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Number 489 • Year XI COMMUNITY see page 8
Chef Blake Malatesta’s Meal Boxes Benefit Underserved
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL COMMUNITY see page 12
All Ages to Light Up Chanukah as Annual Community Event Goes Virtual
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Health Care District partners with Palm Beach State College to advance registered nurses’ education and leadership
November 25 - December 3, 2020
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Sanitized, socially distanced Wick Theatre reopens with live shows, musicals
Palm Beach County Emergency Order Issued Extending Facial Coverings Emergency Order 2020012 has been extended by Emergency Order 2020-030 requiring face coverings in Palm Beach County. Considering the most current data on COVID-19 spread in Palm Beach County and throughout the nation, the CDC recommendations on wearing of facial coverings, and the safe operation of businesses and public schools, the County Administrator has determined that it is necessary and appropriate to extend Emergency Order Number 2020-012 for an additional thirty days.
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Boca thanks Veterans for their service despite Covid-19 Discipline. Humility. Bravery. That’s what it takes to serve in the U.S. Military, according to NJROTC Cadet Commander Evan Bycholski. To leave behind family, friends and familiar places, live on mealsready-to-eat (MRE’s), and fight on the front lines is something most of us will never know. But we should thank those who do. Boca Raton High School’s NJROTC was one of about a dozen groups appearing in the City of Boca Raton’s first-ever Virtual Veterans Day Ceremony.
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Special Olympics Florida Athlete and IRONMAN, Chris Nikic Welcomed Home
Keeping the Promise Capital Campaign Receives $2.5 Million Gift The Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation has made a $2.5 million gift to Keeping the Promise… The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The Foundation’s gift has helped the campaign raise nearly $170 million toward its $250 million goal. “The Foundation is represented by wonderful longtime friends of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Jayne Malfitano, Laura Sylvester, and the extended Sylvester family,” said Lincoln Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health. “We continue to be grateful to them and the family’s gift and each expression of support that they make so selflessly.” The Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation gift will be recognized in the new patient tower with the naming of the Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Gift Shop.
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