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Wellington

Wellington Family Autofest Returns For Season

The Rotary Club of Wellington hosted the Wellington Family Autofest on Sunday, Sept. 15 at Wellington Town Center in collaboration with local nonprofit organizations, such as Project Lift, Friends of Fisher House and others. Attendees enjoyed a variety of...

Work Underway On New Pool Facility Set To Open Next Year

Costs for Wellington’s new aquatics complex have crept up slightly to $31.3 million, but the budget is ready for it and work has begun at the site, set to open in the summer of 2025, Deputy Village Manager Tanya...

Wellington’s Morgan Suniga Aims To Get More Young Women Interested In Rugby

Morgan Suniga, an 18-year-old senior at Wellington High School, realizes that the sport of rugby is her ticket to a college education and worldwide travel. It helps that she enjoys playing rugby, understands the sport and plays very well. Suniga...

Kate DeSimone Named Collegiate All-American Softball Player

Kate DeSimone — a 2020 graduate of Wellington High School and a member of the 2017 WHS softball team that played in that year’s Florida High School Athletic Association Class 7A state championship game — has been named an...

Wellington Board Clashes With JCPenney Over Design Changes

JCPenney representatives say that the department store is spending more than $500,000 refreshing its location at the Mall at Wellington Green, including bold exterior signage — unfortunately, parts of the project were already completed before asking village officials to...

PBSO Aims To Bring Down Juvenile Crime And Property Crime

Juveniles accounted for 15 percent of arrests in Wellington in 2023, up from 10 percent in 2020, a services plan filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office at a Tuesday, Sept. 3 meeting of the Wellington Village Council...

Wellington Celebrates Senior Citizens Day

The Village of Wellington celebrated Senior Citizens Day on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at the Wellington Community Center. The event included a visit from Big Dog Ranch Rescue volunteers with dogs for adoption, as well as guests from the City...

Wellington Council Honors Top Cop And Top Firefighter For 2024

Wellington’s leaders saluted the village’s top cop and top firefighter of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 3, putting an exclamation point on a huge point of emphasis for the community. At the presentation ceremony, members of the Wellington Village Council...

Wellington Rotary Club To Hold Annual Peace Day Ceremony Sept. 22

Each year in September, the Rotary Club of Wellington holds its annual World Peace Day ceremony aimed at promoting multicultural understanding and conflict resolution as a means to achieve world peace. This year, the ceremony will be held on Sunday,...

Wellington’s Joshua Schwartz Drafted By The Seattle Seawolves Rugby Club

Wellington’s latest athlete to join the professional ranks is a rugby player. Joshua Schwartz is a 2020 graduate of Wellington High School and a 2024 graduate of Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. In high school, Schwartz, 22, played...

Developer Pitches Luxury Homes, Equestrian Amenities On Isla Carroll Land

A development company founded by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner and billionaire Frank McCourt is pitching 40 luxury homes in the heart of Wellington’s horse country, clustered around equestrian amenities. To turn into reality, though, the Isla Carroll project might...

WRMC Honors Team That Saved Hector Florentino

Wellington Regional Medical Center last week reunited cardiac patient Hector Florentino with the Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue crew members, emergency workers and WRMC physicians who helped to save his life. WRMC hosted its “Call of the Quarter” celebration Monday, Aug....

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Helen Marie Harvey – Published Dec. 13, 2024

Helen Marie Harvey, a cherished matriarch and devoted community member, passed away peacefully on November 29, 2024, in Royal...