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HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — With the disclaimer that it is way, way too early to be concerned, the system that the National Hurricane Center started tracking late Friday is still tracking towards South Florida Saturday morning. The system, which notably has just a… Read More »HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
Lakeland commercial real estate firm appoints new president
Lakeland-based SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate has someone scaling the walls of leadership: Tyler Davis. He originally joined the firm in 2019 as an asset manager before being named CFO. His latest step is being named president. "I'm incredibly honored to step into the role of president at SVN...
Full list of tax-free Items for Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday: July 29-August 11th
Just in time for the new school year, Florida is hosting a 14-day “Back-to-School” Sales Tax Holiday from July 29 to August 11th. Action News Jax has put together a full list of items discounted.
Lakeland SB's Arianna Bustos commits to Indiana Tech
Lakeland softball star Arianna Bustos announced her commitment to the Indiana Tech Warriors for the 2025 season. Bustos was the Lakers' defensive player of the year in 2023, and led the NECC in fielding percentage. Tags. Localnow.
Some Florida condo owners facing deadline as Castle Key drops insurance policies
Some 33,000 Floridians will be getting notified through next year that Allstate’s Florida subsidiaries are dropping their insurance policies, and some are getting the news during a particularly nerve-wracking time to start looking for coverage: hurricane season. That reduction decreases Castle Key Insurance and Castle Key Indemnity’s policyholders by about 12% in the...
Medical marijuana biz booming on Nine Mile; adult use could take industry even higher
Another cannabis dispensary is opening on Nine Mile Road at the former home of Wingz2Go, marking the sixth dispensary on the major road. Curaleaf is the latest medical marijuana vendor to join Nine Mile Road, but they haven’t opened up just yet. Curaleaf has one operating store in Escambia County at 5090 N....
HOA Q&A: Can the size of the board of directors be changed?
Editor’s note: Attorneys at Goede, DeBoest & Cross respond to questions about Florida community association law. With offices in Naples, Fort Myers, Coral Gables and Boca Raton, the firm represents community associations throughout Florida and focuses on condominium and homeowner association law, real estate law, litigation, estate planning, and business law. Q: Is it possible to change the size of the Board from seven directors to five directors? --Naples ...
Post reporters win statewide awards for sports coverage, addiction treatment investigation
Two Palm Beach Post staff writers have won awards from the Florida Society of News Editors for sports reporting and for an investigative project about addiction treatment centers published in 2023. Post columnist Tom D'Angelo won first place in the Sports category for stories that ranged from the thing Tiger Woods' son earned...
Central Florida Cities Actively Working To Keep Disney World Cast Members Homeless
Last year, when the union representing Walt Disney World cast members fought for and got a raise, it was a significant victory. However, the union could not have foreseen the explosion in the cost of living in Central Florida, which has essentially voided that raise. Despite that, there were signs...
Keys corals begin to pale as water temperature rises
As a long, hot summer drags on and Florida Keys water temperatures continue to rise, coral reefs are beginning to change from their bright colors to pale, a precursor to bleaching. Since July 9, water temperatures on the reefs throughout the Keys have reached the threshold for bleaching. Some off of the southern reefs in the Keys, such as Looe Key, Eastern Dry Rocks, Sombrero and the inshore patch reefs, started reaching the bleaching temperature threshold as early as July 1, NOAA’s Mission: Iconic Reefs...
Trump says he removed ‘last bandage’ from ear following assassination attempt
Former President Trump said Friday he removed “the last bandage off of my ear” in the wake of a recent assassination attempt against him in which one of his ears was injured. “As I think you can see, I’ve recovered well and, in fact, just took off the last bandage off of my ear,” Trump…
Winning Fantasy 5 ticket worth over $100K purchased at South Florida gas station
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A winning ticket worth over $100,000 was purchased at a gas station in Florida on Thursday. The winning Fantasy 5 ticket worth $114,043.73 was purchased at Chevron, located at 1601 Coral Way in Coral Gables. Hollywood store sells $2 million winning Mega Millions ticket. NOW...
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