with her father, John; mother, Robin; and younger brother Zachary. Her life was devoted to softball. She would practice every...

Lox Groves, Acreage Fared Well Through Tropical Storm Gordon

Loxahatchee Groves and The Acreage fared well in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Gordon, which swirled through South Florida last weekend. Loxahatchee Groves Town Manager Bill Underwood said there were few incidents. “I think we were fine,” Underwood said. “The only...

Many Ideas, But No Solutions For Wellington’s Manure Woes

Members of Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee gathered Wednesday, Sept. 5 to view a presentation led by Director of Strategic Planning Michael O’Dell and planner Ryan Harding. The subject was a familiar one for the committee: the growing volume of horse...

Pedestrian Bridge Will Connect Seven-Mile Path To Binks Forest

On Tuesday, Aug. 28, the Wellington Village Council approved plans to move forward on a design for a pedestrian bridge over the C-1 Canal at Flying Cow Road. The bridge would link up with an existing path from Binks Forest...

RPB On Track With Demolition Of Now-Vacant Harvin Center

The Kevin M. Harvin Center in Royal Palm Beach has been vacated and the preparation to demolish the structure has already begun. Unfortunately, a lease plan that would have kept the YWCA’s Head Start program in Royal Palm Beach broke...

Wildcats Fall To 0-2 With 44-7 Loss To Palm Beach Gardens

On Friday, Aug. 31, the Royal Palm Beach High School football squad hosted Palm Beach Gardens High School for their regular season home opener and fell to the Gators 44-7. The Wildcats (0-2) were in the game through the first...

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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...