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Council steers $125 million police headquarters bond toward a ballot question that names a downtown facility · Trump's first Mar-a-Lago visit of the season means extra planes at Boca Raton Airport · Council undoes its wildlife-feeding ban less than two months after adopting it
Southbound U.S. 1 shifts to its final lane pattern as Glades Road and I-95 work stacks up this week · 18 violations at a West Boca takeout spot on Yamato Road · Free guided Island Trek at Gumbo Limbo this morning
Council votes Tuesday on repealing the August wildlife-feeding ban and its $100 fine · Mayor gives Panthers captain Barkov the key to the city · County plans aerial mosquito spraying over Boca west of Military Trail Sunday evening
Early voting opens Oct. 19 at three Boca sites, and four precincts move · Compson pitches 157 homes for Park at Broken Sound office land · Boca's beach gatehouses take cards and phones, not cash
Boca's second try at a police headquarters is smaller, and staff want it out of downtown · An eight-story private club clears its first vote beside Sanborn Square · Friday is the deadline to weigh in on Boca's 2030 sustainability plan
FAU's Lab Schools reach the top, and FAU High keeps climbing · City water may taste of chlorine through next Sunday · Boca budgets full-time crews and a rescue truck for Station 8
A French café and bakery for Shadowood Square · Clint Moore lane closures for FPL work · Swim through a movie Friday night
Beach entry fees rise Thursday; annual permits run out Wednesday · Vision Zero is now official city policy · More fields and a playground are coming to Countess de Hoernle Park
Tap water may taste and smell different through Oct. 11 · Max's Grille plans a donation night for Blood Cancer United · Fiserv signs on at Related Ross's Boca campus
Council locks in next year's budget and adds $1.8 million for a new fire truck · Lake Boca and Camino Real are open for swimming again · Local professionals play for school grants Saturday at BRiC
Related Ross acquires 124-acre Boca Raton Innovation Campus · Thor Equities pays $62 million for Two Town Center office tower · Lane shifts on U.S. 1 and Clint Moore work head this week's traffic delays
Boca’s residential fire fee rises to $224 · North Park’s skate park clears its land-use vote · Rosh Hashanah services begin Friday evening
Beach park gatehouses go cashless October 1 · J. Alexander's picked up 11 health violations in two days · Boca business tax certificates expire September 30
Labor Day shifts Boca trash pickup by one day · Felice is bringing Tuscan dining to Town Center · ALINA’s final building is down to 10 developer units
Vision Zero goes to Council, with $4 million riding on it · Feeding iguanas now costs $100 · Pool cushion burns at the Yamato Road Hampton Inn
Two systems flank Florida, and Gulf odds are climbing · Rocco's Tacos ordered closed after an inspection · A French bakery is coming to Shadowood Square
Feeding iguanas, rats, mice or pigeons in Boca now carries a minimum $100 fine · State senators brief Council on preemptions and a property tax amendment · A city brochure explaining your property tax bill starts arriving next week
County audit finds the August primary count held up · Camino Real Bridge closed for a commercial shoot, then reopened · Boca office buildings sit inside a $1.3 billion foreclosure
A Piper lands in the ocean, and the pilot is rescued · Sixteen violations at Ben's, and the doors stayed open · Delray's Deck 84 brings back Jimmy Buffett Day
A free half hour at Gumbo Limbo, Saturday at 11:30 · Palm Beach Food & Wine tickets are on sale for December · Nothing Bundt Cakes opens on Linton at 9 a.m. Saturday
Limani Grille is finally coming to Town Center · The road crews did not take the school year off · Memorial Park's master plan hits a real deadline
Polls open Aug. 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. · Pubbelly Sushi opens on Restaurant Row · Free native plants at Wildflower Park on Aug. 28
Bright Futures money hinges on one form due Aug. 31 · A $500 refund is sitting behind those impact windows · Free telescope night behind the Explorium on Monday
A tropical depression is likely to form southeast of us · Florida will refund sales tax on impact windows and doors · Boca Raton opens a gopher tortoise preserve
The old Sears could start coming down this year · Florida owes you money back on impact windows · Boca has a new preserve, named for its residents
Vote-by-mail requests are due today · Council moves Memorial Park master plan into negotiations · Jarad L. Phelps sworn in as Boca's police chief
Boca Raton swears in a new police chief · First firm date on the fall football calendar · Council backs more officers downtown and a skatepark up north
Oz plays twice today at Sugar Sand · Police investigating a death near Park of Commerce · A snorkel lesson in the water you live next to
The gopher tortoise preserve is open · Memorial Park gets a ranking, not a design · The traffic safety plan is still a draft
FDOT plans to narrow U.S. 1 for separated bike lanes and wider sidewalks, with construction scheduled to start in August · City Council meets tonight at 6, with six ways to watch from home · Free Woodstock tribute at Mizner Park Amphitheater Friday night, bring a chair
Copeland Davis and Avery Sommers at Tavern at The Wick · The same duo Sunday, at the theatre instead · Creation Station returns to the Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boca's council week: CRA meeting, workshop, and a Tuesday session · Free talk tonight: On Collecting Knowledge at the Boca Museum · City offers 150 free E-bike safety courses for resident teens
Café Aroma opens its Boca flagship · Extra speed enforcement statewide through July 18 · Beach shuttle expands summer service
Brightline starts closing railroad crossings today · Florida's Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Starts Monday, July 20 · The museum's summer party lands Thursday at five
The Boca museum turns July into a Picasso month · The back-to-school tax holiday is coming, and it's a long one · Boca businesses have a renewal window open now
Northeast Boca gets $2 million for a Jeffery Street crossing · Your trash pickup moves up a day this week · Parks stay open, but several city facilities change hours
$2 million in federal money clears the way for a new Jeffery Street crossing · Free Family Night at the Boca Museum tonight · A Friday-morning lecture on the art that broke the rules
Boca's spring cleanup, by the numbers · Your annual water report is almost out · Rush, note for note, tonight
Curaçao picks FAU, and Boca gets a World Cup watch party · Boca closes its downtown shooting cases, one arrest at a time · A medical firm bets on the FAU Research Park
Boca lands on a name for its next police chief · A $30M Lotto ticket is sitting unclaimed in West Boca · Curaçao picks FAU, and a free World Cup watch party comes to Mizner
Tri-County opens adoptions for 50 chihuahuas rescued from a hoarding case · Spanish River Beach swim advisory lifted · Record seaweed swamped Boca beaches in May — June looks worse
Fifty rescued chihuahuas up for adoption in West Boca Raton · No-swim advisory issued for Spanish River Beach · West Boca Raton office campus sells for $40 million
Council weighs a $125M bond for new police facilities · Storm season prep starts now, city says · Magic in Mizner opens the summer series Saturday
Carmine's Gourmet Market coming to Glades Station in 2027 · Two shot outside downtown Boca restaurant; gunman at large · Boca father catches Lyft driver using AI to fake damage
Memorial Day in Boca: ceremony at 9, plaque unveiling at 10:30 · NOAA forecasts a below-normal 2026 hurricane season · George Bush Boulevard Bridge closes June 1 for almost seven weeks
Holiday Inn on Yamato will become 125 apartments after 4–1 council vote · Hurricane prep night at the downtown library, May 26 · Tall Boy returns to Spanish River Boulevard
Council Locks In Public Land Protection · Holiday Inn on NW 53rd Becomes 125 Apartments · Boca Raton Police Push Back on a Wave of Swatting Calls
Public land heads toward the ballot · Houses of worship get a new PBSO alert tool · Swatting calls get a police warning
Boca police step up e-bike enforcement after 51 calls · LGBTQ-focused Acceptance Academy opens in Boca Raton this fall · Mother's Day at the Museum on Sunday
Council reopens its own task force vote before applicants are picked · Workshop clears short-term fixes, rejects Treasure Coast · Task force selection opened for revisit
New council's first big vote: the public land ordinance · Police chief search is open · Boca Bash drew heavy enforcement and ramp restrictions
The new council is building standing civic machinery around a 74-25 mandate. · Council orders Memorial Park plaque replaced · Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force approved