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The set design for Outre Theatre Company's forthcoming production of tick tick... Boom! begins at the foot of the stage with a white picket fence enclosing the action.

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday vetoed almost $368 million in state spending before signing the budget for next year, including $1 million for a violence prevention and mental health initiative sought by the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw .

A water main of undetermined size broke Monday afternoon, making the ground soft and causing a sinkhole to open near the Boca Town Center, according to Chris Helfrich, director of the Utility Services Department for the City of Boca Raton.

Gov. Rick Scott plans to veto a bill on Monday that would have increased Florida college tuition by 3 percent, The Miami Herald reports.

Mary Jane Saunders' new salary as a professor at Florida Atlantic University will cost taxpayers $76,000 more, following her resignation as the school's president, the Sun Sentinel reports.

Turns out even Moses lives in Boca Raton. That's the only logical explanation at this point for why a family came home to their West Boca property and found burning and burnt palm fronds.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue tells BocaNewsNow.com that rescuers rushed to the scene in the 22000 block of Calibre Court at 1:27pm. First responders found a "male infant that had fallen in the pool and was now out." BocaNewsNow.com is the leading site for news and information based in Boca Raton, Florida.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue rushed to the clubhouse pool at Boca Falls late Sunday afternoon after receiving calls that a child had drowned.

Kevin, 8, has lived with posterior fossa syndrome since 2010, which has radically changed the way he walks, talks and moves.

Saturday's Expo promotes singles meeting each other in a positive, healthy, upbeat, safe and friendly atmosphere.

Connecticut billionaire Edward Lampert in July became the highest profile hedge fund manager to move himself and his operation to Florida.

Barbara Pontoriero has listed for sale a five-bedroom, five-bath home at 7410 W. Upper Ridge Drive in Parkland for $775,000. The 4,993-square-foot home in Parkland East was built in 1989.

William H. Grimditch, Jr., and Carolyn W. Grimditch sold a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 1955 Thatch Palm Drive in Boca Raton to Robert B. Freed and Robin H. Freed for $1.55 million on Feb.

Dr. Robert Z. Pearson-Martinez and Miriam Pearson-Martinez have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 725 N.W. Sixth St.

Home flippers got a bad name during the housing boom. They sold properties for big profits in days or weeks, and the rapid price appreciation created a frenzy that led to the eventual bust.

May 15, 2013 - BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Mark Alan Miller will be a featured guest on The Jimmy Star Show live radio show hosted by King of Cool, Jimmy Star along with Cool Man About Town Ron Russell to discuss his new comic with Clive Barker, his career and the industry at large.

There is a new resource for kids who have dropped out of school for substance abuse - courtesy of the Research Park at FAU.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

A Boca Raton woman allegedly seized the moment when a customer at Nordstrom Rack on Glades Road, just East of I-95, was trying on shoes.

A new business center at the brand new Boca Raton library will be named for a couple that loved to read - and whose family donated a huge amount of money.