#PalmBeach Fire Rescue Employee Plans to Spend Vacation Building Houses in Romania
Jack Norris, video production manager with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, enjoys unconventional vacations. The beach or a theme park isn’t for him. Instead, he is preparing to travel to Comanesti, Romania in May to help Habitat for Humanity International build much-needed housing for struggling families. “I find that putting my feet on the ground [...]
REMINDER: @SFWMD Expo and Vendor Fair Offers How-to’s for Water Conservation
Expo and Vendor Fair Offers How-to’s for Water Conservation Irrigation professionals, facility managers and other large-scale water users across the public and private sectors are invited to attend WHAT: As part of an ongoing effort to expand water conservation practices, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is partnering with the Florida Section of [...]
Four FAU students arrested for protesting at GEO Group Office in #Boca
Four FAU students were arrested April 9 after they protested outside the office of the GEO Group in Boca Raton. From the arrest affidavit: (click to see) On April 9, numerous officers and I responded to One Park Place located at 621 NW 53rd Street with reference to a large group of people trespassing. Upon [...]
ACLU of Florida Questions Whether FAU is Retaliating against Students Who Protested Private Prison Stadium Name
From ACLU: BOCA RATON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida today defended several Florida Atlantic University (FAU) students who are facing what appear to be retaliatory proceedings for their participation in a peaceful protest against the now-cancelled deal to name the university’s football stadium for GEO Group, a private prison operator with [...]
Palm Beach County to Participate in Nuclear Power Plant Preparedness Exercise
On Wednesday, April 10 a training exercise will take place in Palm Beach County. This annual training exercise involves simulated response actions and the simulated emergency protective measures that would be implemented if an emergency at the St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant were to occur. The training exercise will involve simulated response actions by emergency [...]
Palm Beach Schools (@pbcsd) receive Environmental Visionary Of The Year Award
The School District of Palm Beach County has been nominated and selected to receive Pine Jog’s Environmental Leadership Award, Environmental Visionary of the Year. This award recognizes the School District for its innovative and forward thinking towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly South Florida by: Taking the initiative to put in place new policies [...]
Financial Incentive Approved to Lure #Solar Panel Manufacturer to #PalmBeach County
SolarTech Universal, LLC, a solar panel manufacturing company based in New York, received conceptual approval from the Board of County Commissioners on April 2 for a Job Growth Incentive (JGI) grant of $64,000 to expand its operations here. The company is considering a Riviera Beach property to build an $11.7 million manufacturing/research and development facility, [...]
Never Again: Special Observance of Holocaust Days of Remembrance at Palm Beach County Libraries; starts April 8
The Palm Beach County Library System will be offering a month-long series of programs in commemoration of the Holocaust Days of Remembrance. The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as our nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust. The internationally recognized date comes from the Hebrew calendar and corresponds to the 27th day of [...]
“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” at Arsht Center, Kravis Center this month a certified silly hoot!
Critics anxiously wait during a show to spot a quintessential moment that will encapsulate the dramatic arc, key character development or overarching theme central to the production. In the national tour of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, it’s “MacArthur Park.” No, really. It’s that Richard Harris/Jimmy Webb ballad from 1968 whose meaning no one had [...]
"Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" at Arsht Center, Kravis Center this month a certified silly hoot!
Critics anxiously wait during a show to spot a quintessential moment that will encapsulate the dramatic arc, key character development or overarching theme central to the production. In the national tour of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, it’s “MacArthur Park.” No, really. It’s that Richard Harris/Jimmy Webb ballad from 1968 whose meaning no one had [...]
