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Fall is in the air and the weather will be a few degrees cooler for family, friends, and neighbors to attend the October 1, 2022, Fall Festival and Marketplace at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, west parking lot, 520 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Pompano Beach from 9 am to 1 p.m.

     Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., called on students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters to stand together even as the University faces adversity in its drive to become one America’s top 100 public universities.  

Friends and family of the late Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Carlton B. Moore will honor his memory with a special event from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, in Osswald Park, 2220 NW 21 Ave., Fort Lauderdale. The Third Annual Carlton B. Moore Friends & Family Day will feature Miami Brown, a popular funk and R&B band, a bid whist tournament, a three-point basketball contest, food trucks, a kids’ zone, a vendors’ marketplace, a line dancing performance and more.

     As students head back to school, they’re still coping with the complicated effects of the pandemic and the transition from virtual schooling back to more structured classrooms. This has led to a spike in student misconduct, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise: Students have been expected to go back to how things were in the rush to “return to normal,” when circumstances are anything but. This approach has denied students the opportunity to process their emotions and experiences, which can explain the greater rate of “acting out” as kids navigate complicated feelings and emotions. While the U.S. Department of Education seeks to mitigate school discriminatory disciplinary action against students of color and students with disabilities as a result of the pandemic, student disciplinary practices must be critiqued and revised to avoid causing more harm as students and teachers navigate this difficult time.

       The Street Detective has been trekking through the county as some are attempting to shovel pals of white beach sand on the head and reputation of Robert “Bob” McKinzie. Some are telling Traceit that dirty politics are at play after McKinzie buried Bob Dubose ten feet under in the recent County Commission race. Dubose and McKinzie once played extremely well in the sand with Dubose actually endorsing McKinzie when he ran for the city of Fort Lauderdale Commission seat. But fast forward a couple election cycles later, Dubose is reporting he regrets even getting in the sand pool with McKinzie and is throwing all kinds of mud on his name both publicly and privately.