Thursday, April 3, 2025

Wellington

UPDATE: Wellington To Seek Hand Recount

Results of the Wellington municipal election may come down to a manual recount after the Wellington Canvassing Board voted Tuesday evening to certify the March 19 recount results subject to a hand recount. Ken Spillias, attorney for Palm Beach County...

JUST IN: Judge Won’t Intervene In Wellington Vote

Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Robin Rosenberg denied a request for a hearing this morning on an injunction to prevent the Wellington Canvassing Board from certifying the results of a March 19 recount of the votes from the...

UPDATE: Court To Consider Election Injunction

The Wellington Canvassing Board could be prevented from certifying the Wellington election recount results if a judge rules Tuesday to grant an injunction. Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Robin Rosenberg will decide later this evening or early tomorrow whether she...

UPDATE: Hand Count To Take Place Saturday

A hand-recount of the ballots in Wellington’s disputed municipal election will take place Saturday at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections processing facility in Riviera Beach. On Thursday morning, Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Robin Rosenberg approved a...

Courts Might Need To Settle Botched Vote Count

A vote-counting mix-up last week has left Wellington candidates unsure of the rightful winners of the March 13 election. The confusion has led to the filing of several lawsuits and plenty of finger pointing. In what officials are calling an...

Wellington Chamber Installs New Board

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce installed a new president, inducted its new board of directors and awarded its 2012 Business Excellence and Emerging Business awards at a luncheon Wednesday. Meeting at the Wanderers Club, members gave a standing ovation bidding...

Rebuild Underway At Tiger Shark Cove

Residents young and old were out working this week to restore a beloved but aging playground as Wellington began its rebuild of the playground at Tiger Shark Cove Park. The playground, located at the corner of Greenview Shores and Greenbriar...

Council Changes Sign Rules For Mall

The old Wellington Village Council held what will likely be its last meeting Tuesday, after the inauguration of new council members was delayed due to the vote-counting debacle. At the brief meeting, council members approved a zoning text amendment that...

Drama Students Take Amphitheater Stage March 31

Wellington residents looking for a night of theater can get a taste of three local high schools’ talented students during “A Touch of Broadway: A Musical Preview” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 at the Wellington Amphitheater. For the...

Small Plane Crashes In The Aero Club

A small plane crashed last Friday afternoon in Wellington’s Aero Club neighborhood. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office officials say the plane crashed into the pool of a home on Britten Lane. The PBSO had part of Greenbriar Blvd. blockaded after...

Wellington Board Orders Hand Recount Of Ballots

Results of the disputed Wellington municipal elections might come down to a manual recount after the Wellington Canvassing Board voted Tuesday evening to certify the March 19 recount results subject to a hand recount. In the wake of the decision,...

UPDATE: Board Discusses Botched Vote Count

The Wellington Canvassing Board directed Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher to prepare an amended audit report with the new election results to be certified by the board at a meeting Tuesday, March 27. The board met Tuesday...

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In the early 1990s, when Robert Sandt first trekked through the palmetto scrub of what is now part of...