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Senior Committee Chair To Meet With Manager On Club Concerns

By Eve Rosen Wellington’s Senior Advisory Committee agreed last week to have Village Manager Paul Schofield act as an intermediary to seek a solution to concerns raised last month by the committee that the Wellington Seniors Club will soon be...

Matt Willhite Seeking To Return To Tallahassee In District 86

State Rep. Matt Willhite (D-District 86) is wrapping up his first term in office and will be asking voters to return him to Tallahassee during the Nov. 6 general election. In his bid for re-election, Willhite will once again face...

Art Society To Host Reception At Whole Foods Aug. 3 For Buu Truong

Buu Truong is the current Wellington Art Society solo artist at the Wellington Whole Foods Market Gallery. Whole Foods Market will hold a reception in her honor on Friday, Aug. 3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Appetizers and wine will...

First Bank Opens Location In Wellington

First Bank of the Palm Beaches has opened its second full-service banking center, and its first in Wellington, at 12796 W. Forest Hill Blvd. The Wellington Plaza location, managed by longtime Wellington resident James Seder, opened for business on...

Top Local Athletes Compete At Nike Football Camp In Texas

Two of the area’s top football players recently participated in the nationally acclaimed Nike “The Opening” camp and 7-on-7 football tournament. Palm Beach Central High School senior Akeem Dent and Wellington High School senior Mark Antony Richards were invited...

SR 7 Extension On Hold As FDOT Reviews Its Options

The Florida Department of Transportation’s State Road 7 extension project from Okeechobee Blvd. to Northlake Blvd. is currently on hold due to an expired permit while FDOT decides on its next step. The permit from the Northern Palm Beach County...

Lox Committee Finalizes Landscaping Code For Council OK

Loxahatchee Groves’ Unified Land Development Committee finalized the landscaping section of the town’s Unified Land Development Code on Monday, spending time discussing walls separating commercial from neighboring property, the code for tree removal and replacement, and how much landscaping...

Wellington Council Agrees To Pay Off Debt, Fund Camera System

On Tuesday, July 10, the Wellington Village Council agreed to pay off some of the village’s existing debt and also approved several projects to take place in the near future. As of the Tuesday night meeting, the Village of Wellington...

Wellington Sets TRIM Rate To Fund $97.3 Million Budget

The Wellington Village Council on Tuesday set its preliminary tax rate for fiscal year 2018-19 slightly higher that the current year. The council voted 3-1 to set the TRIM (truth in millage) rate at 2.55 mills, up from 2.43 mills....

Two Republicans, One Democrat Vie For District 25 Senate Seat

Two Republicans and one Democrat are vying for the District 25 seat in the Florida Senate. Classified as a special election, the winner will serve out the final two years of incumbent Senate President Joe Negron’s term. Negron previously announced...

RPB Council To Discuss $44.9 Million Budget Plan On July 19

By Paul Gaba Royal Palm Beach officials will have their first public discussion of the village’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19 on Thursday, July 19. The $44.9 million budget proposal put together by Village Manager Ray Liggins and his staff...

Committee Picks Wellington Top Cop And Top Firefighter

By Eve Rosen The Wellington Public Safety Committee met Wednesday, July 11 in order to discuss this year’s nominees for Wellington’s Top Cop and Top Firefighter awards, This year, there were three nominees for Top Cop with the decision between Detective...

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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...