BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A plane full of lawyers from Boca Raton and throughout South Florida heading to a conference in Tampa remains on the ground this morning at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Southwest flight 566 was scheduled to depart at 7a, but BocaNewsNow.com has learned that passengers were told the plane is dented. […]
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NEW YORK, NY (BocaNewsNow.com) — JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) continues its downward decent into arguably one of the worst airlines when it comes to arrivals and departures involving South Florida. Hundreds of passengers tonight flying flights 1271 and 1371 — from LaGuardia to Fort Lauderdale — are experiencing JetBlue's continued operational disabilities. Flight 1271, originally scheduled to […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — You may think it's difficult to get excited about a gas station, but I you should see the brand new Cumberland Farms on 441 near Judge Winikoff. The new building — which went up in record time — is gorgeous. And Thursday is the grand opening. From Cumberland Farms: A […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — You may want to stay away from Glades Road east of I-95 on Thursday and Friday as FAU's graduation season hits high gear. From FAU: Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,890 degrees during its spring commencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2. The ceremonies are […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute is the first in the state of Florida to operate the SensorySuite by GE Healthcare. SensorySuite surrounds a woman with an interactive mammography experience designed to simultaneously stimulate three senses: sight, smell and hearing, helping to distract the […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Honesty isn't the best policy, in Palm Beach County, it is the policy for gas station owners. Effective in 2015, a newly approved ordinance will require gas station signs to post the highest price someone will pay for gas — as opposed to just posting the discounted “cash” price. From […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) —The Veterans Coalition of South Florida will present their annual Memorial Day Program beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 26 at Veteran’s Park, west of Boca Raton. This event honors veterans of our armed services and will feature a procession of colors, guest speakers, and patriotic music. The public is […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Business-oriented students at Lynn University later this week will take part in a competition to secure cash for business start-ups. It's like a reality show, but this is real. From our friends at Lynn: Could the next Uber, Coin or Tesla Motors be incubating in South Florida? Local business leaders […]
Continue ReadingDELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If you consider yourself to be crafty, you may consider yourself lucky that a huge craft show is returning to the tennis center in Delray Beach this Memorial Day weekend. According to organizers: The 17th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Craft Festival returns to the Delray Beach Tennis Center Memorial Day […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University has completed a restructuring of its Technology Business Incubator (TBI) that returns it to exclusively serve technology-based startups. “The Technology Business Incubator was created 14 years ago with the mission to provide a place for a cluster of young, emerging technology companies to reside […]
Continue ReadingBOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The South Florida-bound passengers stranded in Austin, Texas earlier this week due to JetBlue's (NASDAQ: JBLU) scheduling issues today received an email announcing a $50 JetBlue credit. Requests for the airline to cover expenses incurred by passengers who opted to rent cars and fly other airlines to South Florida were […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — In what Boca Raton Regional Hospital hopes to become the “centralized address” for women’s health in the area, a groundbreaking ceremony is set for next Wednesday to launch the hospital’s new $22-Million facility. From BRRH: In September of 2010, Christine E. Lynn announced a transformational gift of $10 million to […]
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