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East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, FL - December 28, 2012 through January 9, 2013 • Year III • Number 128- FREE
FAU Receives $500,000 Gift from ADT Clock Once Displayed at Fenway Park Finds New Home at FAU Stadium BOCA RATON – The Florida Atlantic University athletics department recently received a gift of $500,000 for its on-campus stadium from Boca Raton-based ADT. In appreciation, a large clock featuring the company’s iconic blue logo is being mounted on the exterior of FAU Stadium, which welcomes thousands of guests at football games and other events throughout the year. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to ADT for this gift,” said FAU President Mary Jane Saunders. “We are proud to display the ADT clock at our stadium, where it will serve as a constant reminder of the company’s generous contribution to FAU.”
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Life & Arts Cultural Council of Palm Beach County hosts Member Reception to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition See page B1
Community Goodwill Industries gets grant from Countess’s 100th birthday bucks See page 5
Community FAU to Host Lecture Series on Holocaust, Judaic Studies
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Business Business of the Year Award Winner for West Boca Chamber of Commerce See page 26
At check presentation are, from left, FAU President Mary Jane Saunders, ADT Vice President of Consumer Marketing Lewis Long, FAU Vice President of Community Engagement Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson ’05 and FAU Athletics Director Patrick Chun.
Happy New Year Boca Express Train Museum Announces New Tour for New Year BOCA RATON – The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum announces the launch of a new tour program at the Boca Express Train Museum located at the Boca Raton FEC Railway Depot, Count de Hoernle Pavilion, 747 South Dixie Highway. The Boca Express comprises two restored 1947 streamline rail cars, a 1946 Atlantic Coast Line caboose and 1940s Baldwin switch engine in addition to the restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway depot. Visitors will receive their tickets in the station and be given a tour of the site and a brief introduction to Boca Raton’s history.
Then they will step back in time to experience a nostalgic tour about the glamorous days of train travel via living history interpreters who will regale the “passengers” who happen upon train crew members at work. Tours are the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month January through April starting at 1 p.m. Space is limited and reservations are required.
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