New proposed Pine Crest structure approved with minor changes
By: Dale King After the Planning and Zoning Board and city staff both gave Pine Crest School’s plan their approval, the City Council followed suit Tuesday night by approving the proposal on a unanimous 5-0 vote. The council’s OK allows the school to build an approximately 5,808 square foot, two-story Learning Commons Building, which includes More...
Boca City Council bans some plastics at outdoor events
By: Dale King The Boca Raton City Council this week approved an ordinance banning the use or sale of “polystyrene foam products, balloons and confetti in city facilities, on city property and in city rights More...
Boca Raton Lifts Mask Mandate
Today, the City of Boca Raton confirmed that they would follow Palm Beach County and lift the mask mandate after Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order suspending all local coronavirus mandates. DeSantis More...
Boca Raton City Council discusses Boca Bash safety concerns
Earlier this week during the Boca Raton City Council meeting, council members discussed their concerns about Boca Bash and what the city can do for future events. Boca Bash took place Apr. 25 after a hiatus More...
House District 20 voters to choose successor to late U.S. Rep. Hastings
By: Dale King Voters in Florida’s 20th Congressional District will get the chance, at a future, yet-unspecified date, to elect a successor to the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, the powerful liberal Democratic More...
Andy Thomson Runs Against Trash
In 2021, City Council member Andy Thomson has made it his goal to run all 475 miles of Boca Raton to collaborate with legislators on ideas to make the city cleaner. Thomson’s Run the City initiative idea began More...
Boca Beaches Recycle Half a Ton of Recyclables with 4ocean
Earlier this week, during the Boca Raton City Council meeting, Council Member Monica Mayotte gave an update on the pilot program for recycling on the beaches. Last fall, Mayotte started a pilot program to improve More...
Ex-Boca Raton Mayor Haynie gets probation following misconduct probe
By: Dale King Former Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, who was suspended from that office in 2018 in connection with charges stemming from a probe of alleged official corruption, was sentenced to a year of probation More...
O’Rourke remains deputy mayor as Boca City Council reorganizes
Boca Raton City Councilwoman Andrea Levine O’Rourke, who was appointed deputy mayor last year after Councilman Jeremy Rodgers, then the deputy mayor, was called to duty with the U.S. Navy, has retained that second-in-command More...
Boca Raton Hires New Assistant City Manager
The City of Boca Raton is pleased to announce the promotion of Christina Gibson to Assistant City Manager, effective March 22, 2021. Gibson, who currently serves as the Communications Manager, will help coordinate More...
