Miami-Dade County joined the nation in honoring the 400,000 lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday. In a statement, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said, “So many families have lost loved ones during this devastating year. It’s important that we come together as a community and as a nation to mourn, reflect, and remember all
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Local real estate professionals are giving back to the community. NAIOP South Florida recently donated $20,719 to Jack & Jill Children’s Center. The proceeds are from the organization’s 34th annual golf tournament, adding to the $100,000 that NAIOP has donated to Jack & Jill over the past five years. “We are so pleased to present
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As Lifestyle reported in 2019 when the first restaurant opened in Delray Beach, there’s a story behind the name Elisabetta’s Ristorante. As Lisabet Summa, corporate culinary director at Big Time Restaurant Group, tells it, her parents gave her a name that “nobody has ever heard of” after deciding that the name her half-Italian father wanted
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Comcast recently opened a new Xfinity store at 165 NW 136th Ave., Sunrise, featuring multiple counters staffed by Xfinity sales consultants, comfortable seating areas and displays that illustrate all the features of Xfinity’s full range of products and services. Customers can also pay bills, get answers to account-related questions and return old equipment or pick
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Broward College President Gregory Adam Haile has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta‘s board of directors. Haile will serve as a Class B director, representing commerce, industry, agriculture, labor, and consumers. from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023. The appointment aligns to Haile’s goals at BC where he is focused on strengthening the
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Maya Ajmera advises young people not to ask themselves what they want to be when they grow up. As president and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public, and someone who oversees the organization’s competitions for students across the country, she instead asks them to consider what problem they want to solve when
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Despite the pandemic, people can still be inspired and moved by good films. That’s what the organizers of the 2021 Virtual Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival are hoping. The festival from Levis JCC’s Sandler Center in Boca Raton presents more than 50 Jewish-themed films from around the world, ranging from historical dramas
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Capping its 30th anniversary this year, Breakthrough Miami was selected as one of 13 nonprofit organizations that received the NFL’s Inspire Change Social Justice Grant. Breakthrough was the only nonprofit organization in Florida to receive funds as part of the NFL’s initiative Inspire Change, part of its 10-year $250 million commitment to social justice. Breakthrough’s
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The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami is taking art outside for a whole year for a special project. Art on the Plaza will present newly commissioned, public artworks from Miami-based artists. Artists that will have work gracing the MOCA Plaza include Reginald O’Neal, Studio AMLgMATD (Laz Ojalde and Natalie Zlamalova), a collaborative presentation by
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If you have any tangible memories from your life in 2020, don’t throw them out. HistoryMiami is collecting historical items from this time and is asking Miami residents for help. The Smithsonian Affiliate in downtown Miami has issued a call for Miamians to share stories and items from 2020 for its Collecting 2020 project. The
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This weekend, HANDY (Helping Abused Neglected Disadvantaged Youth) is inviting the community to join in its mission to provide services that educate and empower Broward County’s vulnerable youth with a Unity Weekend fundraiser Jan. 8 to Jan. 10. The fundraiser is open to individuals, teams, families and companies, who are encouraged to complete any kind
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South Florida organizations with a mission to serve the community are grateful for the generosity of philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Last year, the writer committed to the Giving Pledge, an initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates that encourages the world’s richest people to donate their money to charitable causes. As part of
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