Category: General Editorial
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How to Keep Kids Safe from Mosquitoes and Ticks this Summer
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — In the midst of summer, kids need protection from disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks. The experts at Giroud Tree and Lawn share a summertime checklist to keep kids safe from biting insects. Teaching kids ways to prevent mosquito and tick bites will empower them to be mindful of their surroundings while out…
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R.I.S.E Women’s Leadership Conference Sets Stage for Thought Leadership and Networking
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A popular women’s leadership conference is returning to Providence. The event will be held on September 19, 2019 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Last year, the Realizing Inspiration and Sustaining Excellence (R.I.S.E) Women’s Leadership Conference sold out; this year’s event is being met with that same enthusiasm.
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The Whole Child Triples Home Visiting Program for Children and Their Parents – Prenatal to Five Years
WHITTIER, Calif. — The Whole Child is thrilled to announce the agency has been awarded the Parents as Teachers Home Visiting Program contract through the Department of Public Health that will triple their existing program. This contract will allow The Whole Child to increase client capacity by 300% as well as expand our geographic reach…
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Legendary Black Arts Movement Author Horace Mungin Celebrates 50 Year Career Anniversary with Re-Release of 10 Literary Works
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. — It was 1968 when literary giant Horace Mungin penned his first published work, “Dope Hustler’s Jazz,” part one of a two volume set of anti-drug poetry. “Dope Hustler’s Jazz” was the beginning of a writing career that started in the Black Arts Movement. Horace Mungin Books is celebrating 50 years of intellectual…
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UCC Foreclosure Auction of Sixteen NYC Taxi Medallions Announced
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Maltz Auctions, a premier full-service auction company serving the New York Metropolitan region, announced it will auction sixteen New York City taxi medallions, of which fourteen are individual and one is a mini-fleet pair, at the NY LaGuardia Airport Marriott Hotel, on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 11 a.m. with registration…
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Summer Camp for Mompreneurs
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Nearly half of stay at home moms plan to network with other professionals to find new jobs, but unfortunately one third of them don’t have contacts. And almost three-quarters of moms – and more than 70% of women without children – say mothers are offered fewer opportunities to move up the…
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Founder of Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation to Run 206-Mile Ultra-Marathon on Mount St. Helens Volcano
BURKE, Va. — Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation announced that its founder and director, “Tattoo Tom” Mitchell is on a mission to raise $500,000 to support children with cancer and their families. From August 9 through 13, he will return to Mount St. Helens to make his fourth attempt at what’s been called “the most challenging…
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The Deadliest Week of the Year for Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths is the First Week of July and Cost Approximately $63.8B Last Year
ONTARIO, Calif. — A just released research paper, by noted economist and author Jay Prag of the Drucker School, finds that the cost of pedestrian injuries and deaths from accidents cost the United States economy more than $60 billion in 2018 alone. According to the research, sponsored by Maglite, the vast majority of accidents and…
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African Methodist Episcopal Church Installs New Senior Bishop
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On June 26, during the AME Church’s Annual Council of Bishops and General Board Meeting Worship Service, at the Birmingham-Jefferson County Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama, the Right Reverend Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr. was installed as the Senior Bishop of the AME Church.