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Royal Palm Beach

PBSO Honors Royal Palm Student

Royal Palm Beach Elementary School student Jack Powell received a special certificate of heroism from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 9 substation during the school’s award ceremony Wednesday, June 6. Powell was honored for saving a fellow...

RPB Privatizes Some Landscaping In Planning For Park

Royal Palm Beach is considering hiring a private landscaping firm to maintain eight of its more passive parks and move current maintenance staff to jobs tending the new Royal Palm Beach Commons Park when it opens. The change, which was...

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...

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...

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...

470 Wildcat Grads Bid Farewell To RPBHS

The nearly 470 members of Royal Palm Beach High School’s Class of 2012 celebrated the end of their high school careers Monday morning at graduation exercises held at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Newly appointed Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent E....

Park Delays Force RPB To Move July 4 Celebration

Several unexpected delays have pushed back the completion date of Royal Palm Beach’s new Commons Park, prompting village officials last week to move the community’s Fourth of July celebration from the new park back to its previous home at...

Challenger League Gives Players An Equal Shot

Named for the challenges faced by its players, the Challenger League offers a chance for players with physical and mental disabilities to play softball in an organized environment. Every Friday night during its season, a crowd cheers as every player...

Cultural Diversity Day In Royal Palm May 12

Cultural Diversity Day is back for the eighth year. It is set for Saturday, May 12 from 1 p.m. to sundown at Veterans Park in Royal Palm Beach. Cultural Diversity Day was originated by Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement (CAFCI). “We felt...

Webster Removed As Zoning Commission Liaison

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council removed Councilwoman Martha Webster from her post as liaison to the Planning & Zoning Commission last week after refusing her second attempt to replace several sitting members with volunteers who had not served...

RPB To Tap Reserves To Balance Budget

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council last week directed Village Manager Ray Liggins to use money from reserves to avoid tax increases or service reductions when drawing up a budget. At the May 3 meeting, Liggins asked for authorization to...

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In Pictures: Tornado Damage In Acreage/Loxahatchee

Photos by the Town-Crier and others on tornado damage and recovery efforts in the Acreage/Loxahatchee area. See related story...