Wellington residents will likely see a slightly higher tax bill this year, even though the village has kept the same millage rate, but local leaders assured the public that they will try to reduce it in the years to come. The Wellington Village Council approved an unchanged property tax rate of 2...
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Residents in Palm Beach County will not have to worry about developers applying for another hyperscale AI data center — at least for a year. The Palm Beach County Commission unanimously approved a one-year moratorium last month on related large-scale proposals to give county offi...
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St. David’s Episcopal School in Wellington has new leadership with fresh ideas and bold ambitions. The new head of school is Catherine Terwilliger, who assumed her new role in mid-July. Terwilliger has been well-received by the teachers, staff, students and parents. She is excite...
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There was a full agenda at the September meeting of the Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board. Western Academy Charter School Principal Tsiri Miller and Parent Teacher Committee President Madeline Martinez provided the board with details of the school’s approach to education ...
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The Kids Cancer Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new building on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The nonprofit’s new Kids Cancer Center will be located at 100 Civic Center Way in Royal Palm Beach, directly across from Royal Palm Beach Village Hall. Learn more about the foun...
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By Fiona Slusarev Would you notice if society’s most overlooked people began disappearing? How about if they returned, but they were somehow transformed? Who are you, if your memories were never actually yours? Wellington-based author Jeremy Luna, writing under the pen name Jerem...
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Wellington seniors gathered for a luncheon with a “Havana Nights” theme on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at the Wellington Community Center. The luncheon included a performance by Lore Pereira and Marvin Meza of Sugar Music Latin Band. The post Wellington Seniors Enjoy Havana Nights Lunche...
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On Wednesday, Sept. 23 and Thursday, Sept. 24, the boys and girls basketball teams from the three middle schools in Wellington — the Stallions of Polo Park Middle School, the Pirates of Emerald Cove Middle School and the Gators of Wellington Landings Middle School — gathered for ...
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The varsity football teams from the King’s Academy and Palm Beach Central High School remain undefeated at the season’s halfway mark. Going into the games on Friday, Oct. 2, both squads have identical 5-0 records — and the chances are strong that their winning ways will continue,...
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As Major League Baseball winds down its season, another diamond-like activity will soon be starting its 2026-27 season in Wellington. The Palm Beach County Senior Stickball League is getting ready for another year of competition. The new season is scheduled to begin Friday, Oct. ...
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Royal Palm Beach resident Giuseppe Puebla played a big role in the recent Junior Presidents Cup held Sept. 20-21, when Team USA defeated the International Team, 17.5 to 6.5. It was the fifth consecutive win for Team USA in this biennial team golf event, which was held at the hist...
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The Acreage Landowners’ Association (ALA) will host a Community Candidate Forum on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Dancing Crane (9500 Sandhill Crane Drive off Northlake Blvd.). The forum will include candidates for the Palm Beach County Commis...
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Wellington Rotary Club volunteers met recently to place name labels inside the front covers of dictionaries going this month to third-grade students across the community. The stickers will also remind the students of the Rotary 4 Way Test: The Dictionary Project has been an ongoi...
