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2011-12-17 :: Christine // Other Things
Small Business Help 4 Free

Last August, after Amy Woods and I launched NorthCountyCurrent.com, we consulted with business anaylst Sharon Geltner at Palm Beach State University’s Small Business Development Center in Boca Raton. We are letting you all know that she’s now available for consultation in Palm Beach Gardens, as well. Due to popular demand from north county businesses, the [...]

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This weekend, for Live Oak’s kiln opening and sale, I went out to Justin Lambert’s home and studio to see how that all worked. The photo he had on his site of the kiln looked interesting, a kind of cross between Noah and the Whale and … I’m not sure what. Click here to see [...]

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2011-12-12 :: Christine // Other Things
Christmas tree

I finally had to put my friend, Isabel’s, small Christmas tree away (a godsend for two Christmases). Lights were dead, and dust was yaythick, and the kids will want to see a real tree for Christmas. So, since there were only two trees left at Publix (and rather brown looking at that), I decided to [...]

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Justin Lambert of Live Oak Pottery Ceramics Studio is hosting his Third Annual Anagama Kiln Opening and Holiday Sale, on  Sunday, Dec. 11 from  11 a.m. to 3 p.m. His studio is located at 17847 Brian Way, Jupiter. To find out what anagama means and to see all about wood and soda firing (very interesting) [...]

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The Lighthouse ArtCenter’s 2nd annual Landscape Exhibition Show awarded Debbie Lee Mostel’s SouthWest By Sky as Best in Show. The piece is an abstract mixed media expression from her collection “Technology Deconstructed/Nature Reconstructed,”and  features integrated circuits, a vintage globe and Tiffany Glass, all layered over a dramatic Southwest landscape. Mostel has two other pieces in [...]

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This past week (Dec 1-4), art lovers of the world descended on Miami for Art Basel and its host of satellite fairs, public venues and private spaces. Once one actually gets into the thick of things, and starts to comprehend just how much is going on, it’s easy to see how it can take four [...]

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2011-12-02 :: Christine // Health
HIV AIDS Research at Scripps Jupiter

On World AIDS Day, December 1, Scripps, Jupiter campus, researcher Susana Valente, Ph.D., delivered the first presentation in this season’s Front Line of Hope series. Valente, assistant professor in the Department of Infectology at Scripps, has just been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for HIV / AIDS research. The [...]

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