A fund created by a couple to honor the memory of their daughter is planning to award $35,000 in graduate business tuition scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year to African-American students who live in South Florida.
North Central Neighbors editor: Mohamed Hamaludin, mhamaludin@MiamiHerald.com, 305-376-2022, ext. 7106
Courtney Toombs stepped up to the stage and, without hesitation, began to loudly recite: 'I'm not giving my black back! I'm not giving up my greens or my grits or saying `Girl' and putting my hands on my hips.''
W arm Neighbors in Religion congratulations to the members of First Baptist Church of North Miami Beach on the occasion of their 60th anniversary. It will be celebrated June 7-8 at the church, 1490 NE 162nd St.
More than 250 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students graduated from St. Thomas University at the 47th commencement May 10 at the Broward County Convention Center.
Mystery writer Edna Buchanan will be among several authors scheduled to appear at The Noir Side of the Sun: Crimes, Mysteries and Thrillers Miami Style literary event presented by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College at 6:30 p.m. today.
MIAMI GARDENS A burglar took $250 from a drawer in a trailer in the 19900 block of Northwest 37th Avenue between midnight and 9 a.m. May 7. There was no sign of forced entry.
The tension in the room heightened when Carlo Checkley began to speak. ''I would blame her for everything, and I just began to hit on her. I could not see that I was the problem,'' Checkley said. ``She allowed me to do it for so long that it became acceptable. She accepted that I put my hands on her, and I accepted that I did it.''
Opa-locka Mayor Joseph L. Kelley read from three books to a group of 16 students from A Child's Journey Charter School as part of the Miami-Dade Library System's observance of National Library Month in April.
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The Miami Job Corps Center announced it is starting a two-year program to help its students develop their abilities and connect with employers.
BUSINESS MATTERS | BY BILL DIGGS
W hat an incredible time to be alive in this country! All around us history is being made. We have a historical race going on for the CEO of this great country of ours, we are now more than ever trying to find our rightful place in the global economy, and, in the midst of it all, we are trying to find our moral compass as a diverse nation.
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Africa Reconnect, a local organization that seeks to strengthen cultural ties between African Americans and Africans, will host the seventh annual Africa Fest from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Oak Grove Park, 690 NW 159th St.
CRIMEWATCH | BY CARMEN CALDWELL
T his week, I received lots of interesting e-mails from readers. One of them referred to last week's column on fraud and baby boomers and said I didn't look like a baby boomer from the picture in the column. I thank the reader but I guess it's time for me to change the picture since it's about four years old.
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A day before Mother's Day, proud mothers -- and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles -- watched as young girls and boys presented themselves as the ''Gems'' and ''Gents'' of the Gamma Alpha Chapter of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority on May 10 at Carol City Middle School.
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The images of twisted limbs and fallen bodies emanating from storm-ravaged Myanmar compelled South Florida religious leaders to form an unlikely coalition to aid relief efforts.
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Hoping to focus on youth in their burgeoning city, members of the Miami Gardens City Council on Wednesday unanimously agreed on two measures they say will bolster education and political involvement.
