An era comes to an end in Broward County on February 28th., 2022. On that day Bertha Watson Henry, who was officially appointed County Administrator in 2008, will exit the stage after a combined total of 24 years with the County, and gleefully embrace retirement.
Browsing: Local News
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward’s Swing for Kids’ Sake golf tournament presented by BMW Pembroke Pines raised $94,000 in support of the professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. The tournament, chaired by Big Brothers Big Sisters longtime board member John Corrado, was a sell-out with 144 golfers at the Club at Weston Hills.
The Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 made unprecedented gains in their performance on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination® (NAPLEX®) and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE).
“Frederick McKinley Jones was a prolific early 20th century Black inventor who helped to revolutionize both the cinema and refrigeration industries. Over his lifetime, he patented more than sixty inventions in divergent fields with forty of those patents in refrigeration. He is best known for inventing the first automatic refrigeration system for trucks.
Armstrong earned the nick-name “Satchmo” which was a shortened version of the moniker “satchel mouth.”
The Pompano Beach Cultural Center is proud to present the humorous and insightful stage play Willie & Esther, starring 70s television legends Ted Lange and BerNadette Stanis. Combining quick-witted dialogue and deeply emotional scenes, James Graham Bronson’s story follows two middle-aged African American lovers as they fantasize about robbing a bank. Ted Lange, best known for his role as Isaac on The Love Boat, and BerNadette Stanis, who gained fame as Thelma in the groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, portray the couple for two special performances; Saturday, March 26 at 7pm and Sunday, March 27 at 3pm. Tickets are $45-$75, learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.
The goal of the summit is to educate, empower and engage people in our community who are simply unsure of answers to some critical financial questions about their own financial house. This summit will provide them with a platform to ask and get answers to those questions first by providing knowledgeable speakers to share their expertise.
“This is the largest class of inductees at FAMU, and definitely the largest group of graduate members,” said Veronica Yon, Ph.D., chapter adviser and national president.
The group received the award for Best Paper that featured a path for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) student success. The conference is a strategic initiative taken by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the University of Oklahoma.
The Town of Lake Park has been awarded a grant of more than $11 million through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program. The $11,067,635 will be used to retrofit the Town’s aging drainage system using low-impact green infrastructure.