American Sugar Refining, a member of West Palm Beach-based ASR Group, and its parent companies – Florida Crystals Corp. and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida – celebrated the maiden voyage of the newly constructed barge Knot Refined, which departed from the Port of Palm Beach to deliver 18,000 tons of Palm Beach County-grown and -milled raw sugar to ASR Group’s Domino Sugar refinery in New York.
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Finfrock Gift Creates Scholarship for Boys & Girls Club Teens to Attend PBSC
Palm Beach State College has received a $20,000 donation from philanthropist Laura Finfrock to launch a scholarship for Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County members at the Smith & Moore Family Teen Center in Belle Glade.
More > “Finfrock Gift Creates Scholarship for Boys & Girls Club Teens to Attend PBSC”FINFROCK’s Bill Finfrock Makes Florida 600
A Vanderbilt-trained civil engineer with an MBA from Rollins College, Finfrock manages the process of business and project development at the family construction firm that his grandfather started more than 75 years ago. Finfrock is the largest single source provider of precast buildings in the state and the leading design-builder of parking structures in the nation.
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One of the largest manufacturing companies in Florida Is expanding into the Belle Glade area, and with that expansion comes more than 200 job opportunities.
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Palm Beach County job seekers have much to be thankful for this holiday season, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted):
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Lynn University has named Jada Diogostine as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2021, which will occur May 15.
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South Florida market-bullish Finfrock outlines $36 million plant
Design-build and precast, prestressed specialist Finfrock expects to upward of $40 million in production facilities and administrative offices at Glades Gateway Commerce Park in Belle Glade, Fla. An advanced satellite to the producer’s flagship located just north of Orlando, the 140,000-sq.-ft. operation will better serve commercial developers in Palm Beach, Dade and Broward counties as well as in Southwest Florida, while also bringing jobs and economic stimulus to the region.
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School District Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year Announced
Toshimi Abi-Janiga, teacher at Riviera Beach Preparatory Academy and Hernan Avila, Instructional Technical Support Assistant (ITSA) at Wellington Community High School have been named the School District of Palm Beach County’s Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year respectively. The announcement was made during a live ceremony on Tuesday, March 30.
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NFL Player Inspires Students to Dream Big
Te’von Coney, an NFL linebacker for the Las Vegas Raiders, visited John F. Kennedy Middle School to inspire students to dream big. His message was that anyone has the potential to succeed, if they set their mind to it.
Coney graduated from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School and went on to attend Notre Dame University. He graduated in May 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a minor in business economics. He signed with the Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2019.
Palm Beach Post: Belle Glade celebrates company’s expansion that will bring 200 jobs to city
BELLE GLADE — On a bright, breezy day, under a pavilion near Lake Okeechobee where Belle Glade announces important news and welcomes high-profile guests, the region’s movers and shakers gathered Thursday to celebrate a corporate expansion that will mean 200 new jobs in an area hungry for them.
