Category: Features

Florida Panhandle rebuilding after hurricane Michael

Doris Pace South Bureau Chief   Florida residents know that when hurricane season begins, preparations begin as well. We stock up on canned goods, flashlights, batteries, water, put up shutters and take inventory of our possessions. We know the drill. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst but nothing could have prepared…Continue Reading Florida Panhandle rebuilding after hurricane Michael

Discussion over Penny for Transportation at Village Square

Stephanie Sylvester Editor-in-Chief   The Funky Buddha kicked off its first political dinner of the fifth season on Oct. 10 to discuss Broward’s returning initiative: A Penny for Transportation. Broward County Commission District 6 and mayor of Hollywood, Beam Furr, and Opinion Page Editor for the Sun Sentinel, Rosemary O’Hara, engaged in insightful discussion regarding…Continue Reading Discussion over Penny for Transportation at Village Square

Cut the cord, save money with alternative cable options

Anabel Sanchez Online Editor   Have you ever stopped to think that you watch far less cable television than before? Perhaps you’ve even looked at your cable bill and wondered why you still bother? Or maybe even realized that out of the hundred-odd channels you have, you watch only a few of them? If so,…Continue Reading Cut the cord, save money with alternative cable options

An American Crisis: The Opioid Epidemic

Anabel Sanchez Online Editor   You turn on the news and there seems to be a new opioid-related story at every turn. You might have even heard of them glamorized in the latest chart-topping song, or you might have recently heard that one of your favorite celebrities has experienced an opioid-related overdose. How have opioids…Continue Reading An American Crisis: The Opioid Epidemic

Red Tide on Florida’s gulf coast causes fish, wildlife to die

Doris Pace South Bureau Chief   Florida’s red tide has reached levels scientists have never seen before. The algae which is causing this natural phenomenon is normal but not at the concentration and duration which we are currently witnessing. Marine life is washing up ashore in large numbers, beaches have been closed and people living…Continue Reading Red Tide on Florida’s gulf coast causes fish, wildlife to die

Sept. 11 Memorial Museum in New York honors victims

Stephanie Sylvester Editor-in-Chief   Thursday, August 30 at 2:30 p.m. I walked with the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Before walking with them, I went through the “TSA line” to have my purse checked and body scanned. Being checked like that before entering the 9/11 Memorial Museum was the first thing that…Continue Reading Sept. 11 Memorial Museum in New York honors victims

Miami Beach, other cities ban plastic drinking straws

Stephanie Sylvester Editor-in-chief   Florida has one of the most extensive environmental statutes in its state constitution than any other state in the nation. One may ask why is the environment so important to Florida especially? Florida’s geographical location, weather, vegetation and wildlife plays a huge role in the government’s decisions to produce stricter laws…Continue Reading Miami Beach, other cities ban plastic drinking straws

Why voting beyond one election is everything

Erick Mendez Contributing Writer   I don’t know how many of you will see this because numbers are always important. One number makes a difference. One more can translate into votes. 2018, like any other year, should be about making a difference within our communities starting with the August 28 Primary elections in Florida. When…Continue Reading Why voting beyond one election is everything

An artist among us: The colorful life of BC’s Jônatas Chimen

Professor Jonatas Chimen's art gallery exhibit

Anabel Sanchez Online Editor   What is art? What makes a person an artist? If there was ever someone who might know the answers to those questions, it’s contemporary artist and author Jônatas Chimen. A professor of art at Broward College South Campus, Chimen has lived a colorful life befitting of an artist at his…Continue Reading An artist among us: The colorful life of BC’s Jônatas Chimen