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'Stuck in time': Can workforce housing help Greenacres, Palm Springs retain Hispanic core?
GREENACRES — The key to keeping housing costs in Greenacres and Palm Springs affordable for the working-class people now living there may require a giant bet on an idea many embrace but few understand. The area has the potential of becoming Palm Beach County’s hub for workforce housing, said Kelly Smallridge, who grew...
New Tuition Free Charter School
The Arc of Palm Beach County debuts Bodwell Academy, a tuition free charter school that will serve students aged 3 to 22 with varied levels of intellectual and orthopedic disabilities. Bodwell Academy is a $2.5 million expansion of The Arc’s Courim Center in Riviera Beach. The remodeled facility provides six individual classrooms for preschool, middle school, and high school students, […] The post New Tuition Free Charter School first appeared on Palm Beach Florida Weekly.
New community-funded kosher room aims to support Jewish traditions at PBC hospital
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Palm Beach County has a very large Jewish community, especially in the southern part around Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, and Boca Raton. Meeting the needs for the Jewish community is a top priority for certain establishments, including hospitals like Delray Medical Center. That's why thanks to one couple and some staff there, a new hospitality room that caters to Jewish patients just opened.
As states tap into federal dollars to address climate change, Floridians lose out
Siri Alexander, 37, is an entrepreneur, selling clothes and soaps to women through her online store. Up until recently, Alexander and her 16-year-old daughter didn’t have a home. For six months they were staying with family and friends across the Tampa Bay region. "Not having my own home and...
More layoffs at freight-related firms: 607 workers cut across 4 states
Layoffs continue across the commercial transportation and freight industry, according to a new round of worker reduction notices in Florida, Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. It is the second round of layoffs since the beginning of July. Averitt Express, Bath & Body Works Logistics Services, ShipBob, and Henry Avocado Corp. announced a total of 218 layoffs earlier in the month.
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Hernando educator named state Teacher of the Year for 2025
Jaime Suarez, a mathematics teacher at Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill, has been named Florida’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. She was selected from among five finalists, the state Department of Education said, through a rigorous selection process. “Congratulations to Jaime Suarez on being...
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