West Palm Beach courthouse lights up blue to honor local mother and raise Parkinson’s disease awareness

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and Florida has the highest concentration of Parkinson’s patients in the country.

To help spread awareness, the historic courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach will light up in blue on Saturday night.

The lighting honors Sharon, a local mother who fought Parkinson’s disease for nearly two decades before she died six years ago. Her son, Dr. George Ackerman, started the nonprofit Together for Sharon to keep her memory alive…

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