For community and country

The last four years have been an odyssey for three Boca Raton men - Kevin Howard, James “Jim” Masterson and Louis “Lou” Feaman.

DayJet lay offs 40 in Boca; 100 in total
Approximately 40 Boca Raton based DayJet Corporation employees received pink slips this week, joining another 60 persons laid off by the new, and innovative per-seat, on-demand jet service. Begun in October 2007 with five destinations, DayJet expanded to 28 locations by December and then to 45 by January of this year.

Delray creating affordable housing advisory committee
The Delray Beach City Commission voted April 1 to create an 11-member Affordable Housing Advisory Board.  Members are now being sought.

LATEST NEWS

• FAU distributes 2,600 degrees at spring commencement
• Future access desire creates easement
• AG’s office subpoenas records from developers of Eden condos
• Delray Chamber hosts women in government luncheon
• Delran honored for support of employees in military
• Jarden donates $184,000 to charities during first quarter
• Delray Police to recall fallen officers
• West Boca Chamber plans hurricane prep seminar
• Alleged robber shot dead during jewel heist in Boca
• Webgrrls’ creates Boca-Fort Lauderdale chapter

BUSINESS

• Business Briefs
• Boca based RailAmerica leaving town
• Boca firm gain Enterprise Florida award
• AG sues Boca firm in ‘deceptive employment’ case
• West Boca Chamber sets networking event
• Planners approve proposal for new hotel in Boca Raton
• Barry Kaye College of Business earns reaccreditation

WEEKEND

• Beautiful People Play in Paradise in Comedy-Adventure “Fool’s Gold”
• Free concert for kids set Feb. 16 at Amphitheater
• ‘Dueling Divas’ to perform at FAU
• Eva Longoria Parker Stars as a “Dead Body”
• Lovable “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” Romp at Broward Center
• Aftermath of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Dramatized in “Persepolis”