The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 467 • Year XI COMMUNITY see page 3
International student and aspiring nurse selected as student trustee
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
Palm Beach Symphony Donates Violins to Two Talented and Deserving Students from Local Elementary Schools
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Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County Announces New Board Officers
June 26 - July 2, 2020
FAU is taking a unique approach to the offseason
FAU Resident Physicians Vital To Region’s Healthcare Workforce Thirty-five physicians from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine have completed an important step in their continuum of medical education – residency training. These physicians are the first graduates of FAU’s residency program in emergency medicine, the second class of the general surgery program; and the fourth class of the internal medicine program. In addition, the first fellow of FAU’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program, which launched in 2019, is among the physician graduates. Taking between three to five years to complete, residency training is required to become a board- certified physician. Continued on Page 11
Lynn Athletics lands 174 student-athletes on SSC Spring Honor Roll, 46 perfect GPAs
Florida bans alcohol consumption at bars as COVID-19 cases increase
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By: Nadia Gordon
Palm Beach County Makes Facial Coverings Mandatory Story on Page 3
By: Megan Mandatta Palm Beach County’s Board of Commissioners met June 23 and unanimously approved a mandatory facial covering policy after facing a slew of angered residents speaking against the mandate. This policy comes in response to the newest surges of COVID-19 across the county and the state of Florida. “Masks protect a person who could have the COVID virus from spreading it,” Palm Beach County’s Department of Health Director Dr. Alina Alonso said. “In other words, if I am positive and I have this mask on then my virus cannot go to you.”
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The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation banned alcohol consumption at bars on Friday following the daily record number of COVID-19 cases reaching 8,942. According to abc news, this record is almost double the previous record set just two days prior. Florida now has 122,960 confirmed cases and 3,366 related deaths as of June 26, according to the Florida Department of Health. Phase 2 which began on June 5, permitted bars to reopen under the same rules as restaurants, with the additional restriction of no barstools. However, the state suspended the license of an Orlando bar near the University of Central Florida earlier this week after at least 13 employees and 28 guests tested positive. Florida health
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