Monday, December 23, 2024

Wellington

Committee Picks Wellington’s Top Cop, Top Firefighter For 2024

Arrests of armed gang members outside the Mall at Wellington Green highlight the record of Wellington’s Top Cop for 2024, while its Top Firefighter is a captain and mother of two who instituted state-of-the-art training for pediatric cardiac arrests. Meeting...

Ryan And Reid Snider Focus On Fitness Before Heading To Service Academies

It’s now time to get fitter, stronger, quicker and more athletic. That has been the mindset this summer for two brothers who live in Wellington — identical twins Ryan and Reid Snider, who graduated from Palm Beach Central High...

Wellington Blocks Access To Flying Cow Shortcut

According to Wellington officials, there is no particular timetable to reopen the closed, unpaved portion of Flying Cow Ranch Road, following complaints that dump trucks and others blazed a noisy, dusty bypass route along the village’s bucolic southwestern edge. Signs,...

Wellington OKs Purchase Of Upgraded License Plate Readers

Wellington is replacing cameras that read license plates within its borders, getting 17 new ones touted as being able not just to make out the plates but quickly flag vehicles by make, model, color, and even details such as...

WCF Empowers Academic Growth In Partnership With Council Of Dads, Awarding $4,500 In Scholarships

The Wellington Community Foundation recently announced its ongoing partnership with the Council of Dads, supporting the local nonprofit in its work to help foster academic excellence among student-athletes. The foundation voted to fund the scholarships awarded at the recent Wellington...

WHS Track Season Included Record-Breaking Performances

Wellington High School’s track and field team concluded its spring season at the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Class 4A state track and field finals, which were held on May 18 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville....

Girls Learn Teamwork And More With The Wellington Wolves

The Wellington Wolves travel basketball program focuses as much on the girls teams as it does the boys teams — and the overall girls program, under the leadership of Jay Midget, is thriving. “Jay and his amazing team of coaches...

Wellington’s Shawn Steuerer Is A Collegiate Slugger On The Rise

Shawn Steuerer, a longtime Wellington resident and rising senior at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, had another statistically strong year as a third baseman for the university’s baseball team. As a team, Johns Hopkins went 29-9 during the regular season,...

Wellington High School Bids Farewell To Graduates

Commencement exercises were held for Wellington High School’s Class of 2024 on Monday, May 20 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. Nearly 650 students turned their tassels during the ceremony, as their life as high school students came...

Flavors 2024 Shows Off Wellington Restaurants

On Thursday, May 23, the Greater Wellington Chamber of Commerce held its signature tasting event Flavors 2024, now in its 21st year. Several hundred attendees had a chance to sample some of the tasty and diverse foods from a...

Bronco Pride On Display: PBCHS Honors Class Of 2024

Palm Beach Central High School held its 20th graduation ceremony on Friday, May 17 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center. The 696 graduates in the Class of 2024 walked across the stage to a line of congratulatory handshakes...

Wellington Community Foundation Honors Arle & Ken Adams Scholarship Recipients

The Wellington Community Foundation recently presented the Arle & Ken Adams Scholarship to three exceptional members of the Class of 2024: Rachel Ireland, Jaden Browning and Sophia Amro Gazze. The 2024 scholarship recipients were honored Tuesday, May 21 at...

Latest News

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...