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Florida Atlantic University trustees will decide Monday whether to begin development on a $62 million steel-frame football stadium in Boca Raton - the first phase of a campus-wide makeover that includes new residence halls and retail space.
A company that builds the shelters to protect Palm Tran passengers from the sun and rain while waiting for the bus is seeking a 10-year extension on a contract that's not set to expire until 2011.
The melting pot that is Palm Beach County continues to add more people and more flavors, according to the latest census report.
Pray for rain.
Motivated teachers, better resources and the same high expectations for all students are key factors in raising the academic achievement of minority children, according to a panel of Palm Beach County community, school and church leaders speaking at an education town hall meeting Wednesday evening.
Jerrod Miller's biological father pledged Wednesday to contest a proposed $1 million settlement that would let Delray Beach and a rookie police officer resolve a federal lawsuit over the 16-year-old's shooting death in 2005.
Last month, C.J. Matthews' friend accidentally shot him dead. Matthews, 17, was horsing around with 19-year-old Julian Wilbur in Wilbur's room, police said, before Wilbur reached for his pump-action shotgun. Detective Jason Llopis questioned Wilbur after the shooting and then arrested him on a manslaughter charge.
For 47 years, C. Stanley Weaver was the heart of the Lake Worth Drainage District.
Palm Beach County officials on Wednesday once again resubmitted plans for the long-delayed Milani Park in Highland Beach, town Building Official Bob Dawson said.
City officials and attorneys representing the family of Jerrod Miller, a teen fatally shot by a rookie Delray Beach police officer two years ago, have agreed on a $1 million settlement that, if finalized, would end a grueling and stormy case that divided a community along racial lines.
Every year, Jews recite the hopeful statement, "Next year in Jerusalem." But for Adele and Kurt Judas, it's finally this year in Jerusalem. When they celebrate Rosh Hashana, which begins at sundown , they will be new residents of the Holy Land.
Palm Beach County commissioners formally agreed Tuesday to disband their beleaguered budget advisory committee, but did not rule out the possibility of creating a similar board to weigh next year's spending plan.
A county department found to have had significant problems in the way it handled state housing grant money is moving to hire two consultants in an effort to correct deficiencies.
Adding international prestige to Palm Beach County's biotech venture, county commissioners Tuesday enthusiastically supported plans to bring Germany's largest research institute to Jupiter.
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