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Lox Groves Council To Finalize Budget At Sept. 19 Meeting

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave preliminary approval to a $10.8 million spending plan for fiscal year 2024 on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Final approval and adoption of the budget is slated for the council’s meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The...

Safari’s AAZK Chapter Raises Awareness For Rhino Conservation

Since 2001, staff at Lion Country Safari has maintained a chapter with the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK). While the nonprofit organization was founded by San Diego zookeepers in 1967, it has spread across the country with a...

Palm Beach Central, Seminole Ridge Open Football Season With Back-To-Back Wins

The high school varsity football teams from Palm Beach Central High School and Seminole Ridge High School are off to perfect 2-0 starts going into the third week of the season. The Palm Beach Central Broncos appear committed to repeating...

Swimmer Caleb DaSilva Is Aggressively Pursuing A State Title

Wellington High School senior swimmer Caleb DaSilva is extremely fast in the swimming pool, and he’s working on getting faster. DaSilva, a captain for the Wellington High School boys varsity swimming and diving team, is a sprint specialist who competes...

Berean Girls Team Ready As Volleyball Season Gets Underway

The girls varsity volleyball team at Berean Christian School has a new direction under a new head coach — Sam Skelton, a veteran South Florida volleyball coach who has been successful at other schools in the past. Skelton has brought...

Hana Lohmann Named Florida Athlete Of The Year

Wellington resident Hana Lohmann — a 2023 graduate of Glades Day School in Belle Glade —was recently voted SBLive Florida’s 2022-23 Female High School Athlete of the Year. Lohmann earned an impressive 81.92 percent of the 89,359 votes in...

Zoning Board Strikes Cautious Tone On Equestrian Proposals

A village panel recommended last week that Wellington should deny or delay hundreds of luxury residences on land, including 96 acres in the Equestrian Preserve Area, until more detailed plans for an expanded showgrounds can be evaluated. Wellington’s Planning, Zoning...

Council Supports Outdoor Seating At RPB Brewery

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved a request that would allow outdoor seating at a local brewery, along with several additions to the village’s growing Art in Public Places program on Thursday, Aug. 17. Royal Palm Brewing Company asked...

Indian Trail Board Supports New District Millings Policy

It looks like the dust finally may be settling over the Indian Trail Improvement District’s road millings policy. The ITID Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Wednesday, Aug. 16 to revamp the policy. They also gave at least a three-year...

Lox Council Gets Groves Town Center Progress Update

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council released the developers of Groves Town Center from a nearly 20-year-old restrictive covenant Tuesday, Aug. 15, agreeing with town staff and the developer that the project’s 23-acre existing conservation easement satisfies the earlier agreement...

New Affordable Housing Panel Discusses How To Use State Aid

A $711 million state plan offers new money and rules changes to promote affordable housing, but how much of it applies in the pricey confines of Wellington has been the focus of a recently created advisory panel in the...

RPB Zoners Reject Site Plan And Waivers For CarMax Expansion

CarMax is the nation’s largest used car dealership, with 240 locations across the nation. In Royal Palm Beach, the CarMax location at 10501 Southern Blvd. is having some growing pains after an effort to expand the facility’s staging area...

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Wellington Family AutoFest Brings Car Lovers To Town Center

The Wellington Rotary Club’s Wellington Family AutoFest was held Sunday, Sept. 10 at its new location at Wellington Town...