Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach was segregated until 1970–even though the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in 1954 with its Brown v. Board of Education decision. This past weekend, the Class of 1959 celebrated its 60th anniversary at Benvenuto Restaurant in Boynton Beach. And they were different. In a good way. They […]

As we drove in West Palm Beach recently down a certain street in the ‘hood, we saw a young man sitting on a bench outside an apartment building. With gold teeth. And dreadlocks. But as he turned his head, his hair moved. It was beautiful. We slowed. He noticed and walked toward the car. Omg. […]

As the young man walked to the doorway of our office building, the first thing I noticed was the flowered plant he was carrying—uh oh, I thought; somebody bought me a flower! Um, no. But then I noticed his very fit, very slim height, then his really cool hair. The plant wasn’t for me, it […]

Walter Follins of West Palm Beach had worked at Florida Power & Light (FPL) for nearly 40 years when he retired about three years ago. One of the first people he met when he joined the company in 1980 was Jeff Cavney, who was his first trainer and taught Walt how to be a great […]

West Palm Beach resident Renee Stanley attended the ‘2018 Winter Showcase: An evening of Theatre and Dance’ at U.B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts on December 13–and, from her seat, saw something just as interesting as the talented students acting and dancing on the stage. She saw love. “I was sitting behind this couple […]

The cocowire team was at JAY Outreach Ministries on November 10 for a different reason–to show a visitor the fellowship hall to consider for an event–when we say these two ladies. Valmoria and Jailyse Ambose, mother and daughter who live in West Palm Beach, were onsite for a different reason, an upcoming event. We noticed […]