“Why Boca Raton Should Vote Yes on Extending Council Terms to Four Years”

By Douglas Heizer Boca Raton is currently considering extending the terms of its elected officials from three to four years. This change, proposed by Mayor Scott Singer, has garnered mixed reactions from the public. However, it is essential to recognize the potential benefits of lengthening council terms and why residents should vote “Yes” More...

Boca Raton – A City with Continued Low Taxes and Safe Neighborhoods; A Vision Ahead
By: Mayor Scott Singer While the message in much of the country is of higher taxes, deficit spending, and spiraling crime rates, we are fortunate to have the opposite of all these in the City of Boca Raton. More...

Coco’s Story is Serving as Encouragement to Local Girls
Until her grandmother dragged her to the Pompey Park gymnasium recently, Sheryl Malone knew very little about tennis superstar Cori “Coco” Gauff. “I heard people talking about this young girl who played More...

It Only Takes One Dedicated Mentor to Shape a Child’s Future
‘The children are our future.’ We often say those words, but what if a child takes a wrong turn in life, becomes ensnared in crime, drug-addiction or suicide and self-destruction? If children are truly our More...

Counting their Blessings
She lost her mother, sister, and brother when their house collapsed from the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.Jude Saincyr and her cousin, the only survivors in their home, were More...

It Only Takes One Dedicated Mentor to Shape a Child’s Future
By: C. Ron Allen ‘The children are our future.’ We often say those words, but what if a child takes a wrong turn in life, becomes ensnared in crime, drug-addiction or suicide and self-destruction? If children More...

Counting their Blessings this Thanksgiving
By: C. Ron Allen She lost her mother, sister, and brother when their house collapsed from the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || More...

What killed grandfather was a feeling he didn’t ‘belong anywhere’
Hugo and Lucie Mendel on the balcony of their Tel Aviv apartment prior to Hugo’s suicide in 1957. Between phone calls from my son and daughters this past Father’s Day, I read a story in The Times of More...

Alfred “Zack” Straghn, 92, Helped to Construct the Cultural Architecture for Change in Delray Beach
Alfred “Zack” Straghn, a longtime funeral home operator, softball coach, Sunday school teacher and fighter who was instrumental in Delray Beach hiring black police officers and the integration of the city’s More...

The Residents of Delray Beach Deserve Leadership, Answers to Their Water Woes
By: C. Ron Allen The City of Delray Beach has found itself facing a disaster over its provision of the most basic of services — clean drinking water. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); More...