Teacher Association Cites Failed Leadership Hours After Fennoy’s Video Message To Teachers Called “Epic Fail” BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Breaking at 8:01 AM)— The Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association will call on the School Board to fire School District Superintendent Donald Fennoy during the Board’s Wednesday night […]
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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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ED. NOTE: This was printed with a bit of tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. The flight cancellation was, of course, real, and JetBlue's handling of the situation was about as bad as it gets. We were prepared to leave it at that. And yes, this article is more op-ed than journalism with a capital “J.” However, this one […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Congratulations to Boca Raton resident Kelsey Janser, winner of this year's “Miss Teen National” pageant. From the Miss Teen National organization: Kelsey Janser, a Boca Raton resident and freshman at Vanderbilt University, was recently crowned 2013-2014 Miss Teen National Winner at their pageant in Orlando, Florida. She competed with 62 […]
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