Palm Beach County issued a COVID-19 Vaccine update January 8, 2021. The statement issued by the county has been reposted verbatim in its entirety.

 “Thank you for contacting the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County (DOH-Palm Beach), and for your interest in the COVID-19 Vaccine.

Our local telephone appointment line is currently full and closed for COVID-19 vaccine requests. At this time appointments should only be requested by sending an email to chd50feedback@flhealth.gov. There are no spaces or hyphens in this email address. Please remember to include your name, phone number, and date of birth.

All emails are being received. Due to the extremely high volume, you will not get an auto-response at this time, **repeated emails are…

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The Dinner Detective is an experience unlike any other! This is an interactive, comedy/murder mystery dinner theater located within the Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach. It offers an amazing murder mystery show paired with a fantastic four-course plated dinner. Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a prime suspect before you know it!

From the very beginning of the dinner event all the actors are hidden within the audience and are not dressed in costume. Anyone in the room can end up being part of the show, including YOU!  The actors are not dressed in costume so keep your eyes open. This results in an…

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The City of West Palm Beach Division of Community Events will be navigating the new year with a program called “Revamp Fun in ’21”. The “Revamp Fun in ‘21” is a campaign to reintroduce popular signature scheduling events like Clematis by Night, Screen on the Green, and Sunday on the Waterfront beginning in January,2021. These family fun events will be held at the Meyer Amphitheatre , 104 Datura Street, in downtown West Palm Beach with all the CDC-recommended precautions in place. The location will be fenced for 10 weeks for “Revamp Fun in ’21”, which will run through early March of the new year.

While Clematis by Night and Screen on the Green took place on the Great Lawn downtown in previous years the site has switched. The Meyer Amphitheatre will…

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Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, 2500 Jupiter Park Drive in Jupiter, received a $20,000 grant to fund environmental education. The grant, awarded by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, is intended to fund virtual fields trips for children in schools across Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast.  This generous donation from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation will impact up to 1,000 children in 40 classrooms. 

The program is a STEM curriculum-based project and will enhance the children’s science courses to keep them involved with nature. Through these creative environmental programs, children and adults learn about and participate in conservation efforts to protect and preserve Florida's wildlife and natural habitats. “When Covid hit, we ramped up virtual…

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South Florida seems to follow closely with design trends for the home.  The new year, 2021, brings new dining room design trends.  Ideas that are stylish and cozy. These ideas are not just for function but for aesthetic purposes as well.

In the last couple of years, round dining room tables have been gaining favor in popularity.  2021 design trends are indicating round tables being a very big trend.  Round dining room tables are very stylish in appearance and very practical in smaller spaces.

Round tables come in a wide variety of design concepts.  The curves of the round table create a more comfortable and personal environment to dine.  It chicer and more intimate than a long rectangular table.

To update your dining room simply, just add…

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Bonjour et bienvenue Palm Beach County. Sign up for a French class and learn to read write and speak French fluently. These French classes are perfect for the beginner to late intermediate French speaking student. Learning French is the pleasure of learning a beautiful, rich, melodious language that is often called the language of love.  More than 300 million people speak the French language  on the five continents. French is the international language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance, and architecture. A knowledge of French offers access to great works of literature in the original French, as well as films and songs. 

Join *French with Madeleine* for weekly Zoom conversation practices. Each week explore a particular theme…

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A manatee rescued in West Palm Beach is now being treated in Miami at the Miami Seaquarium.  Police officers with Riviera Beach and West Palm Beach teamed up with officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to rescue the manatee near the Manatee Lagoon.  A spokesman at Manatee Lagoon said the manatee is being treated for a severe lung infection.  The good news is she is eating regularly now.

Manatee Lagoon is one of Palm Beach County’s fun and engaging family-friendly attractions, with interactive, entertaining exhibits that tickle your curiosity about the environment of the Lake Worth Lagoon and the wonderful world of manatees. Due to COVID the family friendly attraction is temporarily closed.

FPL constructed…

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The Village of North Palm Beach Library is located at 303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach is accepting book donations. Do not throw away your old books – upcycle them!  Perhaps keep the North Palm Beach Library in mind and donate them where they can get another chance at life. The library gratefully accepts donations, and the proceeds from the donated books are used to help support the community library.

Did you know you can borrow E-books and E-audiobooks from the Village Library? There are thousands of titles available, including New York Times Bestsellers.

The Village Library also has “Adult Takeaway Kits”, “Teen Takeaway Kits”, “Children Kids Takeaway Kits”.  Stop by the North Palm Beach Library to pick up a FREE “Takeaway Kit”. There will…

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It is 2021 and we should be incorporating healthy habits into our lives.  Perhaps you are at a loss for a new healthy habit.  Look no further than my family’s homeland, Spain.  Wander around the streets of Spain in the mid-afternoon and you will likely find a lot of the shops are closed briefly. That is because the country still values the midday nap. The rest is called a "Spain siesta". The term stems from the Latin word for “sixth hour,” which traditionally fell around noon since the day started at dawn. 

Obviously getting some extra zzz’s can make you feel more rested, but there are other physical health benefits, including better heart function, hormonal maintenance, and cell repair.  According to a study by the researchers at NASA, a brief…

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Bedner's Farm Fresh Market takes great pride in being one of the few remaining family owned and operated farmer's market in Southeast Florida. The family takes pride in bringing fresh produce from the farm, grown right outside their back door.

The Bedner's grow a wide variety of vegetables on the 80 acres where the Market is located. These crops are rotated every year to achieve best crop production. The farm offers u-pick, tractor rides, educational field trips, freshly made ice cream and private parties in addition to the fresh produce grown. Giving opportunity to for fresh, locally grown produce to go from “farm to fork”.

Sustainable agriculture is a way of producing food that is healthy to eat and does not harm the environment.  There is no…

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