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East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL - April 19 through April 25, 2013 • Year IV • Number 142 - FREE

Report Details Murky Drinking Water Violations By Toni Marshall and Fred Hamilton For at least eight years, the city of Boca Raton failed to implement safeguards to prevent sewage from contaminating drinking water and had an unlicensed contractor install an illegal system to pump chemicals into city water lines, according to documents obtained by the Boca Raton Tribune. The Palm Beach County Health Department cited the city for the previously listed violations as well as reconnecting disinfected wells to city lines without adequate microbiological surveys to ensure that harmful contaminants were removed. The Health Department, which is the local monitoring arm for environmental issues, recommended the city pay up to $100,000 in fines. The city supplies 70 million gallons of water a day to 128,000 people. “Something smells in Boca Raton besides its water,” said Jerry Phillips, Florida director of the watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “There is no excuse for these basic sanitary violations in any American city, let alone a city as affluent as Boca

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Eagles Landing’s Bookkeeper Named Employee of the Year By Fred Hamilton In the Boca Raton community Jennifer Seidenstucker is well known for her ability to capture an image, especially animals, through the lens of a camera. And as the keeper of the money at Eagles Landing Middle School, she has earned a reputation as a treasurer with an excellent work ethic. “Jennifer Seidenstucker is proactive in her duties, and she has had three consecutive years of perfect audits that indicate her talent, skills, dedication and work ethic,” Cynthia Chiapetta, the school’s principal, said recently.

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