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Royal Palm Beach

Strong School Year Underway At RPB’s H.L. Johnson Elementary

The Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board received an update on activities at village schools Monday, Dec. 9. While the meeting touched on a number of Royal Palm Beach schools, the specific focus was on H.L. Johnson Elementary School. H.L....

Three Incumbents Unchallenged For New Terms In RPB

Royal Palm Beach’s municipal election planned for March 17, 2020 was canceled this week when the qualifying deadline passed Tuesday, Dec. 10 without other candidates coming forward to challenge the three incumbents up for election. As a result, Mayor Fred...

Santas On The Run 5K Returns To RPB Commons Park

More than 300 runners participated in the annual Santas on the Run 5K and Reindeer Dash 1K on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park. The Chick-fil-A Cow was also in attendance, dressed as Santa. The event...

RPB Young At Heart Club Celebrates In 1920s Style

The Royal Palm Beach Young at Heart Club held a Roaring 20s luncheon on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. Guests dressed in costumes from the 1920s while “It Takes Two” played holiday music in...

Help A Devastated Retiree Find His Lost Jack Russell Terrier

Patches is skittish, doesn’t know his name, doesn’t know where he is, and is wandering lost and scared somewhere near Royal Palm Beach. Retired Royal Palm Beach dentist Dr. Mark Heifferman is heartbroken and asks Town-Crier readers to keep an...

Home Purchase Part Of Plans To Improve Access To RPB Park

With an eye toward getting residents out of their cars and out of traffic during the congestion of major events held at Royal Palm Beach Commons Park, the Royal Palm Beach Village Council is expected to take up the...

RPB Zoners OK Variance Requests, Despite Some Concerns

The Royal Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Commission meeting moved along smoothly on Tuesday, Nov. 26. While all agenda items passed during the meeting, Commission Chair David Leland voiced some concerns over recent trends. “This board is being put on the...

RPB Drive Collects 750 Turkeys For People In Need

The Royal Palm Beach Unilocal Turkey Drive took place on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Publix store at the Crossroads plaza. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Sunny 107.9 and WFTL 850 AM radio sponsored...

RPB Rec Center Prepares To Restart Early Childhood Program

Royal Palm Beach Parks & Recreation Director Lou Recchio informed the village’s Recreation Advisory Board on Monday, Nov. 25 that his department has been working to reinstate its formerly successful early learning program for young children. The program was shut...

RPB Council Reviews Additional Plans For Tuttle Royale Project

The Royal Palm Beach Village Council agenda on Thursday, Nov. 21 included four items associated with the continuing Tuttle Royale development on the south side of Southern Blvd., just west of State Road 7. Over the past year, items...

RPB Volunteers Prepare 525 Thanksgiving Packages

Volunteers came together in Royal Palm Beach from Wednesday, Nov. 20 through Friday, Nov. 22 to sort and bag 21,300 donated food items collected during the month of November from 16 local schools and the greater community. The 525...

Quarter Auction Supports RPB Scholarship Program

The Village of Royal Palm Beach and Quarters for Kindness held a quarter auction fundraiser on Monday, Nov. 25 at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. There were raffles at the vendor tables. Gift baskets and dining cards were...

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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...