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All Three ITID Supervisor Races Head For November Showdowns

Early Tuesday evening, with the polls closing, it looked like Santa Rosa Groves resident Elizabeth Accomando just might do it. With a strong showing among mail-in and early voters, Accomando looked as if she might top 50 percent in the...

Royal Palm Beach Zoners Welcome Car Wash Changes On SR 7

A variety of buildings in Royal Palm Beach are looking to spruce up their exteriors. The Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed several applications for fresh paint, minor repairs and updates on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in addition...

ITID Leaders: Safety Concerns Turn Park Resodding Project Into Major Renovation

From light towers to cell towers, from electrical conduits to drainage and facilities use — all were part of several discussions related to Acreage Community Park during the Wednesday, Aug. 17 meeting of the Indian Trail Improvement District Board...

Local Chamber Gives A Lift To Five Hispanic-Owned Businesses

By Melanie Kopacz Five Hispanic-owned Palm Beach County small businesses are each getting a “lift” through a $6,000 check, as well as business mentorship through an initiative called “Elevate Together.” The $30,000 in grant money was awarded during a ceremony Tuesday,...

Shopping Plaza Redesign Could Ease Tensions With Neighbors

The latest plan for commercial development of the 28.7-acre property at the southwest corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards may be a sight that will no longer leave nearby Hamlin Blvd. residents eyeing an eyesore. On Wednesday, Aug. 10, shopping...

Royal Palm Council Denies Sign Variance For Business On SR 7

On Thursday, Aug. 18, the Royal Palm Beach Village Council took up a delayed discussion regarding a sign variance for the City Mattress store on State Road 7, deciding in the end not to allow the already existing, nonconforming...

WHS Coach Has High Aspirations For Upcoming Football Season

Wellington High School head football coach Danny Mendoza is cautiously optimistic about the fall campaign ahead. Mendoza is starting his second year leading the Wolverines football team. A year ago, everything was new for him with the Wolverines’ football program....

Wellington Girls Volleyball Primed For Another Strong Year

The girls varsity volleyball squad at Wellington High School has all the ingredients necessary for a successful season this fall, according to head coach Duane Carroll. It all starts with experience. Wellington’s roster features seven seniors, five juniors and...

RPBHS Wildcats Win Kick-Off Classic Game 16-14

Royal Palm Beach High School’s football team has a good reason to be optimistic about the current season, which begins Friday, Aug. 26 in its home opener against Fort Pierce Westwood at 6:30 p.m. In last Friday night’s, preseason kick-off...

Wellington Tennis Center Hosts Senior Men’s Doubles Tourney

As a warm-up for the upcoming season for the Palm Beach Open Men’s Tennis League, a senior men’s doubles tournament was held recently at the Wellington Tennis Center, located at 3100 Lyons Road. The event was conducted for men ages...

Berean Graduate Shares Basketball Tips With English Children

On Thursday, Aug. 18, longtime Wellington resident Emily May shared her passion for basketball with a number of school children on England’s Isles of Scilly (pronounced “silly”), an archipelago of islands located about 30 miles off the southwest coast...

Wellington Tennis Center Attracts Hundreds To First Junior Jamboree

The Wellington Tennis Center held its first Junior Jamboree event on Saturday, Aug. 20, bringing out hundreds of youngsters interested in learning more about the game of tennis. According to Chuck Gill, the Village of Wellington’s director of tennis, more...

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Flavors ‘Decades Tour’ A Tasty Traveling Experience

On Thursday, June 5, the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce hosted Flavors 2025, now in its 22nd year. Several...