With over 30,000 seniors in Broward County living below the poverty line, the Pantry of Broward is doing its part to try to help this community. Since its inception two years ago, the Pantry helps over 500 individuals a month, primarily with food, but also with referral services to other agencies.
“Hunger usually brings them in, [...]
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Following a presentation on Neighborhood Planning at the November 18th City Commission meeting, the City’s Planning & Zoning staff has scheduled a “Neighborhood Planning Community Meeting” on December 9th at 7 p.m. in the Jaco Pastorius Park Community Center. Read the full story »
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced that a federal jury in Miami found defendants Garry Souffrant, 33, and Yvonne Souffrant, 33, husband and wife, both of Davie, FL, guilty of charges relating to their participation in a multi-million dollar money laundering and mortgage fraud conspiracy. A third [...]
The Mayor and City Commissioners have office hours scheduled in December to discuss City issues with residents or business owners. Office hours are set as follows, but check www.CoralSprings.org/event regularly for changes.
- Mayor Scott Brook has four sets of office hours scheduled for the dates below. To schedule an appointment, call 954-344-5906.
Friday, December 4 from [...]
[ December 16, 2009; 5:00 am to 10:00 am. ]
The 2009 Holiday Parade will feature decorated floats and other entries with a musical theme, and will proceed along Sample Road from Coral Springs Drive to City Hall.
Traditionally, the parade draws thousands of spectators and more than 75 floats, bands and walking groups. All groups, including local schools, civic organizations, and businesses are welcome to [...]
The Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching and many Broward County residents will be taking vacations or leaving town to visit with family and friends. The Broward Sheriff’s Office reminds everyone that there are certain security-minded steps to take before leaving town. Remember to stop all newspaper deliveries, ask a trusted neighbor to pick up your [...]
[ December 9, 2009; ] Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory alerting homeowners whose homes contain allegedly defective Chinese drywall manufactured by Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. to an opportunity to ensure their claims against the company are preserved.
Knauf is one of several Chinese drywall manufacturers accused in a private class action lawsuit pending in federal [...]
20-year-old Antonio Brandon Parker, of Dania Beach was fatally shot Sunday evening at his home, and his younger siblings and grandmother were close enough to hear the deadly encounter.
Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives are looking for the two assailants responsible for Parker’s death. They do not believe Parker was a random victim. The shooting happened [...]
Jose Rodriguez, 52, of Pompano Beach FL, was left hurt and walking home after being the target of a beating and carjacking outside a Pompano Beach gas station.
Rodriguez drove his white, 1998 Pontiac Sunfire to a nearby BP Gas Station on November 7 to buy beer with a friend. Rodriguez waited in the car while [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating a bank robbery that occurred at Sun Trust Bank located at 501 E. Las Olas Boulevard at approximately 9:30am Friday Nov, 20th 2009.
According to bank employees, the suspect was lingering around the lobby area and waited until all customers exited the store. Once he was alone in [...]
The fourth and final Community Boundary Conference during this phase of the school boundaries process will be hosted by the District’s School Boundaries Department on Monday, November 23 at 7 p.m. at J.P. Taravella High School, (10600 Riverside Drive, Coral Springs) for all impacted communities regarding potential boundary changes for the 2010/2011 school year. [...]
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced last week the imposition of import restrictions on horses coming into Florida from Texas following the discovery of hundreds of Texas horses positive for Theileria equi, one of two organisms responsible for causing Equine Piroplasmosis (EP).
Bronson is requiring horses from Texas to have blood tests [...]
[ November 8, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Coral Springs is hosting a community forum titled “Helping Teens and Families Through Tough Times” on Tuesday, December 8 at 7 p.m. at Parkside Elementary. An esteemed group of panelists including psychologists, educators, clergy and recreation experts will speak about their various fields in an effort to provide positive, holistic solutions to dealing with today’s [...]
From the office of Broward Mayor Ken Keechl
Written by Kimberly Maroe
Broward County Mayor Ken Keechl’s first official day as Mayor was jam packed. Mayor Keechl and County Commissioners welcomed in the world’s largest cruise ship, greeted passengers flying into Fort Lauderdale on a new airline and celebrated the official designation of A1A as a “scenic [...]
[ November 26, 2009; 6:30 am to 10:30 am. ] Run with soldiers in Iraq during the City of Tamarac’s 29th Annual Thanksgiving day Turkey Trot. Tamarac has been hosting this Thanksgiving Day tradition for 29 years in a row. Like last year, a ‘shadow run’ is being held, within the same 24-hour period, with U.S. military personnel in Iraq – this time two bases [...]
The Coral Springs Police Department has arrested an Assistant Music and Youth Minister from Church by the Glades located at 400 Lakeview Drive in Coral Springs.
Russell Dion Lewis, 28, of Coral Springs was arrested early Saturday morning at his residence. Lewis has been involved in a 5-month consensual relationship with a 14-year-old female. During the [...]
[ November 24, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. December 15, 2009; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 5, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 6, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 7, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Thank you to Florida Rep. Kelly Skidmore for sharing this information with BrowardNETOnline.com.
Broward County
Education and Cultural Affairs Public Hearing
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm
FAU – Seatech – Institute for Oceans and Systems Engineering
101 North Beach Road, Dania Beach
Transportation, Growth Management, Economic Development, Environmental Public Hearing (First Reading of Local Bills)
Tuesday, December 15, [...]
SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITIES:
Listings below are short-term assignments, projects, or events organized by Volunteer Hollywood. The listing(s) below require a few hours of commitment.
Cash for Trash: Highland Gardens
Lend a hand to Highland Gardens Civic Association by beautifying its neighborhood through trash collection. With each trash bag collected, the neighborhood association earns $5 towards [...]
Broward just got a little greener with the opening of the new Children’s Services Council building in Lauderhill on Nov. 19. In 2000, voters approved a new property tax to provide services to children and families in Broward County. Several years ago, the council recognized they would need a permanent home as the council’s services [...]
[ December 18, 2009; ] The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board has approved taking the next step in the public planning process for Everglades restoration on land being acquired from the United States Sugar Corporation. The second phase of planning involves the in-depth analysis of data generated during 15 project planning workshops to determine the most beneficial [...]
Broward’s Superintendent of Schools James F. Notter has been named recipient of The Consortium of Florida Education
James Notter, Broward superintendent
Foundations’ Superintendent of the Year Award.
Notter, who has been superintendent of the nation’s 6thlargest school district since August 2007, will receive the award December 4thin Tampa, during the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations’ winter meeting with [...]
A fourth person has been charged in the fatal beating of Craig Cohen, an Oakland Park man attacked April 6 as he walked home from an Oakland Park diner. Brandon Edwards, 19, of Fort Lauderdale has been in the Broward Sheriff’s Main Jail since October 26, when he was arrested for beating and harassing a [...]
[ January 23, 2010; February 27, 2010; March 27, 2010; ]
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens will be offering four orchid classes beginning in January from 10am – 12pm. Orchid supplies will be available for purchase at all classes and a tour of the orchid greenhouse, lathe house and display house will be given at the end of each class.
Orchid Class Schedule and Description:
January 23 [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida and 31 states have reached a $3 million settlement with Vonage, one of the nation’s largest providers of a service known as “Voice over Internet Protocol,” an internet-based phone service. The settlement requires Vonage to make significant changes to its marketing practices, honor consumer [...]
[ December 5, 2009; January 2, 2010; February 6, 2010; March 6, 2010; April 3, 2010; May 1, 2010; ] You can help the environment by volunteering to clean natural areas of garbage and invasive plants. Broward County Parks has scheduled EcoAction Days running through May 2010. The workdays are held on the first Saturday of the month at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek, the second Saturday of the month at Long Key [...]
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is bringing its services to residents right in Coral Springs when the Mini-FLOW comes to City Hall on November 30.
Mini-FLOW is the Department’s Florida Licensing on Wheels mobile unit that comes complete with technology to help customers renew a driver licenses, obtain a replacement license, change [...]
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