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Nonprofits in Riviera Beach are using competitive poetry events to draw more students into the arts. The Poetry Month Youth Summit, will feature educational workshops and performances as part of an effort to also promote literacy and mental health.
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As the population grows in Downtown West Palm Beach, people are getting to know their neighbors in “third places” — thanks to a successful community engagement project aimed at repurposing public spaces.
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The Amazon billionaire selected the nonprofit Take Stock for Children, which mentors students and provides two-year Florida Prepaid college scholarships to high school graduates, in her latest round of mega-giving.
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Like in Palm Beach County, various schools districts in Florida are taking students and parents to truancy court to find the most hard-to-reach families in the midst of a national post-pandemic spike in chronic absenteeism.
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A lawyer for his creditors said Thursday that Giuliani was in danger of depleting his assets on costs related to the Florida condo.
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A vote is scheduled for Thursday on a 40-year lease to allow an ice-rink complex at Plant Drive Park but a proposal for a gymnasium at the Gardens North County District Park appears dead.
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Under the bill, S.B. 7014, ethics boards won’t be able to initiate their own investigations. Members of the public would have to file complaints to start any inquiry and can only do so if they’ve personally witnessed an ethics violation.
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Systems are increasingly stretching a velvet rope, offering “concierge physician service” to an affluent clientele who pay a yearly fee. Critics say the practice exacerbates primary care shortages.
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Now-closed unit’s director, Dr. Michael Black, continues defamation suit against CNN despite court setbacks.
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Dr. Joaquín García High School, the newest public high school in Palm Beach County, is using art to celebrate the legacy of its namesake — an openly gay Hispanic businessman and community advocate who died in 2021.
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All five annexation efforts launched by Palm Beach Gardens failed to generate even 10% favorable vote. And the three annexations launched by North Palm Beach to counter Palm Beach Gardens did even worse.
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After a long and contentious debate over the issue, land is being rezoned to make way for luxury homes and a golf course redesign. Many residents fear it will set Wellington on path away from equestrian bliss and towards over-development.