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Halloween Season Brings Deputies To RPB Costume Store

SEPT. 27 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to the Spirit Halloween store on State Road 7 last Saturday night regarding a case of shoplifting. According to a...

RPB Village Council Directs Broker To Market Crestwood Redevelopment Site

By Briana D’Andrea The Royal Palm Beach Village Council gave approval last week for broker Douglas Kirlan to market a residential community at the village’s 151-acre former wastewater treatment plant site at the north end of Crestwood Blvd. However, the council...

Boxing Program Lives On, With One Major Change

By Briana D’Andrea After a heated debate, the Police Athletic League boxing program in Royal Palm Beach will live on, with one major change — there will no longer be a deputy assigned to the job. The Royal Palm Beach Village...

Congressman Patrick Murphy Visits With Patients At Royal Manor

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-District 18), visited the Royal Manor Nursing Home in Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to speak to residents and patients about senior issues and concerns. Murphy, who is in a tough re-election campaign against...

RPB Rec Board Agrees To Blue Star Marker At Vets Park

The Royal Palm Beach Recreation Advisory Board unanimously approved the installation of a Blue Star memorial marker at Veterans Park on Monday. Rosita Arastoff, chair of the District 10 Blue Star Memorial Marker Program of the Florida Federation of Garden...

Royal Palm Beach Wildcats Slide Past West Boca 17-7

BY GENE NARDI In the start of district play, Royal Palm Beach High School’s varsity football team hosted West Boca High School on Friday, Sept. 19 and slipped by the Bulls 17-7 to remain undefeated (3-0, 1-0 in District 13-7A). West...

Business Owners Form New Western Business Alliance

A group of businesses in central and western Palm Beach County communities has coalesced to form the new Western Business Alliance, an association committed to strengthening and supporting its members through economic growth, education and community awareness. These businesses have...

RPBHS Principal: New Initiatives Improve Student Performance

By Briana D’Andrea Culturally relevant teaching was a key focus of a presentation Monday night by Royal Palm Beach High School Principal Jesus Armas to the Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board. It’s a practice Armas believes is needed to help...

RPB Moving Ahead With Senior Living Facility At Park

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council last week directed village staff to move forward in preparing a request for proposals on the sale of a 10-acre parcel of land for the construction and operation of a senior living facility. The...

Royal Palm Beach Council Scales Back Planned Bike Paths

By Briana D’Andrea Plans are underway to knock down a village-acquired home in a neighborhood near Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. However, the site at 109 Heron Parkway will not be used to create a pedestrian and bike path into...

Royal Palm Council Approves Budget For FY 2014-15

By Briana D’Andrea The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved a budget of $34.89 million for fiscal year 2014-15 at the first public budget hearing on Thursday, Sept. 4. Vice Mayor David Swift noted that the operating millage rate necessary to...

Safe Stolen From Restaurant In RPB

SEPT. 2 — A deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office substation in Royal Palm Beach was called to a restaurant in the Royal Plaza shopping center last Tuesday morning regarding a burglary. According to a PBSO report,...

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Rotary Celebrates RPB Milestone At Tribute Dinner

The Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club held its annual Tribute Dinner on Saturday, June 14 at the Royal Palm...