Months after he covered the costs for Sarasota County’s 211 helpline service that county commissioners rejected, attorney and developer Hugh Culverhouse Jr. is stepping up to do the same for the popular Embracing Our Differences exhibition. He called the commissioners’ recent decision not to rejecting a grant to the organization “illogical.” Culverhouse and his wife,
Philip Britton, an active member of his church for years, was forced to stay home from Mass since 2020 because of his declining health. But sitting at home in front of his computer, he managed to bestow his diocese in Camden with a gift that thrilled Catholic church leaders. The enterprising 85-year-old from Pennsville was
A battle over the finances of the Swan Ball that has thrown the white tie gala’s future into question has erupted into public view. In a lawsuit filed Monday, a newly filed nonprofit claims that Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, the ball’s host site and beneficiary, has tried to wrest control of the event from its
On a blistering-hot June day in Birmingham, Alabama, Elena Vasquez Garcia sautéed chicken and bell peppers over the stove, ingredients for tacos topped with “expensive” avocados for her three children at home, after she’d spent the week at a food pantry catering to community members who can’t afford meat, milk and produce. Feeding four people
BRIGHTON — Adrian Kozakov doesn’t want gifts for his birthday or college graduation. He wants you to donate. Kozakov is raising funds for Fund a Life of Brighton to celebrate his birthday and graduation from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Anyone interested in supporting “Adrian’s 22 for 22”