The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
Number 482 • Year XI
October 9 - October 15, 2020
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Suspended City Manager: Delray Beach Mayor “Does go After Black People”
FAU Athletics Announces Staff Reductions
Palm Beach Atlantic University Launches New Logo
Palm Beach Symphony Starts School Year on a Positive Note Seeking Nominations for the 2020 Instrumental Music Teacher of the Year
Boca Raton Regional Researchers Launch COVID-19 Clinical Trial to Investigate New Treatment for Critical Patients
Owners of Boca Raton Resort & Club Announce Donation of Boca Country Club to the City MSD Partners and Northview Hotel Group, owners of the Boca Raton Resort & Club, have announced plans to donate the 130-acre Boca Country Club to the City of Boca Raton. As a result of this donation, the Boca Country Club, which includes an 18-hole championship golf course, tennis courts, a clubhouse and pool, is proposed to become a publicly owned and operated facility in October 2021. As part of their purchase of Boca Raton Resort & Club in June 2019, MSD Partners acquired Boca Country Club.
and other posts and six referendum questions. Eighteen early voting locations have been designated by Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link, who said voters to get a mail-in ballot so they can make their political choice known from the safety of their home. Link has posted a newly designed web site “to give you all the election information you need. Whether you are requesting a vote-by-mail ballot, wanting to work at the polls, or interested in voter registration and election statistics, this is the site for you.”
Alejandro Sánchez-Samper and Matt Baltrucki, both from Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Music, recently received a Latin Grammy nomination for the album “Quinteto con Voz,” by the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico. Sánchez-Samper, a professor of music at FAU, co-produced the album with Giovanni Parra, the director and bandoneon player for the Quinteto. Baltrucki, an assistant professor of music at FAU, along with Sánchez-Samper and multiLatin Grammy engineer Mauricio Cano engineered the album. This is the third Latin Grammy nomination for the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico and Alejandro Sánchez-Samper and Matt Baltrucki. Their two previous albums, “Bogotá-Buenos Aires” (Latin Grammy nominee in 2015 in the Best Tango Album Category) and “Pa’ Que Más: Música Andina Colombiana” (Latin Grammy nominee in 2017 in the Best Folk album category), were recorded and distributed through FAU’s record label Hoot/Wisdom Recordings. “Quinteto con Voz,” the Quinteto’s third album, was recorded in September 2019 as a joint venture between Parra and the Teatro Colsubsidio Roberto Arias Pérez, one of Bogotá’s leading performance venues. The album was nominated in the Best Folk Album category. The Latin Grammy Awards will take place on Thursday, Nov. 19.
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Early voting in Palm Beach County begins Oct. 19, ends Nov. 1 Nearly four years ago, Donald J. Trump won his first term as the 45th President of the United States. It’s time for the American public to decide whether to return Trump to the White House or send him off to the one-term-and-over status that has befallen only a few incumbent chief executives in American history. While Nov. 3 is officially Election Day in the US, the electorate in Florida can begin casting ballots via early voting starting Monday, Oct. 19. Voters will cast ballots for president, Congress, local House and Senate, county commissioners, judges
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