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Wellington Readies For Redevelopment
Carol Porter 18.JUL.08
The Wellington Village Council advised the members of its Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board last week that they should expect to review the beginnings of a major redevelopment plan for parts of the village later this summer.
In recent years, various council members have called for a plan to redevelop or revitalize some of the village’s older areas. All five current council members were at the PZA Board’s July 10 meeting to discuss the status of the plan. [more]RPB Council OKs Charter School Expansion
 | | At Thursday’s meeting, Mayor David Lodwick presented a 20-year service award to Frank Reed and a 15-year service award to Lonnie Gannett. Both work in the village’s Public Works Department. |
Leonard Wechsler 18.JUL.08
The Royal Palm Beach Village Council granted a special-exception use permit Thursday to allow a private charter school to expand in a commercially zoned area.
The Western Academy Charter School, currently located in Royal Commerce Park, was seeking permission to expand into a 12,679-square-foot bay in the neighboring Royal Plaza shopping center at the intersection of Southern and Royal Palm Beach boulevards. Royal Plaza carries the village’s General Commercial zoning classification, which does not allow educational uses. [more] |
Summer Fun At The Wellington Library
Ron Bukley 18.JUL.08
The Wellington library held a mosaics craft club for ages nine to 12 on Tuesday. Participants used pieces of colored paper, colored cotton balls, yarn and other media to create mosaic masterpieces. Shown here, Hayleigh Hanson (left) makes a colorful ocean scene of paper, feathers and cotton while Isabelle Longo (right) creates a feather sun. For more information about this or other library programs, call (561) 790-6070 or visit www.pbclibrary.org.ALA Supports New Northlake Shopping Center
 | | Joe Lelonek of Land Design South displays plans for the new shopping development at Tuesday’s meeting. |
Leonard Wechsler 18.JUL.08
Acreage Landowners’ Association members gave their support Tuesday to a proposed land-use change that would allow the construction of a commercial plaza on Northlake Blvd.
Owners of the 30-acre property at the southwest corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards are seeking a land-use change from Rural Residential to Commercial Low.
The Palm Beach County Commission is scheduled to review the amendment July 23, but Joe Lelonek of Land Design South, representing the property owners, told ALA members that state review of the proposal and other factors mean construction is at least two to three years away. [more] |
LGWCD Budget Holds Line On Assessments
Carol Porter 18.JUL.08
The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District Board of Supervisors approved a budget for fiscal year 2009 on Monday that holds the line on assessments and sustains levels of general road and canal maintenance, while cutting expenditures by about 25 percent from the current fiscal year.
LGWCD Administrator Clete Saunier told supervisors the latest revision to the budget funds baseline expenses for general maintenance service on all district roads and canals, while postponing rotational road and canal improvement maintenance projects to fiscal year 2010. [more]Dr. Matt Shoemaker New Principal At PBCHS
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Carol Porter 18.JUL.08
Many students at Palm Beach Central High School will recognize a familiar face in their new principal Dr. Matt Shoemaker when they return to school next month.
Shoemaker, a Jupiter resident, has held teaching and administrative positions at several schools in the western communities, including stints as principal of New Horizons and Royal Palm Beach elementary schools, and most recently as principal at Western Pines Middle School in The Acreage. [more] |
Sheriff: ‘LoJack For People’ Now Available
 | | Michelle Damone demonstrates the tracking equipment. |
Carol Porter 18.JUL.08
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said a new locator system debuting in Palm Beach County this week will bring peace of mind to those who have loved ones who may become lost.
“It’s a terrible thing for you when your loved ones wander off,” he said. “My dad had Alzheimer’s. I can tell you it’s a really empty feeling. They go out for a brief walk unescorted, and they are gone.”
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with private agencies to use an electronic tracking system called Project Lifesaver to locate residents who suffer from autism, Alzheimer’s disease, Down syndrome and other disorders that put them at risk of wandering off and becoming lost. [more] |
County Budget Woes Will Likely Grow
 | | County Commissioner Jess Santamaria with Director of Financial Management & Budget Liz Bloeser and Assistant County Administrator Brad Merriman. |
Carol Porter 18.JUL.08
The question of lower taxes versus higher levels of service was one of the issues raised at County Commissioner Jess Santamaria’s monthly forum held Wednesday in the original Wellington Mall.
The forum was held to discuss the county budget. Commissioners voted last month to hold the tax rate at its current level of 3.78 mills for fiscal year 2009, despite the amount of taxes collected dropping from $642 million to $605 million. [more] |
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11.JUL.08 Wellington’s Family Fourth Celebration
11.JUL.08 State Grades Show High School Improvement
11.JUL.08 Acreage Man Makes School Board Bid
04.JUL.08 RPB Drops Tax Rate Again, Despite Cuts
04.JUL.08 Pizzazz Donates To Hospice Of PBC
04.JUL.08 Groves Town, District Still Working On Pact
04.JUL.08 Baseball Changes Head To Wellington Council
04.JUL.08 Palms West Radio Club Holds Field Day
04.JUL.08 Lox Council Tightens Commercial Zone
04.JUL.08 Foreclosure? Doing Nothing Is No Option
04.JUL.08 Three Take Aim At Sen. Aronberg
27.JUN.08 WRMC: We Want The K-Park Land
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