A “Magical Holiday Parade” on December 15 The City’s annual Holiday Parade is set for Wednesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. and will feature decorated floats and other entries with a magic theme. The floats will proceed along Sample Road from Coral Springs Drive to City Hall. Traditionally, the parade draws thousands of spectators and [...]
The Town of Davie will participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program by providing an official drop-off location at Davie Town Hall located at 6591 Orange Drive and at the Davie Pine Island Multipurpose Center at 3801 South Pine Island Road.
The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, South Florida’s premier retail destination, presents an opportunity for children and families to enjoy a delicious “Breakfast with Santa” at The Capital Grille on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. This community event celebrates the arrival of Santa to The Galleria in support of Jack & Jill Children Center of [...]
Tack up the mistletoe and trim up the tree! Santa is on his way with lots of goodies for children at the Old Davie School Historical Museum, located at 6650 Griffin Road. The 9th Annual Old Davie Christmas will take place on Sunday, December 5, 2010, from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Broward Health was announced as a LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project award recipient. The project, created by LIVESTRONG, the organization founded by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong to serve people affected by cancer and empower them to take action, will bring proven cancer support programs to 55 communities across the United States. “We are [...]
Find Yourself – At a Broward County Park December 2010 Wednesday – Friday, December 1 – 31 HOLIDAY FANTASY OF LIGHTS Tradewinds Park (Coconut Creek) For all ages 6 to 10 p.m. $10/vehicle* Mondays through Wednesdays; $13/vehicle* Thursdays through Sundays. *Cost is for 20 passengers or less. The park’s regular weekend and holiday gate entrance [...]
Broward County Offices Close for Veterans Day, November 11 Broward County governmental offices will be closed on Thursday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. This includes all branches of county libraries, regional and neighborhood parks, nature centers and natural areas, as well as Animal Care’s two Adoption Centers. More… County Appoints New Transit Director [...]
The first Skolnick Jazz and Arts Festival is scheduled for Sunday, November 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Herb Skolnick Community Center which is located at 800 SW 36th Street. Come and enjoy relaxing jazz performed by the South Florida Harmonica Band, Jazz Delight and Nostalgia. Seating is available, but people are [...]
Santa Claus will be sleighing into Coral Square Mall South Florida-style on Saturday, November 13 at 4 p.m. to usher in the holiday season. His arrival marks a fun-filled season of spectacular shopping and special events. The holly, jolly fellow will be perched atop Coral Springs Fire Department’s shiny red fire truck and will be [...]
Sixty electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) are available to Broward students, parents and teachers online through the District’s Broward Enterprise Education Portal (BEEP). The District’s e-textbook initiative began in 2006 with K-12 science textbooks and has grown with each district-wide textbook adoption since then. A full-complement of e-textbooks is available for courses with district-wide adoptions in mathematics, [...]
(NewsUSA) – Every time you pack your kids’ lunches, you have an opportunity to give them a fun, healthy meal. Are you making the most of it? Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz Weiss, MS, RD, authors of the book “No Whine with Dinner,” along with the California Raisin Marketing Board, offer the following [...]
Actors Community Theatre (ACT) of Davie proudly present, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jack Annunziata. Tennessee Williams’ sordid drama of lust and madness takes place in the New Orleans French Quarter. Blanche, a former Southern Belle, down on her luck, comes to live with her sister, Stella. Tennessee Williams’ play reveals [...]
Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek will observe its 25th Anniversary – the park opened on November 17, 1985 – with a day of activities on Sunday, November 14. From 10 to 11 a.m. there will be a Wetland Critters family dip net activity, followed by a presentation from 11 a.m. to noon on [...]
Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek will offer a Sunday Nature Lecture Series, for all ages (3 and under free), on four Sundays in November and December. Lectures start at 2 p.m., last approximately one hour, and are followed by question-and-answer sessions. Live animals will be used to emphasize the lecture topic, but there [...]
More than 300 major stakeholders joined Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) officials, administrators and educators at a recent symposium designed to discuss solutions for one of the nation’s and Broward’s most critical educational issues: the consistently low performance and graduation rate of Black male students. At the invitation of Broward County School Board, Vice Chair [...]
Election Day Tuesday, November 2nd Remember to vote. Polls are open 7:00am to 7:00pm City collecting Halloween Costumes The City of Parkland has partnered with Free Costumes for Kids and is asking residents to donate unused and old costumes to a worthy cause. From October 15 till November 12, 2010 there will be 3 boxes [...]
Liliana Pardo-Posse, school social worker in Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) North Area, has been named School Social Worker of the Year, by the Florida Association of School Social Workers. The announcement was made at the organizationís state conference held recently in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pardo-Posse, who has served schools in the north area of [...]
PNC Bank presents the City of Fort Lauderdale’s inaugural season of Cinema By The Sea, an event that brings free movies to Fort Lauderdale beach! Cinema By The Sea will kick off on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 6:45 p.m. on Fort Lauderdale Beach (just south of A1A and Las Olas Boulevard) with Date Night, [...]
The water playground at the Miramar Regional Park Aquatic Center, 16801 Miramar Parkway, will close on November 1, 2010 for the winter season and will re-open on February 28, 2011. The main pool at the Miramar Regional Park Aquatic Center, which is heated, will remain open. However, it will close temporarily for repairs starting November [...]
The City of Miramar Early Childhood Program is offering a Teacher Planning Day Camp Program for Elementary Students K through 5th Grade Friday day, October 29th, 2010. This fun filled day includes: An Educational program From High Touch High Tech, Special Activities, Lunch and Snack. Program hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is [...]
From the Broward Teacher’s Union: Hundreds of teachers, parents and students will attend a Negotiations Impasse Protest and School Board Hearing at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 18 in front of Plantation High School auditorium. Union members will protest before the hearing begins to demonstrate that they will never back down from their demand to [...]
Broward County Parks and Recreation presents the K-9 Splash Series, for dogs ages 4 months and up, at the water parks at three regional parks: Castaway Island at T.Y. Park in Hollywood (October 23 and 24), Paradise Cove at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines (October 30 and 31 AND November 13 and 14), and [...]
Radio Disney will be hosting the popular “3 Minute Game Show” as seen on the Disney Channel at Coral Square Mall on Sunday, October 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. The trivia challenge, which will be held at Center Court, is a fast-paced, fun-filled game that is touring this fall at 35 malls owned by [...]
Take Stock in Children, a statewide non-profit organization with a 15 year history of working to help low-income and at-risk teenagers break the cycle of poverty by providing scholarships, mentors and hope for children, announced a major $1 million donation from the Helios Education Foundation at a special event attended by more than 300 Florida [...]
Notre Dame’s all-time leading rusher, three accomplished rodeo brothers, a former Florida Panthers star goal tender, a top-rated female golfer, and one of Florida State University’s unsurpassed great quarterbacks, head up the 2010 Broward County Sports Hall of Fame, presented by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau Sports Development office. These seven greats [...]