Boca Raton News

Night Watch is a regularly-occurring nightlife column by Tara Nieuwesteeg . Boca is not renowned for much except its manicured shopping plazas, delicious lunch spots, and its armies of early-bird-special-seeking Q-tips who make the roads a little less safe and the frozen yogurt shops a little more busy.

Come get swept away in a land full of sweets and dancing as the Academy Ballet Company presents the holiday classic, "The Nutcracker", on December 12th and 13th, 2009 at the historic Crest Theater in Delray Beach ticket price is $20.00. Students from the Dance Academy of Boca Raton, and their resident performance company the Academy Ballet Company, guide you through this ballet and the story of Clara, a young girl who's mysterious uncle presents her with a gift of a nutcracker. After going to sleep, Clara is awakened in a magical land. After a triumphant battle with the Mouse King, Clara and her Nutcracker travel though the forest with beautiful dancing snowflakes, to enter the Land of Sweets. The Sugar Plum Fairy greets the two and arranges a magnificent performance. This family friendly ballet is wonderful for children and adults alike. Held at the Historic Crest Theater in Delray Beach, the Academy Ballet Company's production of "The Nutcracker" is comprised of all local talent. Each role is performed by students of the Dance Academy of Boca Raton. So come and enjoy the show, as the Academy Ballet Company presents "The Nutcracker".For ticket information call 561-395-4797

Jay Levin leaves court Friday morning after a Palm Beach County Judge John Hoy gave him early termination of his probation.

Darin Riggio has a thing for older women - he dated his first "Cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student.

NationalCreditReport.com, a leading provider of free credit reports and credit monitoring services, urges consumers to check their credit scores before starting their holiday shopping.

A scandal involving a well-connected Ft. Lauderdale law firm has reached into Palm Beach County.

Geo Group Inc., which provides correctional, detention and mental-health services, said Monday its third-quarter earnings jumped 21 percent on strong demand in its markets.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 12:36 pm US/Eastern FORT LAUDERDALE 1 of 1 Raymond Adams has been charged with one count of molesting a child under the age of 12 and one count of fondling a child.

Champion Solutions Group is expanding its operations in Boca Raton. The IT company, which has its corporate office in the Park of Commerce, will add 20 jobs in the next two years, according to Palm Beach County's Business Development Board.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Boca Raton on Thursday afternoon to attend a private fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, but few people seemed to know he was coming to South Florida.

Some Boca Raton residents are voicing their displeasure about the state's plan to widen a portion of Florida's Turnpike, which they claim will create another problem.

A wreck in western Boca Raton has Jog Road closed in both directions just north of Yamato Road, dispatchers there report.

With all the restaurants closing their doors lately, it's easy to get a little jaded.

After Superintendent Art Johnson put schools back in control of academic programs Friday, the swirling controversy ended with cheers across Palm Beach County.

The "Withdrawal Bandit" was brazen enough to walk into the same Lantana bank Tuesday that he hit last month, with the intent of walking away with more money to fuel a drug addiction, police said.

As Greg and Luciana Drewes mark the sixth anniversary of their teenager's shooting death - while he was playing a birthday prank in their neighborhood west of Boca Raton - the shooter wants an early end to his probation.

Kevin and Sheri Cuenot have listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 10455 Stonebridge Blvd.

Three years ago, Chris Canning got a kick out of sitting on his patio, watching iguanas crawl from nearby brush and scurry over to Pradera, the community across the retention pond from Canning's townhome in L'Ambiance. "Now it's not so amusing because they're coming to our side," said Canning, 69, who has lived in his home in the Via Verde area for ...

25--Black-and-white landscape photographer Clyde Butcher recently led a seminar on his craft at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Boca Raton and Florida Atlantic University have reached a tentative agreement over the university's construction of a 30,000-seat stadium.