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Reading time: < 1 min Teacher and student counselor Dr Anna Owens discusses the recent findings of Boca’s Education Task Force.

Reading time: 3 mins The US Census Bureau data should raise red flags about Boca’s Planned Mobility District effectiveness.

Reading time: 4 mins Twice in recent years, these United Healthcare subscribers received letters warning that Boca Raton Regional Hospital won’t agree to take their insurance.

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 Also known as “Transit Oriented Districts”, Boca Raton has 5 areas in Boca zoned as PMD. In this interview, Steve Utrecht explains PMDs and how they are intended to provide affordable housing and reduce traffic but are problematic if not implemented properly.

Reading time: < 1 min Boca Raton is on the short list to receive a new Choo-Choo Train.

Reading time: 3 mins Not only is using a new hospital on the table, you may need to find physicians with admitting privileges at the new hospital.

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 As of July 1 2019, Boca Raton Regional Hospital is no longer in the network of United Healthcare. Once again, thousands of Boca residents will be dependent on out-of-town hospital services.