Spady Cultural Heritage Museum Awarded Two Grants for Programs that Support Community Wellness and Mental Health
C. Ron Allen sharing Florida’s Emancipation history at A Delray Beach Family Affair, held at the Spady Museum Palm Health Foundation and the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties support cross-cultural, More...
Creating Some Sweet Moments, Unforgettable Memories at Dads, Daughters Dinner & Dance
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – Emma Leon was all dolled up on Saturday in her best dress. Her hair was done and sure enough, the 6-year-old was sporting a princess tiara. As you can imagine, she danced the More...
Spady Museum, Arts Garage Host Historic Florida’s African American ‘Highwaymen’ Painters for Black History Month
Boca Raton, FL – A handful of historic black painters who made a living peddling their landscape paintings up and down Florida’s highways out of the trunk of their cars, will return to the area this weekend More...
Advisory Board: Skip the Straw at Food Establishments
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – The millions of plastic straws consumed in the United States each day is bad for marine life and a city advisory board is pushing for a ban on them at bars, cafes and food establishments More...
They Made Their Marks, Left City on High Note
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – I am and will be forever grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts with my readers each week over the past eight years. As I have often opined in this More...
Maria is Back!
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – A longtime familiar face in local politics is back after being on a nearly three-year hiatus. Former state Sen. Maria Sachs, who enjoyed working in Tallahassee to address the More...
West Boca High School Chorus Needs Your Financial Support
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – Should the average parent or taxpayer in Boca Raton care whether we have a great music program in the schools — or any music program at all, for that matter? Music is a nice More...
Beware: Dorian Recovery is Fertile Ground for Fraud, Scammers
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – As Americans, our first impulse when disasters strike is to open our wallets, head to the store and volunteer our time. Now as Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas More...
Golden Agers Regain Their Freedom to Travel, Thanks to “Uncle Bob”
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – While it may take a village to raise a child, some Lake Delray Apartment residents and staff are discovering that it also takes a village to support the senior citizens population. When More...
More Needs to Be Done Now to Stem Summer Learning Loss
C. Ron Allen Boca Raton, FL – When asked why he had not completed his assignment to research a topic for the following day, one boy in the STEAM-focused summer camp flatly responded, “This is summer camp, More...
