BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Boca Raton resident Nathan Stronge is back in the Palm Beach County Jail early Thursday morning on a charge of inhaling dangerous chemicals. We reported back in September that Stronge was turned in to police by an Uber driver concerned that the maskless passenger was inhaling some sort of aerosol […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — At least 1,079 people have died in Florida from COVID-19 within the last week. Numbers released by the Florida Department of Health show the stunning death count logged between January 5th and January 12. State officials report that 169 deaths were logged on Tuesday with 13,660 new infections. The positivity […]
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DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Delray Beach Fire Department is receiving 200 COVID-19 vaccines which are available to the 65+ public, according to an advisory sent minutes ago. The shots will be administered on Friday. You must make an appointment on Thursday. We are publishing the advisory verbatim. Note the link being used by […]
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UPDATE: 6:28 p.m: Official statement from AT&T just released: “Service has been restored for most wireless and wireline customers in the Miami area after an equipment failure at one of our facilities caused a service disruption. We apologize for the inconvenience.” UPDATE: 5:45 p.m: Still no official statement, but service is slowly being restored. UPDATE: […]
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DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Delray Beach Police say they found area Realtor Philip Metzler asleep behind the wheel — literally — when they initiated a traffic stop in the area of West Atlantic Avenue and Swinton at 2:39 this morning. They were alerted to a problem by a tractor trailer driver who was sounding […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District is on the cusp of a troubling milestone. The 1500th COVID-19 case is likely to be logged either later today or at some point tomorrow. Counted since schools reopened for in-person instruction in Mid-September, the current 1,486 cases represent 837 students and 649 employees. […]
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DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Mark Traub apparently has a history of telling people that that he’s a retired New York City Police Detective. But the Delray Beach man never graduated high school, and his girlfriend told police “I don’t know what he is.” Traub, 59, was arrested early Tuesday following a traffic stop in […]
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No Masks In Area Restaurants, Bars. A Boca Raton Area Hospital ICU Now At Capacity. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Just days after BocaNewsNow.com first published photos taken by stunned visitors to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach and at Biergarten in Boca Raton, the COVID ICU and hospital census in the area have risen. While […]
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Curt Anderson, Matt Cleveland, Brittany Chernick Share West Boca Home Address, Arrested Overnight BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Curt Anderson, Matthew Cleveland and Brittany Chernick are all in the Palm Beach County Jail Wednesday morning following their arrests overnight by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The all list a home in the 9100 block […]
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Late Start Means Very Short Summer BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Phineas and Ferb get 104 days of summer vacation but students in the Palm Beach County School District this year may get just under 50. The proposed calendar to be discussed during Wednesday’s School Board meeting calls for just 49 days. School is set […]
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POLICE: Photos Found, Including Of His Daughters’ Friends In His Parkland Home UPDATE AT 8:48 PM: SEE JUST RELEASED MEDIA ADVISORY, BELOW: BROWARD COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (8PM) — Area Pediatrician Michael Mizrachy is in the Broward County Jail Tuesday night on child pornography and solicitation charges. Mizrachy is officially charged with “possession, control, view depiction […]
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Pediatric Positivity Rate In Palm Beach County Rises Again. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Another 14,602 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Florida on Monday. The death count has risen to 23,227. The positivity rate for tests logged on Monday is 10.62 percent. The infection increase comes after a few days of slight decreases statewide. At […]
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Biergarten Is Owned By Restaurateur Responsible For Several Boca Raton Eateries. Is City Looking The Other Way? BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Despite surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, The City of Boca Raton is apparently disinterested in mask violations at a bar that’s part of a popular restaurant group employing many in the area. We […]
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Seniors Emailing Palm Beach County Say They’re Receiving Troubling Response. Health Department Says Seniors Using Wrong Email Address. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County Tuesday morning says COVID-shot seeking seniors receiving a message telling them to go somewhere else — and wash their hands — are emailing […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The COVID situation in Palm Beach County again appears to be worsening. Early Tuesday morning data from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration reveals a growing number of local patients so sick with COVID that they are hospitalized. In Palm Beach County, 436 people are hospitalized with a “primary […]
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