Saturday, July 19, 2025

Wellington

Wellington OKs Legal Fee Policy For Officials Cleared In Ethics Probes

The Wellington Village Council adopted a policy last week to reimburse legal fees to village officials, advisory board members and employees who successfully defend against ethics complaints. At a meeting Thursday, Sept. 24, Village Attorney Laurie Cohen said that the...

Wellington Man Seeks Help In A Fight For His Life

For 62-year-old Wellington resident Bill Lerner, the last few years have been difficult, to say the least. Bill and his wife Andrea moved to the area eight years ago from White Plains, N.Y., when their lives took a drastic...

Funding Capital Projects Still Divides Wellington Village Council

The Wellington Village Council continued to agonize over budget policy at its agenda review meeting Monday, discussing whether capital projects should be partially or fully funded, and whether the village should reduce its reserve fund from 31 percent as...

Wellington Parks & Rec Board Wishes Tom Wenham Well In His New Role

Wellington’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Board elected Board Member Liz Stockton as vice chair on Monday to replace Tom Wenham, who resigned his seat on the board to serve on the village’s recently reorganized Wellington Community Foundation. Members of the...

CAFCI Friendship Ball At Binks Forest

Caribbean-Americans for Community Involvement (CAFCI) held its 26th annual Friendship Ball on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Binks Forest Golf Club. There was a silent auction, a buffet dinner and dancing. Royal Palm Beach Mayor Matty Mattioli and Wellington...

Wolverines Defeat Broncos To Claim The Mayor’s Cup

BY GENE NARDI The Wellington High School varsity football team hosted crosstown rival Palm Beach Central High School on Friday, Sept. 18 and deflated the Broncos 35-6 in a District 9-8A matchup. With the win, the Wolverines recaptured the Mayor’s Cup....

Wellington Rotary Club Peace Ceremony

The Wellington Rotary Club held its annual observance in honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace on Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Wellington Rotary Peace Park. Those who work toward peace in the community and students who...

Friends Salute Longtime Couple At Goodbye Party

Longtime local residents Karl and Carole Herklotz were honored by their friends and St. Rita Catholic Church family on Thursday, Sept. 17 during a goodbye party at Giuseppe’s Italian Eatery. Moving to Royal Palm Beach in 1973, and becoming Wellington...

Sandy Axelrod Hosts Book Launch Party

Longtime resident Sandy Axelrod held a book launch party at her Wellington home on Friday, Sept. 18. Affairs to Remember is filled with delicious recipes for every occasion. Axelrod prepared 11 recipes from her book, which proved to be...

New Board For Wellington Community Foundation

The Wellington Community Foundation, whose board consisted of the sitting Wellington Village Council, has disbanded and been recreated as a nonprofit with board members appointed by council members, or the village manager if a council member chooses not to...

Wellington OKs Budget Amid 120th Ave. Paving Concerns

The Wellington Village Council approved $3.2 million worth of additional capital projects that had not already been approved for next year at its first public hearing on the 2016 budget Thursday, Sept. 10, but stopped short of assigning the...

Willhite Chosen To Negotiate New Contract With Manager

The Wellington Village Council selected Councilman Matt Willhite on Thursday, Sept. 10 to negotiate Village Manager Paul Schofield’s new employment contract, although Mayor Bob Margolis had volunteered for the job. Willhite, who will leave office in March 2016 due to...

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Fourth Of July Brings Fun & Fireworks To Wellington

The Village of Wellington held its annual Fourth of July holiday celebration on Friday, July 4 at Village Park....