The women in the Boca West Country Club's ladies league don’t mind giving back to the community as they raised funds for breast cancer research in its annual Play for P.I.N.K. tournament.

Columnist Bea Lewis looks at the best ways parents can talk to their adult kids.

The 16th annual Spa Day Charity Event recently took place at The Oaks at Boca Raton as nearly 300 participants, volunteers and spa providers attended for an important cause. The Oaks at Boca Raton partnered with Touch A Heart Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of less fortunate children in the South Florida tri-county area.

The Boca West Children's Foundation has decided to give its fundraising efforts a big push on Sunday, March 1 during its 10th-anniversary grand gala with its headliner, comedian Jay Leno.

Those whose lives come with physical and emotional limitations enjoy every opportunity to experience more of the world around them, and one of those experiences is the annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities.From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, Spanish River Park and the adjacent beachfront along A1A in Boca Raton will be transformed into a paradise for those who would not normally be able to participate in water-related activities.

It didn’t take Morgan Pressel and Jaye Marie Green long to draw large crowds at the recent Gainbridge LPGA tournament at Boca Rio.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Palm Beach and Treasure Coast chapter has announced the 27 candidates who have signed up for “Students of the Year,” who will compete to raise the most money for the organization.

By Austen Erblat

Feb 14, 2020

The Soccer Association of Boca Raton (SABR) recreational season is in the playoff stage with the Tom Cherubin Cup finals slated for February 29th at the Spanish River Athletic Complex.

South Florida is the 14th most dangerous place in the country for auto-pedestrian accidents, according to a study conducted by the nonprofit organization Smart Growth America that analyzed those types of crashes from 2008 to 2017.

Cindy Trinder tap dances and does splits. Now 91, she started dancing at 9 and professionally at 16 and was an exotic acrobatic contortionist appearing in major nightclubs and cabarets across the country.For the last 15 years, she’s been a part of the New Florida Follies, a nonprofit made up of over 35 former professional dancers ages 55 to 96 including Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, NFL cheerleaders as well as a June Taylor dancer, a Las Vegas dancer, a Latin Quarter showgirl and a Playboy bunny.

Two local Boca Raton girls are headed to the FHSAA Class 2A girls weightlifting championships this weekend in Panama City.

Somerset Academy Canyons – Boynton Beach delivered a knockout blow to St. John Paul II Academy, 3-2 (5-4 PKs) in the District 12-3A semifinal to end the Eagles’ season at 9-6-1.

Jason Blair, of Addison Mizner Elementary School in Boca Raton, is recognized for the Sun Sentinel/Publix Kids of Character program for responsibility.

Ciambelline, or anise cookies, pair well with espresso or the last bit of wine from dinner. At Trattoria Romana in Boca Raton, they are complimentary after meals.

Did you know that flowers are the universal language of love? Ever since cupid shot his first arrow into a love-shy maiden, both men and women have given flowers to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day.

A heartwarming encounter with a young sex-trafficking survivor in a safe house in Mexico left Abigail Howard with a newfound mission: to help end sex trafficking. In 2017, Howard founded Project Micah 6:8, a nonprofit with the goal of partnering with other safe houses and businesses that are also doing their part to help end sex trafficking.

Columnist Dorothy Dworkin attended the 35th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 11 days of screenings, celebrity watching, parties, tributes, forums and behind-the-scenes artisans’ talks

To combat reading challenges among local families, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County provides literacy support services, as it has been for the past 30 years through 11 programs at 187 sites from Jupiter to Boca Raton to Belle Glade.

Local elections in Florida as well as the presidential primary are in March and the deadline to register to vote or update your registration is in February. The mayor of Boca Raton has a challenger in the election and two seats are up for grabs in Delray Beach. Here's how much money their campaigns have and who is donating.

By Austen Erblat

Jan 31, 2020

When Jose Henriquez moved to Boca Raton from Chile last July, he didn’t plan on playing middle school soccer.