Local officials to consider toll for Florida Keys highway
Florida keys highway. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA MIAMI (AP) – Local officials in the Florida Keys are launching a study into whether a toll could …
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Want to go to the park? Great, just don’t try to walk there
A bird in A.D. Barnes Park. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By LINDA ROBERTSON The Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) – When Caroline Parker Santiago and her …
Pinecrest Gardens receives thousands for jazz series
Left photo: NEA Chairman Jane Chu PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PINECREST, Fla. – National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Pinecrest …
Father Figures: Will Packer
Will Packer PHOTO COURTESY OF UBERTOPIC Black PR Wire Emmy-nominated producer Will Packer has established himself as one of Hollywood’s blockbuster hit makers with eight …
Royal Caribbean uses Snapchat to give users underwater glimpse
Royal Caribbean is introducing a Snapchat experience. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROYAL CARIBBEAN Courtesy of PR Newswire MIAMI – Royal Caribbean invites the world to experience …
Small World Elementary School Pre‐Kindergarten Prom Queen
My name is Asya Pinckney. I am only 4 years old and already my mommy has me reading on a first grade level. This school …
Blacks should be proud to call ABFF their own
PHOTOS COURTESY OF KEVIN HICKS By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com It is SO important that blacks tell their own stories. And maybe that’s why 8,500 …
New Faces of TV inspire black crowd of hopefuls at this year’s ABFF
Left to right: Actors and actresses Dondre Whitfield (Queen Sugar), Merle Dandridge (Greenleaf), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have it), Jessie T. Usher (Survivor’s Remorse), Dawn-Lyen …
Florida reef rescuers keep pace with climate change
Marine biologist Diego Lirman PHOTO COURTESY OF RESEARCHGATE By JENNY STALETOVICH The Miami Herald MIAMI – Ten years ago, when scientists in South Florida began …
How homeless man’s friends, not the system, helped him
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By WAYNE WASHINGTON The Palm Beach Post SOUTH BAY, Fla. – By the time Darryl Henderson found himself sleeping on an …