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› Boca Bash cost taxpayers more than $46,000 this year
One of Boca Raton’s biggest parties cost taxpayers more than $46,000 this year for police and fire services. The Boca Bash, a yearly event in Lake Boca Raton, brings out hundreds of boats and thousands of people. Canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least a dozen people were arrested at the event this year in April.
› Florida Keys coral restoration efforts highlighted during World Oceans Day
In the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary a major effort to restore seven prominent coral reefs is well underway just 18 months after officials announced a program dubbed “Mission: Iconic Reefs.” Some $10 million of the planned $100 million program has been amassed. A portion of it is already funding efforts being accomplished by outplanting more than 60,000 fragments of nursery-raised coral at Eastern Dry Rocks Sanctuary Preservation Area off Key West.
Clack Corp. to open West Jacksonville warehouse
Wisconsin-based Clack Corp., a privately held maker and distributor of water treatment and drinking water products, is opening a warehouse in Jacksonville. A job posting on Clackcorp.com career portal says Clack is hiring a warehouse lead for the center, which it says will open this month. The city is reviewing a permit application for the installation of pallet racking for Clack Corp. in 43,750-square-feet of space at 3525 Imeson Road, No. 203, in West Jacksonville.
› Florida judge favors pre-dawn partying in rowdy South Beach
A South Florida judge has sided with the Clevelander hotel in a lawsuit over a new Miami Beach law that sets a 2 a.m. closing time in the South Beach entertainment district. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko said in a hearing on Monday that the city commission’s vote to approve the law wasn’t properly executed.
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