Stet News🎓 Florida Atlantic announced three finalists in its search for a new president. They are Michael Hartline, a dean at Florida State University, former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, and John Volin, the provost at the University of Maine. (FAU release)
🏥 NeuroBehavioral Hospitals, which runs two mental health hospitals in Palm Beach County, has warned that it may close both hospitals but is pursuing a sale that could keep them open. The hospitals are at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and in a free-standing campus in Boynton Beach. NeuroBehavioral’s parent company, Wellpath Holdings, filed for bankruptcy protection in November. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
📅 Candidates for election in Jupiter will meet for a public forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. On March 11, voters will choose two council members and a mayor. The forum will be 6 pm Feb. 3 in the Jupiter Community Center across from Town Hall.
💉 Childhood vaccination rates in Florida continue to decline, part of a national trend. In the 2023-24 school year, 88.1% of Florida kindergartners completed required vaccines that protect against severe illnesses, including measles, polio and chickenpox, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures showed. The national average was 92.3%. (WLRN)
🧢 The Miami Marlins are working with The Cordish Cos. of Baltimore to build a dining and entertainment hub in the west plaza of LoanDepot Park, the Little Havana home of the South Florida baseball team. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🗳️ ICYMI: City Commissioner Christina Lambert and County Commissioner Gregg Weiss announced last week that they are running for West Palm Beach mayor. The election is more than two years away. (Stet News)
