District 3 residents will be able to choose their commissioner on March 9. Will they choose the incumbent, Bernie Parness or bring back Richard Rosenzweig, who was in office for a term before Bernie? District 3 will find out after the election. 

Mayor Ganz and District 4 Commissioner Todd Drosky also were up for reelection, but no one ran against them, so they will continue to remain in office for the next term.

Want to know where your polling place is or get other info.? Visit www.browardsoe.org or call 954-480-4213.

By Rachel Galvin

This year, Pioneer Day was a little different due to COVID-19. Instead of a parade and events down on the beach, there were festivities on only one day and held where the event all began — at Pioneer Park. 

The event included live entertainment and food trucks. The historical society was there and had a booth not only showing local history, and commemorative items to buy, but also an alcohol booth, including a special Cracker Day drink — Jack Daniels and Root Beer, and it came with a box of Cracker Jacks. (Pioneer Day originally was called Cracker Day, as in the farmers that cracked the whip). There also were live artists painting.

The event was held with safety in mind. People have to register and there was limited capacity, in three different separate groups through the day. People had their temperatures checked before entry and received a blanket for sitting in one of the socially distant chalked-in squares on the grass, and a hand sanitizer. There also were hand sanitizer stations. Everyone was required to wear masks as well.

Artist Garbriela Gamperl had a tent where she taught people about pointillistic painter George Seurat and gave everyone a canvas and paints, and they could use Q-tips to make their own pointillistic masterpieces.

The live entertainment on the list for the day included Randi Fishenfeld and Wildfire, Jay Valor, Joey Gilmore and Kong the DJ.

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Fun at Pioneer Days while serving up good eats.

Artist Gabriela Gamperl talked about artist George Seurat and everyone did pointillistic paintings.

Everyone gets a blanket to use and take home.

Sweet Lipz, serving up sweet treats, was one of the food trucks.

By Rachel Galvin

Heart and soul, JD Danner brings her rock & roll spirit to every performance she does. At her latest performance, on Jan. 24 at Art’s Garage in Delray Beach, she did not disappoint. The room was packed to hear her belt out her popular original songs and many covers, from “Jolene” to “Son of a Preacher Man.” She even brought smiles to faces by playing the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song. For 90 minutes, this songstress definitely rocked the house.

At the concert, she sang her newest single. Entitled “Nothing But Faith,” it was inspired by life under quarantine. The solitude and isolation coupled with the warmth of an Easter-time Zoom call with family led her to write this new piece. She hopes the piece brings a sense of hope. That is why she is letting the world listen for free. Her new single is currently available to hear on her website, www.jddanner.com. You can hear more songs from this Boca-Raton singer there as well.

By the way, Art’s Garage has music every weekend. Grab a specialty cocktails and get ready to rock. They require masks and employ sanitation practices. For more information, visit www.artsgarage.org.