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Chamber: Strict Enforcement Harms Many Businesses

Several Wellington businesses could be harmed by a recent village decision to strictly enforce hours of operation in some areas, Wellington Chamber of Commerce President Alec Domb told members of the Wellington Village Council on Wednesday. Domb (shown above) said...

County Finalizes $3.4 Billion Budget Keeping Tax Rate Unchanged

The Palm Beach County Commission gave final approval Monday to a $3.4 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2012-13 starting Oct. 1. The commissioners set the county’s general fund tax rate at 4.7815 mills, the same rate as last year....

Adams: Equestrian Preserve Needs Development Rules

Ken Adams, a former Palm Beach County Commission chairman, horseman and a Wellington pioneer, spoke about the village’s potential as an equestrian community at the monthly community forum hosted by Commissioner Jess Santamaria last week at the original Wellington...

Wellington Refuses A1A Tennis Reimbursement Request

Members of the Wellington Village Council rejected a request Wednesday by A1A Tennis LLC to recoup the cost of preparing a bid to run the Wellington Tennis Center. Council members voted 4-1 to deny the request to cover the $8,292.50...

Binks Forest Reveals New Investment Team, Other Updates

The Binks Forest Golf Club, Wellington’s premier semi-private golf course, has announced a number of exciting changes and programs that are currently being implemented to improve course conditions and enhance programs for the general public and members as the...

Saturday Yard Sale To Benefit Abused Women

The community cannot save abused woman all at once. But it can save them, one woman at a time. That creed has inspired Sheree Diamond and Erica Heuwetter of Wellington to launch One Woman at a Time: Aid for...

Jewelry And Coins Stolen From A Home In Wellington

SEPT. 24 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office substation in Wellington responded Monday morning to a home on Twin Oaks Way regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report, sometime between 6 p.m. last Tuesday...

PBSO Seeks Man For Attempted Kidnapping In RPB

SEPT. 21 — Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 100 block of La Mancha Avenue in Royal Palm Beach last Friday in reference to a reported attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl. According to a PBSO report,...

Lox Council OKs Change Allowing PUDs On Southern

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance amending the town’s Unified Land Development Code to allow planned unit developments (PUDs) on two large parcels of land along Southern Blvd. The need for a PUD ordinance...

Sign Code Relaxed? RPB Grants Village Royale Appeal

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved an appeal last week by Pet Supermarket and the Village Royale Shopping Plaza, overturning the Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission’s denial in June and allowing national trademark colors on wall...

Valuntas Sees Expanded Mission For RPB’s Ed Board

The Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board could have an expanded role in the future. Councilman Richard Valuntas, the board’s council liaison, envisions a mission that is more interactive with educational facilities in the village. At the last Education Advisory Board...

RPB Prepares To Launch New Stormwater Utility

Royal Palm Beach has developed a policy and procedures manual to help implement its new stormwater utility, approved earlier this year. The Royal Palm Beach Village Council was scheduled to approve the manual Thursday. The new policies implement an ordinance...

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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...