Score one for the kids. Zac Sunderland, age 17, returned Thursday from a 13-month journey around the word in his sailboat Intrepid, making him the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo, and the first person under 18 ever to do it.    He broke the age record set by Jesse Martin of Australia in [...]

French Toast, a leading supplier of school uniforms for school-age boys and girls, today said it is seeing a significant increase in both sales and inquiries regarding pants, shirts, skirts, scooters, blouses and other staples of its school-uniform business. French Toast, a pioneer in the school-uniform industry, attributes the surge in its business to a [...]

InventHelp, America’s leading inventor service company, announces that one of its clients, an inventor from Suwanee, Ga., has designed a plush elephant that would hold a journal to encourage children in reading and writing. This invention is patented and a prototype available. The “Thinker” would provide an entertaining way to promote reading and writing, and [...]

My mother had an expression: “You are as slow as molasses in January!” Descriptive, isn’ t it?  That was about the speed my sister moved, and now that I’m a mom, I find it’s the speed at which at least 2 of my children move.  Part of this has to do with getting ready in the [...]

Nicky, Get Up! a new book by West Palm Beach resident Barbara Witherspoon, has been published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh. Many young readers will recognize themselves in Nicky, Get Up! and their parents are likely to as well. On Monday morning, the battle to get Nicky out of bed and ready for [...]