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Charter School Gets OK To Open On SR 7 In Wellington

The Wellington Village Council gave final approval Tuesday to the Wellington Charter School, set to open next fall on State Road 7 south of Stribling Way. Council members unanimously approved a development order amendment to change the site from 79,480...

No Temporary Pact: Clete Saunier And LGWCD Part Ways

The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors ended its contract Tuesday with longtime District Administrator Clete Saunier after failing to reach an agreement with Saunier on a temporary contract extension. The decision means that Saunier will leave immediately,...

Hmara Enjoying ‘Good Government’ Institute At UM

Royal Palm Beach Councilman Jeff Hmara is finishing up a governmental leadership program being conducted at the University of Miami. On Saturday, Oct. 27, Hmara completed the fifth class in the series, where the topic was diversity, inclusion and equity. “It...

Pafford Visits With RPB’s Education Advisory Board

State Rep. Mark Pafford (D-District 86) addressed the Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board last week regarding issues he expects to encounter in the upcoming legislative session, including charter schools and vouchers. Pafford started off the Nov. 8 meeting by...

Wellington Council Rejects Equestrian Village Settlement

Hoping to find some common ground, members of the Wellington Village Council directed staff Tuesday to reject a settlement proposal offered by Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo and come up with a better counterproposal. Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz said...

Wellington Council Fires Its Attorney

Despite mounting lawsuits against the community, a divided Wellington Village Council voted Tuesday to oust longtime Village Attorney Jeff Kurtz. In a move that Vice Mayor Howard Coates decried as “outright reckless,” council members voted 3-2 to direct staff to...

ITID OKs County’s 60th St. Connection To State Road 7

The Indian Trail Improvement District on Wednesday issued a special drainage permit to Palm Beach County necessary to connect 60th Street North to the planned extension of State Road 7. The approval, however, was without a center turn lane currently...

Charities Invited To Enter Great Charity Challenge

Back for its fourth year, the FTI Consulting Great Charity Challenge, presented by Fidelity Investments, will once again help make dreams come true for local charities, offering up more than $1 million in prize money to support nonprofit organizations. The...

Iron Lion, Aguirre Foundation Team Up For Fundraiser

Iron Lion Fitness Studio in Wellington is giving back to the community with its second Ryde-A-Thon of the year and first-ever “Bags for Bases” Corn Hole Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 18. The event will benefit the Christopher Aguirre Memorial Foundation,...

Salty Classic 2012 Dec. 15 At Binks Forest

Current and past players from Major League Baseball will gather Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington to tee off at noon in the first-ever Salty Classic 2012 Golf Tournament. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, a former Royal Palm...

TC Columnist Deborah Welky Publishes Book

Town-Crier humor columnist Deborah Welky has a book on the shelves of Hallmark stores nationwide with a related TV movie coming out this month. Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star was written to implement existing voice recognition technology employed by the...

Central Chamber’s SalsaFest Returns This Weekend

The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce will host the sixth annual SalsaFest on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18 at Greenacres Community Park. Featured acts topping the entertainment lineup for 2012 include international recording artists Grupo Niche...

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Powerful Tornado Cuts Through Western Wellington, Leaving Behind Devastation

A powerful tornado touched down in the western Wellington area, traveling northeast through parts of the Acreage/Loxahatchee area, at...