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Wellington Pioneer Al Paglia Passes Away At Age 83

Wellington pioneer Al Paglia died Tuesday, June 17 at the age of 83, after a life that helped build Wellington from a fledgling development to a thriving community. Paglia moved from Connecticut to Wellington during its formative years, building one...

ITID Board To Consider Increased Budget At Meeting On July 7

The Indian Trail Improvement District’s operating budget for fiscal year 2026 will increase by approximately $4.7 million — $19.9 million to $24.6 million — if the ITID Board of Supervisors accepts the spending plan still being shaped by district...

Indian Trail Keeping An Eye On County’s Utility Discussion

It could be much ado about nothing, or it could be another front in the Indian Trail Improvement District’s ongoing efforts to maintain its independence and semi-rural lifestyle. At the Wednesday, June 11 meeting of the ITID Board of Supervisors,...

Brown And Moreira Chosen As Wellington’s Top Cop, Firefighter

Wellington’s Public Safety Committee has picked the village’s top cop and top firefighter honorees for 2025, recognizing a mall-patrolling crimefighter steeped in community work, as well as a homegrown battler of blazes who also serves as a special weapons...

ALA Gathering Signatures To Oppose West End Crossing

The Acreage Landowners’ Association is putting its weight behind a petition hoping to stop construction of a convenience store with multiple gas pumps and a second commercial structure at the southeast corner of Northlake Blvd. and Seminole Pratt Whitney...

Wellington’s Finocchietti Twins Embark On National Tennis Tour

Ten-year-old twin brothers Aiden and Owen Finocchietti of Wellington are currently enjoying the experience of a lifetime with their 67-year-old grandfather, Barry Mabe. The three of them are in the early weeks of a 12-month journey visiting and playing...

Jeff Simke Recalls Stint Caddying For The Greatest Of All Time

Longtime Palm Beach County resident Jeff Simke has been good to the game of golf, and golf has been good to him. These days, the 70-year-old Simke spends most of his days at the Village Golf Club in Royal...

Summer Youth Basketball Season Underway In The Acreage

The fifth annual Acreage Basketball League, part of the Acreage Athletic League organization, is now underway. This summer recreational basketball league started on Saturday, June 9 and will conclude with championship games on Saturday, July 26. This summer, there are 220...

Golfer Justin Hicks Has Great Memories Of The 2025 U.S. Open

While California native J.J. Spaun won the 125th U.S. Open golf tournament, held June 12-15 at the Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania, one local golfer is savoring the experience. There were 156 competitors trying to win the U.S. Open...

Wellington Council Approves A Small Increase In Trash Fee

Wellington residents can brace for a bump in fees when they put out the trash and recycling in fiscal year 2026, though not quite as much as other recent increases. The numbers translate to $320 for curbside pickup for most...

Todd McLendon Rejoins Lox Council After Surprise Resignation By Phillis Maniglia

One week after Councilwoman Phillis Maniglia’s surprise resignation from the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council, former Councilman Todd McLendon was chosen to fill her seat at a special council meeting held Tuesday, June 10. Maniglia submitted a letter of resignation at...

Dueling Court Rulings Leave Acreage-Area Truckers In Limbo

Big-rig truckers in The Acreage are suffering whiplash after two diametrically opposed rulings were issued recently in the same case in Palm Beach County Circuit Court — and one prominent truckers’ advocate said she’s had enough. Jorge Alfaro of Prestwich...

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Event At Mall Celebrates More Than 150 Educators

The Mall at Wellington Green, in partnership with the Wellington Community Foundation and the Education Foundation of Palm Beach...