When the Cypress Bay High School FIRST Robotics Club (FRC), Greased Lighting #4379 competed recently in the FRC World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, they received the FRC Cooperation Award for their division. Winning a judges award as a rookie team is a real honor. Over 700 teams from approximately 30 different countries took part [...]
Beginning on Tuesday, May 29, Broward County Transit (BCT) introduces 595 Express Bus service, with two routes from the Sunrise park-and-ride located at the BankAtlantic Center to downtown Miami/Brickell Avenue and downtown Fort Lauderdale. The fare will be free to all passengers the first week, May 29 through June 1, 2012. The public is invited [...]
There’s no excuse for letting your child turn into a couch potato during summer break – not when there are so many recreational opportunities out there. The Broward County Parks and Recreation Division offers several Summer Camps that emphasize a wide variety of activities for kids. WHAT: Summer Horse Camp WHERE: Tradewinds Park Stables, 3600 [...]
At “88-years-young,” Howard Hurwitz is an inspiration to his fellow students at Atlantic Technical Center in Coconut Creek, because he is dedicated to reinventing himself. Hurwitz will don a cap and gown on June 4 to receive an Applied Technology diploma and then plans to embark on a new career as a Medical Coder Biller. [...]
Saturday, May 26 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM Fort Lauderdale Beach near A1A and Las Olas Blvd. Kick off this Memorial Day weekend at the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Third Annual Great American Beach Party on Saturday, May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Fort Lauderdale Beach at A1A and Las Olas Boulevard. [...]
Classic rockers BOSTON will bring their signature sound and showmanship to at the on June 28, 2012 at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 25 at noon. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer Tom Scholz, the band BOSTON is a staple of classic rock radio [...]
This month, the 57th Eurovision Song Contest with more than 40 participating countries will take place in the Crystal Hall Arena of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. This event will be attracting many tourists from abroad to this country with its ancient history and rich culture set on the Western shores of the Caspian Sea. [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating an aggravated battery that took place on April 15th, 2012, at approximately 7:25 P.M. The aggravated battery occurred at the Bahia Cabana, located at 3001 Harbor Drive in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Detectives believe that the victim, Robert Werner, W/M, 3/3/73, a Pompano Beach resident, was relaxing [...]
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Education (DOE) in partnership with Walt Disney World Resort, Florida State University Schools, Coaxis International and the Challenger Learning Center today announced the Pompano Beach High School team as winner of the first-ever State of Florida Student Astronaut Challenge. On May 19, high school students from across Florida contended for [...]
Four outstanding Broward math students will head to New York City next month to take part in the Tournament Scholarship Finals Event of the DimensionU “DU the Math” competition. Competing will be sixth grade students from Driftwood Middle School: Raquel Gonzalez, Chelsea Medina, Andre Gomez and Sabrina Furio. The students will be flown to New [...]
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) today launched a host of resources geared toward communicating directly with Florida’s parents about public education. The purpose of this effort is to help parents understand Florida’s assessment and accountability system, increased standards, and how these changes will help prepare our K-12 students for college, career, and life. “Florida’s [...]
Stop by Saturday for the Pompano Highlands Community Yard Sale!
City to Hold Special City Commission Meeting City will hold a Special City Commission meeting on May 24th at 7:00pm in the City Commission Chambers at 6600 University Drive, Parkland, Florida for the first reading of possible Charter Amendments. Parkland Shows Increased Taxable Values for the 2nd Year in a Row The Broward County’s Property [...]
To demonstrate an ongoing commitment to protecting regional water supplies, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board is recognizing May 20 to May 26, 2012 as Water Reuse Week. Also commemorating Water Reuse Week are Governor Rick Scott’s proclamation, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and close to 40 South Florida communities and [...]
Please join the City of Coral Springs for a special Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 28 at 9 a.m., in honor of the brave men and women of our military who have given their lives in service to our nation. The Ceremony will be at Veterans Park, located at 8601 Royal Palm Boulevard (just [...]
From NOAA: SATELLITE…RADAR…AND SURFACE DATA INDICATE THAT THE SMALL SURFACE LOW LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS ACQUIRED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE. ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION HAS BEEN PERSISTENT OVER THE CENTER FOR MORE THAN 18 HOURS…AND THE CIRCULATION CENTER HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTH AWAY FROM AN AIRMASS BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ROUGHLY [...]
The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) today released results from the 2012 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) for various student assessment tests. According to results of the assessments, Broward students performed comparable to other large districts and registered similar proficiency to the State. This year, students must meet a 2012 proficiency standard of 3.0 or [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.7 percent in April 2012, the lowest since January 2009 when it was also 8.7 percent. There were 804,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 9,255,000. The April 2012 rate fell 0.3 percentage point from the month-ago rate of 9.0 percent and was 1.9 percentage points lower [...]
Fort Lauderdale High School is one of three exceptional high schools in the country named by the College Board as Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award winners for improving their academic environments and helping underserved students achieve equitable access to higher education, overcoming remarkable obstacles in the process. College Board officials this week presented Fort Lauderdale High [...]
Today’s children spend less time playing outside than any previous generation, but 213 cities and towns, including Tamarac, earned recognition from national non-profit KaBOOM! as 2012 Playful City USA communities for their efforts to increase play opportunities for children. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, play is critical to healthy brain development. It allows [...]
Due to inclement weather, the City has rescheduled the Coral Springs Drive Cleanup for May 19, originally scheduled for April 28. Volunteers will help clean up Coral Springs Drive between Riverside Drive to Atlantic Boulevard and Cypress Park to Royal Palm Boulevard. The cleanup will from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. In the event of [...]
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) and the City of Sunrise are partnering to present a series of weekend film festivals at the Sunrise Civic Center Theatre (10610 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise 33351). These events mark the expansion of FLIFF’s cultural relationship with the City. Next up is an Israeli Film Mini Fest, [...]
(NewsUSA) – At 14 years of age, Chase Meacham of Columbus, Ohio, became a survivor. He survived a cancer diagnosis of osteosarcoma, a malignant bone tumor that attacks youth during their budding adolescence. He survived 35 rounds of chemotherapy, five surgeries and a relapse. As Meacham says, he was tremendously lucky. “I emerged from the [...]
Take Stock in Children, a statewide non-profit organization with a solid history of breaking the cycle of poverty by providing scholarships, mentors and hope, will celebrate the graduation of more than 1,400 low-income high school seniors from more than 50 of its local programs across Florida. Each of these students will receive full scholarships to [...]
WHO: Long Island rapper and reality TV star, Flavor Flav first made his mark by popularizing the role of the hip hop[ back-up rapper or “hype man” as a member of the legendary, politically outspoken Public Enemy with his shouts of “Yeah boy! and “Flavor Flav” punctuating their songs. Though known for his outlandishness — [...]