Using the flea market as a platform helps entrepreneurs expand their business without requiring a lot of up-front cash. “I sold things all the time when I was younger. When I was in high school, I sold candy, school supplies and jewelry. Recently I decided to use my passion […]
Author: Dominique Collins | Staff Reporter
Business owners, residents upset over new police headquarters site
Town South Shopping Center. Photo credit: Dominique Collins The Tallahassee Police Department is expected to open a new headquarters on the south side of town. The expansion and relocation of this public safety campus is leaving business owners and residents concerned. The shopping center is near Florida A&M University’s […]
FAMU alumna Hayes-Austin seeks school board seat
Donna Hayes-Austin Photo By: Tony Leavell Donna Hayes-Austin has served a countless number of schools, students and their families over the last 23 years. Although she is now retired from counseling pre-k-12th grades, Hayes-Austin is determined to serve and lead a community where she obtained all three of her […]
Local business owner running for City Commission
Jeremey Matlow Photo credit: Saorsa Images Jeremy Matlow is known as a “pie guy.” The owner of Gaines Street Pies and two other pizza shops in town, Matlow is eager to be known by another title: city commissioner. The 33-year-old local businessman is one of five candidates in next month’s […]
Mentors vital for first-year college students
First-Year Experience Peer Mentors. The transition from high school to college can be frightening and uncomfortable. Forming meaningful mentor relationships is one of the most important aspects of college. The influence mentors have on students is often undervalued and goes unnoticed until a student can feel the direct impact of […]
Why dating is a thing of the past
Former “A Different World” actors Dwayne and Whitley. If you’re hoping to go on a nice romantic date, then you’re probably living in the wrong era. With the influence of social media and cellphones in the 21st century, the dating scene has almost disappeared. Millennials have seemed to redefine the […]
PrimeTime impresses every time
It was on a Monday night, with dozens of restaurants in town to choose from; that my taste buds led me to my favorite upscale sports bar with a twist. PrimeTime, a restaurant and sports lounge on West Tennessee Street, has come to be one of my personal favorite […]
Annual walk raises money for pregnancy center
Friends and families from all over Tallahassee gathered Saturday to walk for a cause. People from local communities, churches and schools participated in helping to raise funds to serve women and men facing pregnancy crises. A Women’s Pregnancy Center hosted its 26th annual WALK for LIFE fundraiser at the Tallahasse […]