The Boca Raton Tribune ED 479

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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 479 • Year XI

September 18 - September 24, 2020

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PBSC panel to discuss need for low voltage technicians

Cinemark Theaters reopen in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach

Palm Beach County Lawmakers’ Letter to DeSantis: Stop Threatening Schools and Allow Science for Safe Reopening

Promise to Humanity Modified into a Pledge, Obtains Celebrity Endorsement

Boca Council to finalize ‘no-tax-rate-increase’ budget Sept. 21 By: Dale King The Boca Raton City Council wrapped up the first of two public hearings on City Manager Leif Ahnell’s 2020-21 municipal budget proposal in less than an hour at a Sept. 8 meeting. Council members are scheduled to finalize the spending plan for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 during a second hearing set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Because of coronavirus regulations, the hearings are held “virtually” on the internet or via the city’s TV channel.

Hearing set Oct. 23 on termination of suspended Delray city manager

Dr. Ira Gelb was a man of medicine. But he was also a leader in the Boca Raton community, a physician who served his country in war years and served medical students at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in later life. A familiar face around town, often seen with June Gelb, his wife of nearly 50 years, the medical practitioner of Boca passed away on Sept. 14.

Suspended Delray Beach City Manager George Gretsas will get the opportunity at a public hearing on Oct. 23 to defend himself against accusations that he allegedly violated state law and city statutes during his short term as Delray’s top appointed official. The latest set of charges against Gretsas differ from those that resulted in his suspension at a special Delray Beach City Commission meeting June 24 when it was alleged that he bullied and harassed several city employees, including Assistant City Manager Suzanne Fisher, resulting in her going on medical leave May 15. She has since resigned effective Sept. 7. Commissioners voted 5-0 on Aug. 24 that Gretsas allegedly engaged in “instances of misconduct” that warranted his firing.

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Dr. Ira Gelb, FAU medical icon and Boca community leader, dies at 92

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