New Dates Announced for Jazz Fest Pompano Beach
City of Pompano Beach Two-Day Festival Features Grammy® Award-winning Lineup Arturo Sandoval, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sammy Figueroa and More! Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th Let the music play! The City of Pompano Beach has announced the new dates for the City’s inaugural Jazz Fest. The star-studded festival kicks off Friday, April 15th at […]
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Broward County Sheriff’s Office
By BSO, Miranda Grossman From ballerina to biology and forensic science, Broward Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab Director Claudine Carter Pereira is the first female Crime Lab director at BSO and the first and only Black Crime Lab director in Florida. She shares her wide experience with Sheriff Gregory Tony in celebration of Women’s History Month. […]
Letter From the Editor
2022’s Black History Month flew by. February felt much shorter than the normal 28 days. The brevity of it all had me wondering, what is the point? Why do we celebrate? And I realize it’s not as much for us black folk as it is for other races to celebrate us. This year, the celebration […]
America’s First Female Haitian Democrat Elected to Congress
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s Rise to Office Cherfilus-McCormick has a made a name for herself as the first female Haitian Democrat elected to Congress. She represents Florida’s 20th Congressional District. In a very close special election, Cherfilus-McCormick filled the seat left open by Alcee Hasting’s when he passed in April 2021. The race for the seat attracted […]
COVID-19 Victims Day
The City of Pompano Beach named March 1, the first Monday in March, as Victims and Survivors Memorial Day in memory of those who lost their lives due to COVID-19 amidst the global pandemic that started in 2020. The city issued a proclamation at a February city meeting. As of March 1, the COVID-19 risk […]
Annie Adderly Gillis Park to Get a Facelift
Pompano Beach’s Annie Adderly Gillis Park, located at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and NW 6th Avenue, will get some much needed upgrades. The park is the site of the annual Light Up MLK holiday event. Homeless people and those struggling with addiction frequently congregate and sleep at the park. The […]
What to do if Your Pulled Over?
Racial profiling does still happen, and many of you know getting pulled over while black can get you killed. Think of Philando Castile and Sandra Bland, pulled over for minor infractions that cost their lives. According to research by the Stanford Open Policing Project, black drivers are 20 percent more likely to be stopped than […]
Art: Island Imprint: Yardie Point of View
Feel the island of Jamaica at the “Island Imprint: Yardie Point of View” exhibit at the Bailey Contemporary Arts, 41 NE 14th St., Pompano Beach. Jamaica is known for its “irie” vibe, marijuana smoking Rastas, curry and patois. But there is so much more to being a “yardie” that artists David I. Muir, Mark Cameron, […]
Life or Death Situation: Northwest Community Trying to Revive Westview Community Cemetery
Many Pompano Beach residents want a cemetery deal dead. A portion of the Westview Community Cemetery, 1900 NW 24th Street Pompano Beach, has been sold – allegedly for approximately $1.4 million. But residents and the lawyers representing them say that the sale was faulty to begin with. The topic came to a head at a […]
