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Veterans Breaking Barriers Empowerment Fair

In honor of Nation Veterans Day, the City of Pompano Beach in collaboration with the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency and other community partners, is hosting a Veterans Breaking Barriers Empowerment Fair on Tuesday, November 5th at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1806 NE 6th Street. […]

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Tyrus McCloud

So, when I look back over my life, I saw the domestic violence during and loneliness of my childhood; The sexual abuse my sisters went through, the crimes and illegal acts my brothers committed. I’ve done a lot of disgusting things behind closed doors I’m totally embarrassed talking about.  I see the lies I’ve told, the manipulation I was so good at, but also I see a lot of good things like my sons being born and raising them, my marriage, becoming an All-American colligate football player, being drafted into the NFL, my charity work, and working in ministry. […]

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Celebrating 100 Years

Margaret Campbell-Hatcher-Paine will be celebrating her 100 birthday October 27, 2019. She moved from Winter Garden, Florida to Fort Lauderdale in 1925 and remained there with her five siblings: Author Campbell, Mildred (Johnson), Lonnie Campbell, Mattie Lou (Willis), and Mar Lou (Barner). […]

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A Tribute to Tony Thompson

Anthony Reginald (Tony) Thompson was the youngest child of five of Will and Dossie Thompson born in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 1, 1945. A good student, Tony graduated from the historic James B. Dudley High School in 1963 and participated in the historic Woolworth Sit-Ins in 1960 which inspired other similar demonstrations around the United States. He matriculated at Winston Salem State Teachers College his freshman year and then transferred to the University Of North Carolina at Greensboro (Woman’s College) in 1964, the first year that men were admitted where he earned a double B.S. Degree in Business Administration and Economics in 1971. […]