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RPBHS Flag Football Is Poised For A Memory-Making Season

It has been becoming clear that the flag football squad from Royal Palm Beach High School is looking to challenge rival and perennial powerhouse Seminole Ridge High School for local bragging rights on the gridiron. Based on results in the...

RPB Council Retroactively Approves Auto Repair Shop After Neighbors Withdraw Complaints

On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Royal Palm Beach Village Council took up the matter of the fully operational ProTek Automotive, a vehicle repair and performance shop on Business Parkway. The business needed a special exception request from the village...

Barky Pines Hosts Puppy Love 5K Run/Walk In RPB

Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary held its second annual Puppy Love 5K Run/Walk event on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. A chip-timed race was followed by a “fun run” and/or walk with pets. Barky...

Izzy’s Empanadas Features Dozens Of Unique Options At New RPB Location

Amid the chaos of 2020, a laid back, Caribbean restaurant opened its doors here in the western communities. Izzy’s Empanadas, a family-owned and operated establishment located in the Village Royale (Winn-Dixie) plaza in Royal Palm Beach, strives to provide...

Royal Palm Beach Softball Squad Heads Back To Basics In 2021

The upcoming season for the Royal Palm Beach High School girls softball team will be a year of renewal and rebuilding, rather than reloading. According to head coach Dave Hir, last year’s team was stacked with talent, but this...

CAFCI Livestreams Dr. King Celebration In RPB

On Monday, Jan. 18, the Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement (CAFCI), in collaboration with the Village of Royal Palm Beach and supported by a grant from the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, presented its 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther...

RPB Zoners Refuse Auto Repair Shop Request After Neighbors Complain

The Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 26 voted to recommend denial of a special exception request from an auto repair shop to locate on Business Parkway after representatives from nearby businesses complained that some...

Without Challengers, Two RPB Incumbents Keep Council Seats

Royal Palm Beach Village Council members Jan Rodusky and Richard Valuntas secured additional two-year terms earlier this month without opposition when the election qualifying period closed without challengers coming forward. Group 2 incumbent Valuntas and Group 4 incumbent Rodusky qualified...

Royal Palm Beach Easing Tree Replacement Standards

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved the first reading of an updated landscaping and vegetation management ordinance on Thursday, Jan. 21, modifying the minimum number of trees and shrubs required per lot in single-family homes and duplexes. In accordance...

RPB Council Approves First Reading Of Ordinance Regulating Food Trucks

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council approved the preliminary reading of an ordinance Thursday, Jan. 21 that will require food truck vendors to have a business tax receipt from the village. Village Manager Ray Liggins said the ordinance was in...

RPB Native Kucharski Named Principal At H.L. Johnson Elementary

Royal Palm Beach native Crystal Amado Kucharski, previously an assistant principal at Royal Palm Beach High School, has been named the new principal at H.L. Johnson Elementary School — the same school she attended as a child. Kucharski, who also...

RPBHS Instructor Wins Award For Second Book Of Poetry

Royal Palm Beach High School instructor Dr. J.P. Linstroth’s newly released, second book of poetry, Epochal Reckonings was recently named as co-winner of the prestigious Proverse Prize for Literature. The book launched in November by Proverse Publishers HK. Linstroth has been...

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García High School To Stage ‘High School Musical’

When Tony Award-winning high school theater director Jason Zembuch Young and his students reached out to local community leaders...