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Grown-Up Spelling Bee Promotes Literacy

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 6:19pm - 1142 VIEWS

On October 15th the Harriet Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach will host an adult spelling bee to benefit the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County. Proceeds from the bee will be used to finance the Coalition’s education programs like Adult Literacy, After School Reads, and Budding Readers. The

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A Lowcountry Whole Grain Revival

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 5:00pm - 1130 VIEWS

Root Baking Company in Charleston is looking to spark a whole grain revival in the Lowcountry. Founder Chris Wilkins is looking forward to playing with Southern grains and is against turning artisan bread into a luxury. You can find his rustic breads at The Veggie Bin and at the John Island Farmers

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Miracle Chef” Shows Magic can be Made with Recovered Food

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 12:23pm - 1114 VIEWS

Last week, Boca Helping Hands held an event called Miracle Chef in which teams of cooks competed against each other to make amazing food using recovered ingredients. The teams were all made of Helping Hands volunteers who spend the rest of the year using recovered ingredients to create 200 hot meal

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Welcoming the New Gaillard Center to Charleston

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 12:00pm - 1154 VIEWS

It might be Charleston's greatest public building in centuries: the new $142 million Gaillard Center has turned the city's modest 1968 auditorium and exhibit hall into a neoclassical landmark that will be a centerpiece of Charleston architecture for centuries to come. Most will view the Gaillard

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The No-Work Fruit That Gets a Bad Rap

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 9:00am - 1201 VIEWS

Bad press for the persimmon tree goes back as far as the early 17th century, when John Smith himself wrote that if a persimmon is "not ripe, it will draw a man's mouth awrie with much torment." A ripe persimmon though, is a different story altogether. The American persimmon is native in the Eastern

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Weston Teen Gets Sweet Ride Through Make-A-Wish

by NV Realty Group on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 8:17am - 1219 VIEWS

Danny “Sire” Adams, a 14-year-old who is currently battling brain cancer, recently got an awesome present from the Make-A-Wish foundation. As friends and family looked on, the foundation presented Danny with his own customized golf cart. The cart, which is decked out with surround sound, a DVD

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The History of Local Favorite Food

by NV Realty Group on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at 5:00pm - 1164 VIEWS

The Oyster Loaf has a number of purported birthplaces, from New Orleans to San Francisco. The local South Carolina version though, is a little different. Rather than bread filled with fried oysters, this sandwich involves filling bread with oysters and butter, replacing the top, and baking the stuff

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Sunshine State to Create 200 Green Jobs in Palm Beach

by NV Realty Group on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at 4:16pm - 1139 VIEWS

The Sunshine State Biomass Cooperative, a recycling company, will be opening a new facility in western Palm Beach County. The company purchased a 25-acre site at 1740 N. State Market Road in Pahokee, and plans to build a 20,000-square-foot facility that will employ 200 people. The facility will rec

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'Promises’ Lives up to its Promise in Broward

by NV Realty Group on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at 12:22pm - 1197 VIEWS

Broward Stage Door is currently reviving the 1968 Burt Bacharach/Neil Simon musical Promises, Promises. The musical is a period piece set in the 1960s, and Stage Door’s production does everything it can to stay true to the decade. Choreographer Kevin Black keeps the dancing similar to the freneti

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Embrace Fall Fashions in the Home

by NV Realty Group on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 at 12:00pm - 1140 VIEWS

Are you looking to update your home decor this fall? This season is all about mixing things up using rustic, contemporary, and traditional styles. The handmade look reigns supreme, and you can expect plenty of furniture labeled with a place of origin and the maker's information. What else is trendin

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