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Wellington

Wellington Honors Poster Contest Winners

The Wellington Village Council recognized Panther Run Elementary School students Grace Bostwick and Lauren Allen on Tuesday for winning first place in the “Drop Savers” water conservation poster contest hosted by the American Water Works Association, as well as...

Council Celebrates Dance Marathon Success

The Wellington Village Council recognized Wellington High School’s Student Government for the success of its recent Dance Marathon event, raising more than $80,000 benefiting the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network hospital. Shown above is the...

Zoning Board Postpones Discussion Of IPC Changes

Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board, in an unusually scheduled Thursday meeting last week, agreed to postpone discussion of comprehensive plan and zoning applications that would create “floating zoning districts” to allow more commercial uses, including hotels, at the...

Wellington Seeking Grant Money For Improvements To Essex Park

The Village of Wellington will apply for a grant through the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for improvements to Essex Park, a neighborhood park at 1250 Essex Drive in the South Shore community. “We have multiple grants that we...

Wellington Zoners OK Variance For New CVS At Town Square Plaza

Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board recommended approval Thursday, April 13 of a right-of-way buffer variance for a planned CVS Pharmacy to be built at the Wellington Town Square shopping plaza at the southwest corner of Forest Hill and...

Arbor Day/Earth Day Event Sprouting With New Activities

Wellington’s annual Arbor Day celebration, set for Saturday, April 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wellington Amphitheater, has evolved to much more than a simple tree-planting ceremony. It has been expanded with an environmental Earth Day theme...

Eight WHS Student-Athletes Commit To College Sports Programs

Pattie Fitzhugh, athletics director at Wellington High School, stood before eight student-athletes on stage in front of students, school faculty and parents on signing day. “Is there anything I can say to change your mind?” Fitzhugh asked, receiving head shakes...

Wellington Hosts Great American Cleanup Event

The Village of Wellington hosted its Great American Cleanup project on Saturday, April 15. Community members participated in the event that began in front of Tiger Shark Cove Park and saw the participants pick up litter along Greenbriar Blvd....

Improvements Planned For South Shore And Pierson

The Wellington Village Council approved engineering design services on Wednesday with Mock, Roos & Associates for intersection improvements at Pierson Road and South Shore Blvd. that will involve covering and piping the C-23 Canal. Village staff sought authorization to utilize...

Rotary’s Outrun Cerebral Palsy Wellington 5K Set For April 23

On Sunday, April 23, hundreds of runners will be joined by dozens of wheelchair participants for the Rotary Club of Wellington’s second Outrun Cerebral Palsy Wellington 5K Run & Wheelchair Race, starting and ending at the Wellington Amphitheater. Rotary is...

Golfer Rick Smith Makes Two Holes-In-One In March

Any golfer in the world can go a lifetime playing the game, practicing and observing to sharpen his or her skills — and even after a professional career has ended, making a hole-in-one can still be missing from the...

Flavors Event Brings Crowd To PBIEC

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce presented its 14th annual Flavors Wellington Food + Wine Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Friday, April 7. Judges Clay Carnes, Mayor Anne Gerwig, Sophia Eccleston, Michael Pike, Tiffany Rodriguez, Roxanne...

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McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary Celebrates 35th Anniversary

One of the most popular attractions in the Palm Beaches, McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary in The Acreage is celebrating its...