Author: Carma Henry

  Moore’s latest book Financial Freedom focuses on building financial wellness for families. It covers the steps and processes to acquire, grow, protect, and transfer wealth to generations.

WATSON Funeral services for the James Watson III 40 were held Dec-ember 30th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Virgil Lynch, Sr. officiating.

BRONSON Funeral services for the late Elbert Lee “Tim” Bronson, Jr. – 53 were held January 2nd at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center LEWERS Funeral…

      Trendsetting hip hop star and the only female member of the mega group Three 6 Mafia has reportedly died at the age of 43.

     Start your new year off right with the best in music, art and fun at Old Town Untapped on January 6, 2023! The headliner band is Girlfriend Material, one of the most dynamic party bands in South Florida. Visit Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCa) to meet this month’s featured artist in residence, mosaic wizard Darcy Roberts. Attend the opening reception for the stirring new exhibition, Men Painting Women. Enjoy craft beer, food trucks, and artist vendors selling unique and artistic merchandise, and meet and mingle with the bustling crowd. Old Town Untapped takes place on the first Friday of the month from 6 – 10 p.m. and is free for all ages to attend. The lively street festival happens in the heart of Downtown Pompano, near Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.

     Bowser made history as the first woman in the country to be elected as a mayor of a major city for a third consecutive term. She is also the second mayor to get a third term, with Marion S. Barry achieving the feat in 1994.

     At 33, Phillip Jones will be among the youngest Mayors in the United States when he takes office in eight days. Jones will be sworn in on Jan. 10 at 11 a.m. in Newport News. He will be the city’s 27th Mayor, succeeding McKinley Price, 73, who took office in July of 2010.

     Deyian, the epitome of a student/athlete, has a 5.4 weighted gpa, making his academic and athletic goals extremely viable. His uncle, Curtis Wells and I, plan to follow his progress hopefully to the state. The WG posed several questions to Deyian to get a glimpse into his psyche as a young student/athlete, and his thoughtful, insightful responses reveal much about his personal character.

     “We are excited to hear that Ed Reed has been named the head football coach at Bethune-Cookman. Ed is one of the best to ever wear a Miami Hurricanes uniform and has served as a great mentor to our student athletes over the past three years. He will do a tremendous job with the Wildcats program and the entire Miami family wishes him well,” stated University of Miami Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich.

     But like in 2020, when the Black Press was the first to reveal that the coronavirus was airborne, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) issued facts on which African Americans and others could be certain.