The Wellington Village Council presented its annual Top Cop and Top Firefighter awards on Wednesday, Sept. 21, honoring Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Harold Harper and Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Capt. Shane Armstrong with these prestigious awards.
Wellington’s Public...
On some of the last land remaining to determine its future for decades to come, Wellington’s equestrian community gallops toward one of its biggest moments of consequence since the future King Charles came to play polo in 1985.
At least,...
Three seats on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors will be contested in November. Primary elections last month advanced two candidates for each seat to the Nov. 8 general election.
Longtime Seat 1 Supervisor Jennifer Hager is retiring,...
The Royal Palm Beach Village Council unanimously approved a large-scale canal improvement project on Thursday, Sept. 15, at a meeting that also included the final approval of the village’s budget for the upcoming year and a discussion of whether...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council rejected two requests for sign variances on Thursday, Sept. 8. Council members expressed concerns that the larger sign proposed for the new AutoZone store and a second sign at the Culver’s restaurant, both planned...
It’s official. The City of Westlake has actually cut taxes — even if only a little.
During the Monday, Sept. 18 required second and final budget hearing, the Westlake City Council voted 5-0 to lower the residential property tax millage...
Royal Palm Beach High School was the school in focus at the Monday, Sept. 12 meeting of the Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board. The meeting featured a presentation by RPBHS Principal Michelle Fleming.
The school’s presentation began with student...
The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors gave final approval Wednesday, Sept. 21 to a loan agreement that will fund $3 million in long-needed road and drainage improvements for Unit 20, also known as Santa Rosa Groves.
The last...
Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue brought its new 100-foot ladder truck to the Wellington Village Council meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Shown here, council members check out the new machinery.
For the first time since the tutoring program Building Better Readers began nine years ago, the Literacy Coalition is finally getting tutors into schools here in the western communities.
Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School and New Horizons Elementary School have both...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave final approval Tuesday, Sept. 20 to its budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
Including transfers, fund balances and reserves, the town’s total budget for the new fiscal year comes in at...
After four weeks of this year’s high school football season, the undefeated Hawks from Seminole Ridge High School (4-0) remain the cream of the crop in the western communities.
On Sept. 9, the Hawks defeated Forest Hill High School 9-7,...
