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Wellington Collects $9.4 Million To End Big Blue Case

After more than a decade of delays and litigation, Wellington has collected $9.4 million in a case involving a developer’s handling of an environmental preserve, and village officials are discussing setting aside that money to preserve or create green...

Marcia Andrews Plans To Retire After Four Terms On School Board

Sixteen years on the Palm Beach County School Board will be enough, Vice Chair Marcia Andrews said this week about her decision not to seek re-election in November 2026. As her 50th year in education unfolded, Andrews said she began...

Barky Pines Dedicates Local Version Of ‘Rainbow Bridge’

Hurricane Helene descended on the mountains of western North Carolina like a black shroud, dumping as much as 31 inches of rain on the region late last September. Lives, homes and businesses were swept away. So was the Rainbow...

McGovern Gerardi Law Offers Personal Yet Professional Legal Expertise

McGovern Gerardi Law is not your typical personal injury law firm. After speaking with partners John McGovern and Kristina Gerardi, who formed the firm in 2015, you quickly realize that both attorneys have the right attitude and are available,...

Wellington Pondering Changes To Rules On Runoff Elections

Wellington leaders have begun discussing whether to change or drop a runoff election requirement if the leading vote-getter attracts less than 35 percent of the vote in a municipal election, after six-figure runoff costs hit the village in the...

Act Now To Be Part Of The Patriotic Flags Of Wellington Display

By Mark Caracciolo The Wellington Rotary Club will be partnering with the Village of Wellington and others to plant flags this spring in a joint project known as “Flags of Wellington.” During the patriotic fundraiser, community members are invited to...

Leading Show Jumpers Linger In Wellington For Spring Show Series

By Sarah Eakin Not all the international riders packed up and left the day after the Winter Equestrian Festival ended. Top show jumpers ditched the norm and stuck around to compete in the first three weeks of the ESP Spring...

Area Resident Edner Breton Earns Soccer Hall Of Fame Honor

Longtime Acreage/Loxahatchee resident Edner Breton was one of five soccer legends recently inducted into the Long Island Soccer Player Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in Huntington, New York. Aside from Breton, the others inducted with the Class of...

Golf Pro Georgia Oboh Sharpens Her Game In Royal Palm Beach

In recent weeks, the Village Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach has been the setting for a young, ambitious Nigerian-born golf professional from England whose goal is to make it to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. The golfer...

Wellington Cougars Program Produces Home-Grown Cheerleading Champions

During the current school year, cheerleading teams from the King’s Academy, Palm Beach Central High School and Wellington High School all advanced to this year’s Florida High School Athletic Association state cheerleading finals in Lakeland. One of the big...

Crestwood Middle School Honors Last Season’s Track Champs

On Saturday, April 5, 18 members of the 2024 Crestwood Middle School track & field team gathered to be honored for winning last spring’s Palm Beach County Middle School Track & Field Champion-ship. It was Crestwood’s second straight county...

RPB’s Schartner Family Focused Building A Lasting Soccer Legacy

The Schartner family of Royal Palm Beach are dedicated to the sport of soccer. Luke and Jenny Schartner are the parents of four passionate, dedicated and talented soccer players — Elena (Ellie), 17; Kira, 15; Jax, 12; and Josiah,...

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HCA Florida Palms West Annual Robotics Night May 12

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital welcomes the community to learn more about robotic surgery and hear from leading robotic...