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Reading time: < 1 min Your input is one of our most valuable resources. Questions, comments and concerns become the basis of future editions and now we are adding a Letters to the Editor feature to bocafirst.org.
Reading time: 5 mins If it had in fact sold it to itself (in the form of a shell company), its inability to ‘make reasonable use of the property’ would have been self-created, that is, ‘directly attributable’ to its own actions.
Reading time: < 1 min Boca Raton is on the short list to receive a new Choo-Choo Train.
Reading time: 2 mins Two days after BocaFirst published our article on United Healthcare dropping Boca Raton Regional Hospital from its in-network coverage, Baptist Health of South Florida says it’s heard our voice and are working to resolve the contract between United Healthcare and themselves
Reading time: 3 mins Boca Parents are fighting to save their kid’s summer. The question of starting school on August 10th is on the table the Palm Beach County School Board for both the 2020 and 2021 school years.
Reading time: 2 mins Yes, property owners have rights and protections; as do the City’s residents. Good development accomplishes both.
Reading time: 2 mins The next major milestone for the Wildflower Park occurs in early September, 2019 when EDSA finalizes the site plan and site design. They will also have construction drawings and more detailed cost estimates available.
Reading time: 3 mins Some of the intersections allow cyclists to activate lights that require vehicles to stop while others have no way to alert vehicles. In all cases, cyclists need to be aware and unassuming regarding vehicles seeing them and stopping.
Reading time: < 1 min Boca Raton’s shuffleboard courts are now ready for play. The lighting is updated, surfaces are pressure cleaned, facilities are painted and the shuffleboard courts are resurfaced.
Reading time: 6 mins I’d think it would result in improved property values for the area but only if the comprehensive approach that compensates not punishes the residents and businesses. The pedestrian/bike ways must be made a condition of the approval.