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Boca Helping Hands. With a unique holiday season around the corner, Boca Helping Hands is asking the community to donate time or money to its 2020 Thanksgiving Box Brigade program, which provides turkeys and a box filled with everything a family needs to prepare a holiday meal. Those seeking to volunteer can host a fall

[image_with_text image=”28720″]Burlock Coast: Go oceanside with a special promotion. From 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Burlock Coast offers The Neilster for a reduced price of $12. The double patty burger is topped with swiss cheese, mushrooms, bell peppers, lettuce, haystack onions and Au Poivre aioli.[/image_with_text][image_with_text image=”28721″]PINCHO: The local chain premiers a brand new burger just in time

Lifestyle continues to reach out to businesspeople all over South Florida to ask questions about the impact COVID-19 has had on their businesses—and what the future holds. Today, we check in Jeffrey Queen, co-founder and CEO of Boca Raton-based Integrated Dermatology.   Business backstory: Integrated Dermatology is the largest independent dermatology group in the U.S., with

Being called out for loud snoring isn’t exactly an ego booster, but it’s hardly the most pressing concern for those suffering with sleep apnea, the disorder during which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. In severe cases, obstructive sleep apnea can lead to Type 2 diabetes, congestive heart failure and stroke. But thanks to physician Lee

The Casino @ Dania Beach recently announced upcoming performances in October. Queen tribute band Absolute Queen performs Oct. 3; Valerie Tyson Band performs funk and R&B tribute “Through the Decades of Soul” on Oct. 17; and H20 performs a tribute to “The Music of Hall & Oates” on Oct. 31. Tickets range from $7 and

MK Takeaways (featured image above): A perfect menu for virtual gatherings, this menu includes a wide variety of choices for starters and sides such as matzoh ball soup, parsnip latkes with apple chutney, green beans with crispy leeks, cranberries and savory potato kugel. For entrees, there are three delicious choices: pomegranate braised brisket, honey balsamic

Registration for sponsorship is now open for the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida’s Campfires to Cocktails, a virtual fundraising event that promises culinary adventures with Chef Adrianne Calvo. “We are thrilled to have Chef Adrianne’s involvement in this one of a kind event. Girl Scouts are innovative, and community and sisterhood are paramount to us,”

[image_with_text image=”28639″]Members of the Junior League of Boca Raton, including members of its Self Esteem Committee, made nearly 500 cards for patients at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The cards will be delivered on patients’ dinner trays to brighten their days as no visitors are allowed at the hospital. Pictured: Back row (left to right): Shelia

As if the hip pockets in and around Flagler Village aren’t already transforming the Fort Lauderdale scene, along comes yet another inspired project to add to the ever-growing mix of offerings. Society 8 Hospitality Group recently opened the doors to Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery, an original 24,000-square-foot concept that encompasses a food hall, retail and

Lifestyle continues to reach out to businesspeople all over South Florida to ask questions about the impact COVID-19 has had on their businesses—and what the future holds. Today, we check in with John Alfano, president and CEO of Doris Italian Market & Bakery. Business background: Starting out as a mom and pop meat market in

In the past 10 years, the annual jazz series at Pinecrest Gardens has become a beloved tradition for jazz lovers in Miami and South Florida. This year, in spite of the pandemic, music lovers can take a virtual trip to Pinecrest Gardens to enjoy world-class acts through JazzAid Live from the Banyan Bowl—while supporting a

Over the past decade, a local fundraising event that mirrors Dancing with the Stars has emerged as one of the most popular and entertaining social gatherings of the season in Palm Beach County. But, like so many other nonprofits, the George Snow Scholarship Fund had to pivot amid the pandemic. Fortunately, for fans of the