Kristen Hernandez

Aug 12, 2024 | newpelican.com | Kristen Hernandez

By Kristen Hernandez | New Pelican Writer Pompano Beach – Highly coveted beachfront real estate here is rapidly disappearing, sought for development by investors from all over the world. New buildings are going up across every district in the city, but residents along the small strip of Briny Avenue want the beachfront overdevelopment to stop. In response they created Save Briny, which blossomed into Save Pompano, an effort to curb the overdevelopment across the city.

Jul 10, 2024 | newpelican.com | Kristen Hernandez

By Kristen Hernandez | New Pelican WriterSouth Miami – A stick of Juicy Fruit gum sent in the mail decades ago to a young boy inspired the idea for the Oliver Patch Project. In May of 2020, Oliver Burkhardt was just 9 when he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Family and friends reached out right away, wanting to know what they could do to help. Prior to Oliver’s diagnosis, he enjoyed collecting things like pins and patches.

May 4, 2023 | villijnews.com | Kristen Hernandez

Pompano Beach resident, Sidney Holmes, is finally reunited with his family after spending over three decades in Fort Lauderdale prison. By: Kristen HernandezFort Lauderdale, FL – Sidney Holmes, 57, along with his closest loved ones, boarded a luxury ocean liner bound for the Caribbean. It was a gift from one of many organizations that’ve assisted Holmes since his March 13th release from a Fort Lauderdale prison, after he paid for someone else’s crime.