Reading time: 3 mins Includes Warp Speed vaccination stats. This is our COVID-19 “at a glance” infographic and tracker for Boca Raton and Palm Beach County based on data collected from the Florida Department of Health.

On Episode 13 of the Boca Soul Connexion/BocaSoulX, Lori Arbel discusses with Nile Fortner, where she’s been featured, how she feels about art in Parkland and Boca, and her artistic background. Lori also shares with Nile the Marjory Stoneman Douglas students and other students she’s helped, museums, and more on this BocaFirst podcast episode.

On Episode 12 of the Boca Soul Connexion/Boca Soul X, Tyler Drew discusses with Nile Fortner, the successful steps Tyler took in order to become a well-known visual content creator, the local brands and businesses he’s worked with, such as real estate agents and restaurant owners, a video he’d like to do for Owlsley of FAU, and more on this BocaFirst podcast episode

For over five years, Kendyl Blakeney has had an interest and has covered a variety of multimedia journalism topics. On Episode 11 of the Boca Soul Connexion/Boca Soul X, Nile Fortner discusses with Kendyl Blakeney, how her career brings a fresh comedic take on entertainment reporting. Kendyl Blakeney also shares with Nile Fortner her work at FAU, breaking barriers as a female comic and a woman discussing sports, and more on this BocaFirst podcast episode.

Reading time: 4 mins Allowing your speech to be controlled by others allows others to control you. A society in which provocative speech could be punished would be a society alien to America’s founders who, had some pretty provocative ideas of their own.

Reading time: < 1 min In this special BocaMatters segment, we present interviews with the candidates for Boca Raton City Council Seat C. They are Josie Machovec, Yvette Drucker, Constance Scott and Bernard Korn. The election is March 9 2021.

Upon hitting middle age, athlete turned author, Gary Greenberg’s beer consumption contributed to a slow but steady weight gain. Tapping into his knowledge of natural health, he adjusted his diet and lifestyle in ways that allow him to drink his favorite craft beers and his own homebrew without gaining weight in his book, The Beer Diet. On Episode X (10) of the Boca Soul Connexion/Boca Soul X, Nile Fortner discusses Gary Greenberg, what his book has to offer, the health benefits behind beer, and more on this podcast episode..

Reading time: 2 mins 2020 was rough, but it could have been a lot rougher. Turned out that Boca Raton, Florida was a good place to be in a very bad time. If you are fortunate or cautious enough not to have fallen ill, at least in Boca you have had the opportunity to enjoy life (almost) to the fullest.

On Episode 9 of the Boca Soul Connexion/BocaSoulX, Nile Fortner discusses with Patient Consultant of Trulieve, Brittany Tuorto, Medical Marijuana, its products, growing the Trulieve business, and how licensed cannabis can be beneficial to someone’s health depending on their symptoms.

Reading time: 2 mins We have all seen them – from our beaches to parking lots to sidewalks. The daunting littered single use face mask.