Good morning, Boca Raton.

Boca Helping Hands will host its annual Bowling for Bread event on Aug.

30 at Lucky Strike to raise funds for its KidsPack weekend meal program that serves 1,900 local students. Supporters may sponsor a child for $100 or a lane for $500.

A Piper PA30 landed in the Atlantic near Boca Raton on Saturday, Aug.

22, when pilot Faith Tenkley encountered issues (she was flying from Page Field to Bimini) and she climbed out uninjured as crews removed the aircraft on Sunday, Aug. 23.

A Boca Raton pizzeria is celebrating a national readers’ choice win by offering a dine-in special of a 12-inch cheese pizza & six garlic knots for $9.99 until Sept.

30 at five Palm Beach County locations. Customers save more than 50% compared to its regular price.

Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and a Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Sunday from Kennedy Space Center (boosting space research).

Rocket launches may be visible along coastal areas.

Cell Dreamer, a documentary short about justice-involved youth, premieres on Sept.

4 at Aloft Delray Beach. Community leaders hope the film sparks conversations on accountability and second chances.

Local leaders will take the stage at The Studio at Mizner Park for the 10th Annual Lip Sync Battle on Thursday, Aug.

27 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets include a free drink & voting slip, and ticket proceeds will fund a new Theater for Young Audiences series during Boca Regional Chamber Festival Days.

Palm Beach State College’s District Board of Trustees completed its annual reorganization on Aug.

24 in Boca Raton and named former student Dave Kerner, JD as chair, Stacy Plean as vice chair, and Ignacia Benitez Piraino as student trustee.

A Palm Beach County building division employee is on administrative leave after reportedly making an antisemitic gesture and saying a hateful remark in a county vehicle, and officials confirmed an immediate investigation is underway.

On August 18, The Melting Pot in Boca Raton hosted its 15th annual fundraiser to fight breast cancer (donating 50% of proceeds to patient care) while offering mobile mammograms.

It partnered with the League of Ribbons and Allegiance Home Health Services to support early detection.

The Florida Department of Health proposes removing four school immunizations (including chicken pox, Hepatitis B, Hib, and pneumococcal vaccines) and broadening religious exemptions to include moral and ethical beliefs, with a 21-day public comment period.