Republicans won Florida's races for governor, U.S. Senate and attorney general, but Palm Beach County voted Democratic in all five statewide contests. Turnout was 64.8%, up from about 54% in 2022. By mid-afternoon on Election Day, registered Democrats were voting at a higher rate than Republicans...
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UPDATE: SANDPIPER SHORES ELEMENTARY ALSO CLOSED. UPDATE AT 7:30 a.m. — SANDPIPER SHORES ELEMENTARY in West Boca Raton is also closed due to flooding. The announcement was made a short time ago. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — West Boca R...
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UPDATED 5:25 a.m. Wednesday BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Republican Byron Donalds is the next Governor of the State of Florida, beating Democrat David Jolly in Florida’s race for governor by 107,932 votes out of more than 8.2 million ...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — We are updating key races as result data becomes available. We remind readers that Florida spans two timezones, so statewide results don’t trickle in until after 8p ET. AT 7:30 PM based on early and mail-i...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The 18-year-old killed early Sunday morning in an e-bike crash on Palmetto Park Road is now the subject of a fundraiser. GoFundMe tells BocaNewsNow.com that friends and family of Kenneth Donahue are using ...
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Palm Beach County Supervisor Of Elections Makes Announcement… BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Emergency vote-by-mail ballots are available today for anyone affected by Palm Beach County flooding. The Supervisor of Elections made this ann...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — If you need proof that things are not normal, look no further than the National Hurricane Center’s tracking map. Rarely is a system forming in November, but “rarely” is the operative word lately. It is unl...
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The victims of Sunday’s Learjet plane crash in Greenacres have been identified. KVUE-TV in Austin says the victims are Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, and children Emma, Charlie, Rachael Reed, ...
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BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton is opening public input on the future of Memorial Park and the downtown civic campus around it, with three public input sessions in November and a three-day design charrette in December, the city announced Monday, Nov. 2. The six-month planning process...
