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The Arc plans Wild Pants at Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Pull on your fancy pants and take a walk on the wild side at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. On Friday, April 28, The Arc of Palm Beach County will hold its annual Wild Pants “fun-raiser” at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Bold prints and even bolder personalities will hit the catwalk in a colorful fashion show to raise money for the nonprofit, which […]

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Parenting goals TikTokker Will Meyers posted in early April that he had to “go pick up my kid from school today because I made a big mistake,” the Daily Mail reported. As Meyers packed his son’s lunch that morning, he loaded in a can of Guinness — because the black can looks a lot like Liquid Death sparkling water. “It […]

Telehealth cut fatal opioid overdoses during COVID, study shows

The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study. “The results of this study add to the growing research documenting the benefits of expanding the use of telehealth services for people with opioid use disorder, as […]

UNIVERSAL SCHOOL VOUCHERS: HOW MUCH AND WHO’S PAYING?

The price tag for school vouchers draws a variety of estimates, and in Arizona, where similar law was enacted, the governor says the program could bankrupt the state.


While HB1, Florida’s universal school vouchers bill, made its short legislative journey from being passed by the House on March 17 to its equivalent bill being passed by the Senate on March 23 to Gov. DeSantis signing it into law in a ceremony at a private Catholic school in Miami on March 27, questions hung in the air about the […]

Wild & Scenic film fest returns to lighthouse

Get set to get wild at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns for a ninth year to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area on Saturday, April 8. This environmental and adventure film festival screens outdoors along the shores of the Loxahatchee River from 6 to 10 p.m. The JILM joins hundreds of organizations and […]

Life sometimes finds a way

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One August day, a wandering ecologist named John Cassani found himself bumping up onto Mound Key Archaeological State Park in the middle of the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. There, the Calusa Indians once discarded their seashells in vast quantities, with intent. On what they’d eaten and pitched they built the command center of a sprawling kingdom, a culture of as […]

BAM Festival to celebrate reading at Mandel library

BAM! Organizers of this festival want to spark a love of reading. The BAM Festival returns April 15 to the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach and the 400 block of Clematis Street with 28 award-winning authors and illustrators. “BAM is a free community event that allows children and young adults to meet and learn from some of the […]

Florida Prepaid to partner with FPL on scholarships

The Florida Prepaid College Foundation announced it is partnering with Florida Power & Light Company to award $4.2 million in college scholarships to students living in the most poverty-stricken ZIP codes in the state, providing two-year college scholarships to 1,000 students over the next four years. FPL’s donation of $2.1 million, matched dollar-for-dollar by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation, is […]

Children’s Hospital marks Child Abuse Prevention Month



How can you tell if someone is abusing a child? Also known as nonaccidental trauma, child abuse can happen in many different forms, including physical, mental, sexual and neglect. In criminal form, the United States defines it “as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or […]

Women to have increased access to cancer screenings

Women in Palm Beach County soon will have more access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, thanks to $951,500 in federal funding. Congresswoman Lois Frankel secured the federal grant to replicate the Promise Fund of Florida’s Women’s Health Center l at Genesis Community Health in Boynton Beach. Some of the money also will support expanded cervical health programs at Promise […]


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