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PS I CARE is a community-driven initiative with a focus to informatively empower the New Monrovia and Dixie Park neighborhoods of Port Salerno through communication, advocacy, representation, and engagement.

"The Park" is coming along!
10/16/2026

"The Park" is coming along!

YEP! IT'S FESTIVAL WEEK! Get ready Port Salerno, Martin County, South Florida the TWO FOUR TWO is about to be WELL REPRE...
09/28/2026

YEP! IT'S FESTIVAL WEEK! Get ready Port Salerno, Martin County, South Florida the TWO FOUR TWO is about to be WELL REPRESENTED this weekend!

Saturday, October 3rd, New Monrovia Park! IT'S HAPPENING!!!!

08/13/2026

A Summer of Change - A True Story

One summer day, in the early 1980s, a group of New Monrovia youth single-handedly and inadvertently changed the business trajectory of one entity, possibly forcing them to reevaluate the location and what was probably a well-thought-out, marketable offering to the community.

Bored and with limited options, I was part of a pre-teen, early teen crew that ventured out of our neighborhood west on Cove Road to the newly built Cove Center shopping plaza. No bikes, no cars, we headed down the sidewalk unassumingly needing something “different” to do. K-Mart was there, Publix was there, but our destination was W.C. Frank.

W.C. Frank was an arcade that offered THE best hot dogs for that time (maybe it felt that way because it was new) and arcade games that fueled your adrenaline and captured your attention a lot louder and with a bigger screen than was offered on your Atari at home (for those lucky enough to have one). For under $10, you could have a meal for less than $4 and break up the afternoon engaging in games, watching others battle to add their initials to the high score or even better, have the high scores and see your initials multiple times on the screen. Sounds good, right? W. C. Frank stumbled on a jewel of a plan but there was something they didn’t plan on: the boys from New Monrovia.

Well…what W.C. Frank offered, not too well thought out, was that there was no time limit for how long you could stay in the restaurant/arcade, which didn’t seem like it should be a stipulation because the obvious 2 choices were as long as you were there you spent money or when you ran out of money you left. BUT they had a small window of opportunity that was taken full advantage of: UNLIMITED REFILLS! So, we spent the afternoon (the initial one) hanging out in the air conditioned arcade, very hydrated and sugar rushed from all of the carbonated beverages.

There was another dent in the armor of planning that wasn’t considered: what if the plan of limited gaming time—because there are only so many quarters that will be spent in a given setting for a number of individuals—is met with a gaming wizard? What if there is a local individual who is way ahead of their time in gaming mastery, who can spend a minimal amount of change and far surpass even the superior level of hand/eye coordination, puzzle solving—basically a human cheat code—that not only dominates a machine but attracts onlookers marveling at the skill level as the machine is commandeered for an insane amount of time? What do you do then? Yeah, our neighborhood had such an individual. Legendary gamer before it even had a title!

Needless to say, W.C. Frank was in a storefront location in Cove Center and then it was not. Now I’m not saying the boys from New Monrovia in the early 1980s caused their quick exit but I’m sure we didn’t assist in increasing their profit margin either. Interestingly enough, when I went to check the year that W.C. Frank was located in Cove Center, a Google search indicates it was never there. Go figure!

Written by Chandler M. Josie 8/13/2026

08/09/2026

Good morning Port Salerno!

Friendly reminder, Port Salerno Neighborhood Advisory Committee Meeting this Thursday, August 13th, 6 pm at the Port Salerno Civic Center. Here is the link for the agenda including the minutes from the June meeting.

https://files.constantcontact.com/96897699201/71bcde7d-f3cd-4202-be88-256fcc6d3088.pdf

PS I CARE
Community Voice, Community Action

08/07/2026

Today is a day of reflection

The older I (we) get the more it becomes clear that occurrences and situations that caused a division amongst family and friends weren’t really that serious when put in the context of grudges held and relationships dissolved. Don’t get me wrong, things happen—definitive, tragic even. However, minor things that were made major have forfeited years, sometimes decades of lost time that you won't realize were wasted until they are gone.

Make a call today, send a text and commit to doing it frequently. It doesn't have to be drawn out conversations, just an effort of connecting, reconnecting or staying connected to someone. Also, if you are contacted first, don’t let the conversation be one-sided because that is another way for communication to be challenging when someone is consistently making the effort to reach out and never being reached out to. You will be surprised how a short conversation or text would strengthen a relationship. It simply says, “I care enough to make an effort.”

Be well

PS I CARE
Community Voice, Community Action

07/30/2026

When the lessons I’ve been taught, the ones the teachers lived and fought for are no longer shared and sought we risk being forgotten.

If the things I knew and know I am hesitant to show so knowledge cease to flow there is a chance truths with be disputed.

The challenge is not remembering but informing so that the distance between past and present doesn't grow more enormous and the room of understanding that holds both is more warming this should be our commitment.

So that those who have paved the roads and unselfishly carried loads and weathered highs and lows are remembered and honored.

Let’s share our stories. Even if we tell the same story from the same era we still don’t see it exactly the same. You may mention it from a perspective or angle that even though we were all there may have not been previously considered. If we don’t tell it and others don’t know or remember, narratives get misinterpreted, falsified, or worse, forgotten and or rewritten.

Written by Chandler M. Josie 7/30/2026 6:37am

07/23/2026

PS2K26

PS I CARE family and friends - Pardon me for a Salerno minute! Today’s throwback will be something that those outside of our village may not follow along with, but will enjoy the lol and internal debates of the following:

The latest basketball video game, NBA2K26, offers gamers the opportunity to vicariously compete, virtually of course, as, with, or against today’s NBA players and previous eras. More interestingly, it also allows past players to compete against current players and even gives the opportunity to put them on the same squads to compete. So I thought….

So I thought…. How can I make this Salerno? What if…how would it look… What if…how would it look…
Blending the old and new school—from the old court, when it was just half court with the big green wooden backboard, to the full court that held legendary Sunday games in the 90s, or even those choice times when Murray's gym was opened—how would it look?

I put together some “Salerno All-Star Teams” for us to smile, laugh, and drive great conversations. This considers all players in their prime.

Disclaimer: You may need to consult with some family members and older or younger cousins for assistance.

Half Court
2 on 2
Game 1
Front Street - Darryl Poe Key Holmes and Rick Graham versus Back Street - James Fate and Robert Gainey

Game 2
Front Street - Kraig McHardy and Rod Battle versus Back Street Vic Miller and George Johnson, III

Game 3
Front Street - Trenlisa Graham and Kasaundra McKinney (Agosto) versus Back Street - Jackie Donaldson and Leslie Jones (Tranchese)

3 on 3
Game 1
Front Street - Julian Holmes, Stanley Jackson, and Jonathan Martin versus Back Street - Laten “Tony Williams, Michael “Mutch” Thompson, and Ridge Graham

Game 2
Front Street - Reginald Holmes, Mike Mackey, and Walter Campbell verses Back Street - Prince Bussey, Cleveland Bryant, Jr., and James Fate

Game 3
Consuelo Graham, Anna Josie, and Sandy Jackson versus Back Street - Thelma (Shay) Freeman (Bethel), Lynette Blatch, and Tiffany Thorne

Full Court
4 on 4
Front Street - Darryl Poe Key Holmes, Kraig McHardy, Lee Reed, and Rick Graham versus - Back Street - James Fate, Robert Gainey, Vic Miller, and George Johnson, III

5 on 5 - Game 1
Front Street - Allen Raines, Freddie Jackson, George Dotson, Jr., Mike Mackey, and Jahmor Queen versus Back Street - Willie Newkirk, George Johnson, II, Devin Gore, and Q’wade (spelling) Thompson, Prince Bussey

Game 2
Front Street - Mike Martin, Phillip Herring, Julius (Head) Graham, Peter Thompson, and Rick McHardy versus Back Street - Charles Jones, Cisco Newkirk, Trey Graham, Cleveland Bryant, Jr., and Kianza Smith

Game 3
Front Street - Trenlisa Graham, Kasaundra (McKinney) Agosto, Consuelo Graham, Sandy Jackson, and Anna Josie versus Back Street - Leslie Jones (Tranchese), Jackie Donaldson, Thelma (Shay) Freeman (Bethel), Lynette Blatch and Tiffany Thorne

Looking at it… SALERNO HAD SQUADS FOR YEARS!!!!

More sod down, grateful for the process.
07/22/2026

More sod down, grateful for the process.

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