Local Voices

By JP George According to Forbes, social media platforms provide plenty of opportunities to promote sales and maintain business relationships. As explained below, social media will start conversations that generate new leads.

By Rick Zimmerman It's often said that one of the most significant indicators of the U.S. economy is the state of the small businesses that line the streets of our local communities.

Written by: Crystal Lopez As a teenager, I witnessed first-hand the harmful effects and consequences of substance use. Members of my family struggled with addiction which ultimately resulted in them contracting HIV and dying from AIDS.

Everyday should be Mother's Day....just as every day should be Earth Day, the Earth coincidentally, also being our mother.

Anytime is a good time to reflect. Everyone has his road to walk. Some walk purposely, while others walk aimlessly. Sometimes it is divine order that paths cross momentarily to share a truth: This big blue marble is a family.

Photo: www.troygua.com By Carla Taylor-Pla We can wear purple. We can play his music. We can even show them pictures of ourselves in the eighty's after a concert.

Ok, this was a big one for me. I think I do a good job of praising effort but I am totally guilty of praising intelligence.

Home Sweet Home for Some There are many hoops a newbie may have to jump over before getting dug into a job. Some hoops are visible, others aren't. Today, Joy will learn an application that will make her "one of the boys".

Celebrating 35 Years To keep any ship in shape, the captain needs to review the crew. The second Tuesday in a month Big Cheez does that with Juliet in tow. On the second Tuesday of each month the shelter staff has a mandatory staff meeting.

Yesterday in Prospect Park among a multiracial gathering of 28,000 was the first time in a rather long life that I stood with people for something, not against an illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, not against the murderous slaughter of black youn