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Broward County Transit (BCT) experienced a significant ridership increase in March 2024, reflecting growing community confidence in public transportation. Systemwide boardings reached 2,250,557, marking a 2.3% increase over March of 2023, and a remarkable 7.5% year-to-date increase. This surge brings BCT to nearly 89.1% of pre-pandemic ridership levels, highlighting a positive trend.
The City of Deerfield Beach recently celebrated the grand opening of the Braithwaite Center for Active Aging, formerly known as the Deerfield Beach Center for Active Aging. The event featured free food, speeches, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the 22,000-square-foot center, and a standing-room-only crowd.
Following the greatest tornado damage in Leon County since 1945, Leon County Commissioner Christian Caban put forth a proposal to the Leon County Commission to utilize $1 million to afford to assist in disaster relief. At the time the proposal was made, much of the county was still reeling from the effects of what was reported to be up to three twisters that decimated areas of Tallahassee. The quick thinking and expeditious action by the county staff has been a breath of fresh air for many.
“All of the ingredients are there. We still have those near-record warm waters out in the Atlantic tropical-development areas that were there last year, and we no longer have (the climate pattern known as) El Nino,” Wool said. “We actually like to have an El Nino during hurricane season, because it increases wind shear over the development areas.”
Now, members of the Florida Museum of Black History Task Force must quickly determine how a St. Augustine-area facility would be promoted, attract charitable dollars and hold events to become self-sufficient.
Beverly Pierre-Louis, a 78-year-old mother of six, died in 2021. After she passed, her children discovered something they didn’t know about their mom: she was a homeowner. She had two units in her name that the family said they weren’t aware of because she struggled with mental illness in her later years.
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Given this, I recently received the honor to take a visit to the Kathleen C. Wright Administration Center, to speak with Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn, the new leader in charge of guiding Broward County Public Schools into a brighter future. Conversing with him in his office allowed me to gain insight into Dr. Hepburn’s current and future goals and projects that will affect Broward County Public Schools educators, students, and the community.
NBC Anchor Trina Robinson was one of eight persons awarded the 2024 Silver Circle Award by the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The annual recognition is given to individuals who have worked with distinction in the television industry within the Suncoast Region, which includes the State of Florida, the State of Louisiana, the Mobile, Alabama-Pensacola, Florida television markets, as well as Puerto Rico.