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Politics (Page 34)

December 10, 2019

Boca Raton: A Town Aging in Reverse

Recent retired Florida couples quietly eat pasta while drinking red wine at Frank and Dinos, a small Italian restaurant on First Avenue, while next door FAU students order rounds of  explicitly-named drinks made with vodka and gummy worms in pitchers while eating wings and cheering on the Owls at O’brians Irish pub. Both establishments share a wall and a common divide in Boca Raton. 

A Brooklyn Dodgers sign welcomes visitors to the complex. Photo courtesy of Ruth Stanbridge, President/County Historian of the Indian River Historical Society

December 10, 2019

Dodgertown: The Beloved and Historic Ballpark Now Home to Baseball’s Future

For 60 years, America’s favorite pastime forged an unlikely relationship linking the tiny town of Vero Beach and the glamorous celebrity-filled spotlight of the Brooklyn and later the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. 

December 10, 2019

Saratoga (Without the) Race Track

Saratoga Springs, New York and the Saratoga Race Course are inextricably linked, and have established the identity of the city. Track season, which begins in July and ends in August, is a way of life in Saratoga. It attracts more than a million visitors annually, and is enough to sustain excitement and the local economy year-round. It doesn’t seem feasible that one could survive without the other, yet during a time of increased call to activism, there does seem to be a shelf life on horse racing.

December 10, 2019

How One Church Answered the Prayers of Hurricane Dorian Survivors

It has been three months since Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm, destroyed parts of The Bahamas’ northernmost islands, Abaco (and its cays) and eastern Grand Bahama.

Jameson Rabbit applying his makeup backstage at the 801 Cabaret. Photo by Stephanie Leone

December 10, 2019

Drag Queens Reign as the New Faces of Key West

Drag is flourishing as a new tourism staple in Key West, Florida. The widespread allure of drag queens has brought new audiences, but it’s also come with a shift in culture to this small town’s legendary drag scene.