🌱 Why Delray Beach just beat every other Florida beach again
Delray Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Delray Beach! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Delray Beach just beat every other Florida beach again
- Delray Medical Center’s new CFO: what this leadership change could mean
- FAU student leader’s arrest in Delray Beach sparks emergency impeachment push
Also on today's calendar: The Kid Officer .
Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 88, low: 76.
- Sunday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 88 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Delray Beach named best beach in Florida for third year in a row (wpbf.com) — Delray Beach has just been voted USA TODAY’s “Best Beach in Florida” for the third straight year, highlighting its clean shoreline, natural dunes, and lively downtown steps from the sand. Local leaders say the recognition underscores how the city’s walkability, culture, and hospitality help set it apart from other top Florida beach destinations. 
2. Steve Glass moves to CFO position for U.S. cancer center (hfma.org) — Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach has promoted Lukas Iwanski to CFO, strengthening local leadership at the community’s major hospital. His move is part of a broader wave of finance leadership changes at major healthcare systems in Florida and across the country, including Memorial Sloan Kettering and Covenant Health.
3. FAU student government leader arrested in Delray Beach sting for allegedly trying to meet minor for sex (flvoicenews.com) — Delray Beach police arrested a Florida Atlantic University student government leader this week after he allegedly arrived at a local Home Depot plaza where he believed he was meeting a minor. The case, which involves an online sting and campus political fallout, has prompted emergency impeachment proceedings at FAU while the suspect remains presumed innocent pending trial.
4. Same child from viral Lotus confrontation involved in another e-bike incident: PBSO (cbs12.com) — An e-bike confrontation inside the Seven Bridges community in Delray Beach involved a 13-year-old boy and an adult resident, with witnesses disputing whether the child was grabbed by the neck. Deputies documented conflicting accounts, no injuries, and no charges after the family declined to pursue the case, which follows an earlier viral e-bike incident involving the same child in nearby West Boca.
5. Federal council proposes major FEMA changes that could raise flood insurance costs (wptv.com) — Delray Beach homeowners are being warned that proposed federal changes to FEMA’s flood insurance program could push premiums even higher and slow down claims, just as locals already report steep rate hikes. The recommendations would shift more disaster costs to states, cut FEMA staff, and move policies into the private market, and residents can submit public comments on the plan through June 8.
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- Hi everyone, I'm in Delray and I'm looking for :
1. a general housecleaner. I hope to find someone detail-oriented, just one consistent person (I've had those services when you never know who will… (Nextdoor Tropic Palms) - Looking for landscaper to do Landscape REMOVAL - need to remove existing SHRUBS and remove existing yard that was sod/weeds
DELRAY BEACH _ Dell Park Message me to provide estimate. (Nextdoor Lake Ida)
- Orangetheory Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Head Coach in Delray Beach. Apply here.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Delray Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Delray Beach here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sundae School (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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