Miami, FL – Be Strong International, a leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youth and families through healthy relationship education and community support, partnered with the Village of Palmetto Bay to host its annual Back-to-School Strong Drive-Thru Bookbag Distribution on Saturday, August 2, 2025.

The e-cigarette trend is raising alarms, especially among adolescents. Products disguised as everyday items make it easier to hide drug use and harder to prevent it.

Boca Raton, FL - The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF), host of the Anchor Awards, today announced appointment of Rick Sasso, Chairman MSC Cruises USA and three other industry leaders recently to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Sasso brings fifty-plus years of cruise industry experience to the foundation as it pursues its goal of increasing professional capacity within the Caribbean shipping industry and addressing the global shortage of officers.

The lingering smell of marijuana in a car can lead to police stops. But according to Florida cannabis law experts Mutaqee Akbar and Davis Cannady, that odor alone is often used as a pretext to investigate more serious offenses.

MIAMI-DADE – Commissioner Marleine Bastien releases the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians:

Family Action Network Movement (FANM) has issued a strong condemnation of the Trump administration’s reinstated travel ban, which is enlarged to 19 countries and is set to take effect on June 9, 2025. In a statement, FANM denounced the policy as “racist, cruel, economically disastrous, and un-American,” emphasizing its discriminatory nature and the harm it inflicts on immigrant communities, particularly those from Black, Brown, and Muslim-majority nations.

For five years, 56-year-old Lorne Walker struggled to walk comfortably after injuring his leg at work. Despite being in otherwise excellent health, complications following a previous knee replacement had left him in constant pain and dangerously close to losing his leg due to an infection.

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. — More than 700 attendees gathered at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School on Saturday, June 7, for the second annual Island SPACE Mango Festival presented by Grace Foods. A celebration of the beloved tropical fruit, the event featured a full day of flavorful fun, interactive workshops and cultural engagement designed for the whole family.

The “change of life,” as menopause is sometimes referred to, can definitely impact the lives of women experiencing this natural process of aging.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Marketing professionals Angela D. Amos, Samuel K. Doss and Gregg M. Goldstein, attorney Meisha K. Coulter and mortgage broker Scott Brian Roberts have joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County’s Board of Directors.

 ‘Music For A King’, a concert honoring fathers, takes place on June 21 at Hollywood Community Church Auditorium. It is organized by the Legacy Learning Foundation (LLF), a non-profit based in South Florida.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – In a powerful show of gratitude, alumni chapters of Calabar High School across the diaspora have once again joined forces with the Calabar Old Boys Association (COBA) in Jamaica and the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) to recognize the remarkable educators and support staff at their alma mater during Teacher Appreciation Week 2025.