Orange County

It’s thought-provoking how everything is interconnected when you look back on it historically. My family, my hometown, and my State can be viewed like a Venn diagram with logical connections between them. Taking a snapshot of 1998 was interesting. I never considered where my family was or what they were doing the year I was born. The city and state where I grew up were dealing with some exciting and some difficult problems such as corruption, an archeological find, severe weather, and historic…

Nevertheless, Speck’s arrival in Indian River Hundred proved particularly fortuitous for the Nanticoke, who were at the time facing new challenges to their collective identity. Despite the 1881 law that established a tripartite school system, the county appointed a black teacher to work at the Warwick School in the 1910s and several black children were enrolled soon after. A group of Nanticoke responded unfavorably to these turn of events. After withdrawing their children from the Warwick…

United States: The View from Prince George 's County, Maryland by the program’s director, Judith Freidenberg. These same analyses led to my honors thesis, “Cultural Perceptions of the Maryland DREAM Act in Prince George’s County”, in which I drew on the concept of enculturation, and theories from human development to identify social factors and dimensions of identity that influenced perceptions of the Maryland DREAM Act on residents of Prince George’s county. Dr. Freidenberg also acted as my…

in the history of Wyoming” This historic event focused on Johnson County and the city of Buffalo,…

with at the time of the 1917 plan was the growth of factories and industry in the area (Bartholomew 1917, xviii). This growth in factories led to air pollution, and gave reason for residents of St. Louis city to move to the outer regions of St. Louis County (Bartholomew 1917, xviii). The move of city residents caused areas within the city to become abandoned, and caused a detrimental decrease in the depreciation of property values (Bartholomew 1917, xviii). Harland Bartholomew highlighted the…

Santa Monica’s politics are largely progressive and they translate to the types of people (such as artists) and businesses who call the city home. One resident says Santa Monica is what happens when “hippies get rich”. Thus, there are many upsides to living and working in this community. Primarily, the various government departments and social agencies, which make up some of the fabric and networks of this community, are plentiful and available. In addition, the city’s economy is strong,…

In Miami, sustained winds reached 60 mph (97 km/h), shattering plate-glass windows and interrupting electrical and telegraph services.[26] The Florida East Coast Railway Station in Hallandale Beach was nearly destroyed. Windows and roofs were damaged in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, but damage was minor overall.[11] At the latter, the storm also downed power lines, telephone wires,[27] and trees, and destroyed car garages.[26] The storm left two fatalities in the city.[28] In Pompano Beach, the…

Lake Mary: A top business community Located roughly 18 miles north of Orlando, just off Interstate 4, Lake Mary is considered one of the fastest growing cities in Central Florida. It serves as home to a number of high tech businesses, beautiful residential communities, superb schools, excellent eateries and shopping galore. While the community of Lake Mary dates back to the 1800s, it did not incorporate until August 7, 1973. It was named after Mary Sundell, the wife of a minister, Reverend J.F.…

The documentary West of Memphis, directed by Amy J. Berg in 2012, is about the Murder of three eight-year-old boys. The evolving of the story positions the audience to accept that the West Memphis three were the victims of personal greed, and a miscarriage of justice cause by upbringing as “trailer trash”. Which is soon shown to allegations and not based off solid evidence. Growing up I was taught to be honest a helpful and obviously treat people with respect, but I was taught that the…

half-way down the west coast of Florida and 25 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico. We service Hillsborough County, which is bordered by Pasco County to the north, Manatee County to the South, Polk County to the east and by Pinellas County on the west. Hillsborough County’s geographic area boasts 1,266.4 square miles, comprised of 1,051 miles of land and 215.4 miles of water. Hillsborough County consists of four jurisdictions, three are incorporated – Tampa, Plant City and Temple Terrace. “In 2014,…