On March 15, 2025, Lilly Pulitzer’s Downtown Delray Beach shop hosted a fundraiser that benefitted the Frances J. Bright Woman’s Club. Proceeds from purchases will be donated to the woman’s club for their debutante program and scholarships. Sweet treats from Palermo’s Bakery were served at the shopping party. Delray Beach native Lori J. Durante served as one of the volunteer co-hosts of the fundraiser that benefitted the historically Black woman’s club that raises scholarship monies for aspiring high school girls. In 2010, Durante had the honor of curating an exhibition about the history of the Lilly Pulitzer brand, the iconic prints and met the company’s namesake founder.
Browsing: Local News
Hilary Creary has made history as the second Jamaican American to serve as a Magistrate in Florida’s 17th Judicial Circuit.
The 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize has been awarded. On the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced that Edda L. Fields-Black, author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War” (Oxford University Press), is the recipient of the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.
A new bill, SB 676, is making waves in the Florida Legislature as it proposes allowing certain workers to be paid less than the state’s minimum wage. This legislation has ignited a heated debate among lawmakers, business owners, and workers alike. The bill is aimed at younger workers and those in the tourism industry.
Congratulations to Ella Phillips, Executive Chief Operations Officer of the Law Office of the Public Defender – Broward County, FL, on being recognized as an Unsung Hero by the Broward County Bar Association and the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association in celebration of Women’s History Month. This well-deserved honor highlights her unwavering dedication to the legal profession and her profound impact on the community.
McWhite’s Funeral Home Services
The state-level cannabis business is very cash-intensive, which some bigger banks don’t want to deal with. Meanwhile, community and regional banks have filled the void, says Joe Bour, Chief Financing Solutions Officer for First Federal Bank.
After over 7 years of fighting in Broward County, Florida courts, a jury deliberated more than four hours Monday, March 17th, and returned a verdict of fraud by Sator Investments, LLC, and conspiracy to commit fraud by Kevin Eutsey and Sator Investments, LLC. In addition, the jury cancelled the Elks Lodge deed held by Sator and Eutsey and quieted the deed, which returned the entire property at 712 N.W. 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale back to the Elks Lodge 652 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World, Inc. I.B.P.C.E.W.
Thompson had served in both the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, alternating between the branches of legislature. Upon her passing on Feb. 13, she was currently a member of the Florida Senate following a 21-point victory in her re-election bid.