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Equestrian Preserve Petition Qualifies For Ballot

Wellington voters could have the chance as early as this summer to decide whether to make the village’s charter require a unanimous vote by the Wellington Village Council for changes to land development regulations on properties in or around...

Two Indian Trail Seats Up For Election This Year

Two seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors are up this year, and candidates have until next Friday to qualify for the ballot. Seat 2 incumbent Supervisor Carlos Enriquez faces a challenge from Gary Dunkley, while ITID...

Indian Trail To Experiment With Stop Sign Flashers

In an attempt to improve drivers’ awareness of stop signs, the Indian Trail Improvement District is going to experiment with flashers at select four-way stop intersections in The Acreage. Director of Maintenance & Operations Tony Las Casas said he has...

Crime Down, But Burglaries Are Up In Royal Palm

Crime is down overall in Royal Palm Beach, although burglaries were up in 2011, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Paul Miles, who gave his annual report to the Royal Palm Beach Village Council on May 17. “Overall,...

Pinto Urges RPB Residents To Apply For Zoning Seat

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council has re-advertised for Planning & Zoning Commission applicants after a candidate selected for membership withdrew her application. One position remains open after candidate Ana Martinez, an architect, declined her appointment, which came at the...

LGLA Features Forum With LGWCD Candidates

Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Supervisor Robert Snowball and challenger Roy Parks faced off in a debate May 24 at the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners’ Association meeting. Parks and Snowball will contest Monday, June 25 in the district’s first popular-vote election,...

Oldest RPB Church Needs Financial Help To Survive

Fifty years in the community and $300,000 in debt, Royal Palm Covenant Church is in desperate need of money and in jeopardy of closing its doors. Not just a place of worship, but a community gathering point, the church long...

Man Arrested For Assaulting Girls In Shopping Center

MAY 26 — A Wellington man was arrested last Saturday afternoon on charges of assault following an incident in the Wellington Town Square shopping plaza. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, Javier Moreno-Zolla followed several girls...

Class Of 2012 Graduates Wellington High School

Wellington High School sent 520 members of the Class of 2012 out into the world at commencement exercises Monday at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Principal Mario Crocetti presided over the event, advising graduates to make their mark in the world,...

Boys & Girls Club Breaks Ground On New Facility

With the turning of dirt, officials broke ground Tuesday for what will soon be the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club in Wellington. “Today is just the beginning,” said Mary O’Connor, president and CEO of the Boys &...

Legislators Promise More Alternative Energy Initiatives

BY CHRIS FELKER Following up on the 2012 Florida Green, Energy & Climate Conference/Expo’s first-day focus on renewable, clean energy resources, a highlight of the second day was an in-depth legislative panel discussion of how to move the state forward...

RPB Urges School District To Pay Bus Depot Fines

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council reluctantly granted the Palm Beach County School District approval last week to expand its bus parking in the Royal Palm Business Park off State Road 7 — although the school district had already...

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Helen Marie Harvey – Published Dec. 13, 2024

Helen Marie Harvey, a cherished matriarch and devoted community member, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2024, in Royal...