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Parkland veteran receives his high school diploma, 63 years later
SOUTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — A Parkland High School graduate received his diploma this week — 63 years after he left school. The Parkland School Board on Tuesday gave Robert Seel, Class of 1961, his long-awaited diploma. Seel left Parkland High School in his senior year in January...
Florida is much safer than Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Osgood: The only logical way to look at murder rates is homicides per capita. Cherrypicking a total deaths number without reference to the number of residents in a state is foolish at best and disingenuous at worst. Florida was ranked 27th in the United States with 5.0 deaths...
NBA Legend Shaquille O'Neal Set to Headline Event at Florida Atlantic
Get ready South Florida, because the Diesel has decided to call back to his music career, and it will happen in Boca Raton. Shaquille O'Neal, aside from a legendary basketball career, is known for his dips into music, specifically hip-hop and freestyle rap. O'Neal broke into mainstream music in the ...
Boca Raton synagogue finds new home after neighbors objected to previous site
Boca Beach Chabad has gotten so crowded that some congregants have told Rabbi Ruvi New they’ve stopped attending services. That’s the last thing a rabbi wants to hear. But relief is finally coming: The Boca Raton synagogue has closed the deal on a bigger site near the Intracoastal Waterway after searching for a new location for almost a decade. The Orthodox congregation had originally hoped to ...
Gym Catering To Kids With Autism, Special Needs Opens In RPB
We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym, an international children’s gym franchise, recently opened its new location in Royal Palm Beach. The opening of We Rock the Spectrum Palm Beach was accompanied by a celebration on Saturday, Aug. 10 at the new gym, located at 1169 Royal Palm Beach Blvd. Families with children from all walks of life will get to experience a breadth of sensory and physically beneficial activities within a safe, clean and controlled environment.
Buyer of Serena Williams’ crumbling childhood home was debt-ridden in past & previously abandoned a ‘very scary’ house
SERENA Williams’ stepmom is under yet more scrutiny over the sale of the tennis ace’s childhood home – as the deal grows ever murkier, The U.S. Sun can reveal. Her stepmother Lakeisha Williams admitted in court documents to faking her husband Richard‘s signature to transfer the title deeds of his Florida mansion into her name. […]
Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
(The Center Square) — Nearly 2 million Florida electricity customers will pay a higher base rate after Duke Energy Florida's increase petition was approved by state regulators. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the highly contested rate hike Wednesday after negotiations between Duke Energy, groups representing residential customers — including the Sierra Club and the League of United Latin American Citizens — industrial customers and environmentalists reached a mutual agreement. ...
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