July 9, 2020 | Business
Palm Bay Chamber, City of Palm Bay host Virtual Disaster Recovery Week The United States ranks second for fatalities from natural disasters after India, according to EM-DAT’s 2016 Annual Disaster Statistical Review. As one of the world’s largest cou...
July 7, 2020 | Editor's Note
The older I get, the more I understand perspective. And we parents had a major dose of it recently. It was tough for this parent to chat with my 7-year-old about aspects of the coronavirus pandemic — until the protests following the tragic death of George...
July 4, 2020 | Education
Congratulations to the two teams from Viera High School that placed at the 2020 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. To do this under any circumstances would be amazing, but given the constraints of the pandemic, even more so. One team finished ninth, another 50th...
July 3, 2020 | Community
When the COVID-19 pandemic started making its way across the Space Coast, life as we knew it changed in a heartbeat. COVID-19 became real when stay-at-home orders went into effect, causing local businesses who were otherwise thriving, to slow to a trickle or cl...
July 2, 2020 | Family
Professional life today is diverse, unique and often more challenging than it used to be. Most households have both adults working full-time, and juggling family and work can be cumbersome. A lot of careers allow the option to work from home or remotely. ...
July 1, 2020 | Business
Pullman West takes guesswork out of local renovations, interior design Home renovation and interior design can be as overwhelming as it is exciting. Between the expense, the disruption of routine and the seemingly endless parade of contractors and subcont...
June 12, 2020 | Wellness
Let me ask you a question. How many times in your life have you had to adjust to circumstances beyond your control? If you’re anything like me, you have probably had multiple events throughout your life that you were not prepared to handle, or at least yo...
June 10, 2020 | Arts
Every spring, I feel the need to get outdoors and sink my fingers in the dirt. Planting flowers, clearing weeds from the garden, enjoying the smell of the earth and the renewal that comes from the work at hand. From the time we were children, most of us enjoyed...
June 8, 2020 | Community
Like everyone else, I’ve been thrown into a topsy turvy new existence where up no longer feels like up, and information flows faster than I can digest. My natural instinct is to be connected and available at all times, but during this pandemic, I’m ...
June 5, 2020 | Community
Imagine you’ve written a book. You hold the manuscript that took you hours, years, decades to craft. A company promises to turn those pages into a published book, for a fee, and you gratefully accept. The process begins. Your books arrive in the mai...
June 2, 2020 | Education
The “summer slide” is a real thing that happens each year. Studies show that children can lose up to three months of learning over the summer, when young minds sit idle during the 10 weeks that school is out. And with children this year having their...
June 1, 2020 | Editor's Note
Welcome to altered reality. We are not watching a movie, this time, though. We are living it. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the rhythm of all families, business, commerce and life. Forced isolation paradoxically led to new and more expansive connections. Our ...
