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East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL - November 22, through November 28, 2013 • Year IV • Number 163
Happy Thanksgiving, Boca Raton!
Community FAU Named to ‘Military Times’ 120 Best Colleges for Vets
BOCA RATON -- It’s beginning to look a lot like Thanksgiving. The holiday that celebrates everything from the Pilgrim harvest to Charlie Brown to the Macy’s Parade will be held Thursday, Nov. 22 in millions of homes around this nation. In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a poorly documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in presentday Massachusetts. The original Plymouth feast and the idea of “giving thanks” were prompted by a good harvest that followed a difficult winter. In later years, religious thanksgiving services were declared by civil leaders such as Governor William Bradford...
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Community Project Holiday Delivers Holiday Spirit to Deployed Military See page 5
Municipal Jewelry store robbed in Royal Palm Plaza See page 11
Municipal Police: Romeo Stuffed Juliet Into Duffel bag to Sneak into Sober Halfway House See page 11
Business Boca Firm Chosen By Largest U.S. Olympic Training Site See page 23
Business Premiere Open House and Cooking Demonstration
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10-year-old Girl Throws Birthday Party at Boca Helping Hands
By: Linda Santacruz Deborah Faerman surprised her mother when she told her where she wanted to throw her birthday party this year. For this girl, it wasn’t Chuck E Cheese or Boomers. On Oct. 26, the 10-year-old invited all of her classmates from Addison Mizner Elementary to come and work as a volunteer at Boca Helping Hands. As for gifts, Deborah had them bring food to be donated. “It’s fun to volunteer,” said Deborah Faerman, who helps out at BHH almost every week. “I wanted my friends to know how fun it is for me to volunteer and for them to see if they could do this.”
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Boca Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker Features Guest Stars from American Ballet Theatre Boca Raton, FL – Presented by Marleen and Harold* Forkas, Boca Ballet Theatre’s beloved version of The Nutcracker features world-renowned guest artists, magical sets and sparkling costumes. Enchanting choreography by Co-Artistic Director Dan Guin, paired with a score by Tchaikovsky, brings this magical tale to life with a cast of more than 100 dancers, including American Ballet Theatre stars Sarah Smith and Roman Zhurbin. The dynamic duo awed audiences as the jilted lovers in Boca Ballet Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet in 2007, and they will shine once again in The Nutcracker. Sarah Smith, originally from Bad Axe, Michigan, will be performing the role of the See page B1 Sugar Plum Fairy. Nearly 400,000 readers!
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