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Wellington

Kids Lip Sync Raises Money For Danny & Ron’s Rescue

It was “lights, camera, Woodstock!” at the 16th annual Kids Lip Sync fundraiser benefiting Danny & Ron’s Rescue on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Wellington’s Mida Farms. Performers and attendees alike pulled on their go-go boots and bellbottoms in keeping...

Classic Brew Fest Brings Beer Fans To Wellington

Wellington’s Classic Brew Fest returned to the Wellington Town Center Promenade on Saturday, Feb. 8. The festival featured more than 35 breweries offering beer and hard cider. Approximately 100 different types of samples were on hand from across the...

Wellington Council Approves Plan For More Apartment Homes Near Mall

The Wellington Village Council voted earlier this month to clear the path for 220 apartments behind the Hampton Inn hotel near the Mall at Wellington Green, as talk of including “workforce housing” faded but new restrictions on construction emerged. A...

Wellington Schools Receive $11,000 Boost From WCF

On Monday, Feb. 10, the Wellington Community Foundation hosted its annual Principals Breakfast at Wellington Regional Medical Center, where the foundation awarded $11,000 in “Our Schools” grants to benefit the fine arts programs across 11 Wellington schools. This most recent...

Foundation Awards $37,000 To Support Initiatives With The Village Of Wellington

At the Wellington Village Council Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11, the Village of Wellington, in collaboration with the Wellington Community Foundation, held a check presentation ceremony to celebrate the foundation’s generous funding of key community initiatives. The event marked...

Wellington Equestrian Board Ponders A Set Of ‘Guiding Principles’

Wellington’s Equestrian Preserve Committee has begun drafting a set of “guiding principles” as it seeks to hone its influence on development questions in horse country, but one phrase is getting the cold shoulder — “equestrian lifestyle.” Rather than defining it,...

Young Sailor Cadance Oswald Taking Aim At 2028 Olympics

Every day, Cadance Oswald, a 16-year-old Wellington resident, goes to bed at night and wakes up in the morning thinking about the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Oswald is an experienced sailor who is currently practicing and training for...

School Speed Cameras Coming To Wellington, But Not Immediately

The Wellington Village Council approved the second and final reading of a plan to put automated speed cameras in school zones on Tuesday, Jan. 28, but stopped short of awarding a contract to proposed vendor RedSpeed Florida LLC. That likely...

Polo Park’s Kimberly Stalker Named Teacher Of The Year

Out of the more than 13,000 public school teachers in Palm Beach County, an educator working at Polo Park Middle School in Wellington has been named Teacher of the Year. That teacher is 34-year-old Kimberly Stalker, who was awarded the...

Amid Changes, Lotis Developer Expects Major Progress In 2025

Developers of the Lotis Wellington project say the long-awaited Cooper’s Hawk and Lazy Dog restaurants remain on track to open in late 2025 or early 2026, and additional eateries could join the mix after a headliner attraction exited the...

Wellington Eyes Improvements To Areas Vulnerable To Flooding

Lower-lying land near Wellington’s 12th Fairway neighborhood and portions of Wellington Trace, Greenview Shores Blvd. and Aero Club Drive could figure heavily in a flooding vulnerability assessment underway in the Village of Wellington. A public workshop at the Wellington Community...

Architectural Plan Approved For Padel Courts At Tennis Center

A public-private partnership to add seven courts for the burgeoning sport of padel to the Wellington Tennis Center received a green light on colors, materials, elevations and signs at the village’s Architectural Review Board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 22. “I like...

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Veteran Police Officer Named To Westlake Council

Miami Gardens Police Commander Erik Gleason was the consensus pick of the Westlake City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 25...