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Join Your Neighbors: Potluck Picnic In The Park

Located off Rio Togas near Burnt Store Road. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please bring a meat dish, casserole, side dish and/or a dessert to share with twelve to fifteen people and bring your own beverage. Plates, silverware, napkins, and water will be provided. Come for the food and stay for […]

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The Jellyfish Museum

The Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, is home to up to 25 unique species of jellyfish collected from different corners of the world’s oceans. Here, you can discover both cold-water and warm-water species, presented in an extraordinary variety of sizes, shapes, and mesmerizing colors. Thanks to our specially designed aquariums, you don’t need to […]

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‘When You Kill It, It Doesn’t Die’

The Jellyfish That Has Cracked The Secret Of Immortality The Turritopsis dohrnii can survive adverse conditions such as high temperature, physical cutting, starvation, and chemicals in water. Immortality is generally considered the realm of the gods or science fiction, a fantasy that’s actively pursued by tech entrepreneurs in macabre experiments that include injecting “young blood”, […]

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Red Dot, Red Dot! Oh, Where Art Thou Red Dot?

Above the doorknob on your front door, I hope. Yes, there is a Red Dot Medical Information Program. What is it? It is a program with all your important medical information captured in one place to aid an EMS (Emergency Medical Services) when they are summoned to your home for an emergency. The medical information […]

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Quote Of The Month

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus, 460 BC – 370 BC

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Thanksgiving Day Facts And Trivia You Should Know

Thanksgiving is among America’s most beloved national holidays, but its early history is a muddled affair. Even the details of the famous feast between the Plymouth Colony settlers and the Wampanoag Native Americans in November 1621 are sketchy. The best account we have of that event is a letter from English settler Edward Winslow that […]

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Did You Know?

THE FIRST COMBAT-DEPLOYED SUBMARINE VESSEL DEBUTED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The submersible, known as the Turtle, had only enough air to be submerged for 30 minutes. Its first mission, planting a bomb underneath a British warship, failed, and it was only used two other times before an American ship transporting it was sunk by British […]

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Good Neighbor Program

Let us know if you would like to be connected with a neighbor. Neighborhood Watch is accepting resident profiles as a community service for those who may need assistance from time to time, particularly in the event of a severe storm or hurricane. To obtain a copy of the profile and/or to obtain additional information, […]

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BSLPOA Website – BSLPOA.ORG

HOW TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH BSLPOA!  Our website allows us to welcome you and share the ins and outs, the activities, the benefits, and the advantages of living in Burnt Store Lakes. It is the primary communications vehicle for our Association. All members receive BSL email information notices as they are sent, unless they […]

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Florida Fun Fact

FLORIDA IS HOME TO THE ONLY CORAL BARRIER REEF IN THE UNITED STATES America’s only living coral reef is in the Sunshine State, protected by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The coral reef stretches 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas to the St. Lucie Inlet and harbors over 40 species of reef-building corals feeding […]