Airfield maintenance work at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport will result in the closure of Runway 9L-27R (North Runway) from 12:01 a.m. – 5:30 a.m., Monday, August 30, through Monday, September 6, 2010. The closures will allow workers to perform routine maintenance which includes rubber removal, repainting of the runway, repairs to the runway lighting system, [...]
Hero is a word often used. On rare occasion, it describes an ordinary person who does something extraordinary. Marine Corporal Jason Dunham was a real hero, one who gave his life on the battlefield to save two of his fellow Marines. Dunham threw his Kevlar® helmet and his body on a live grenade in April [...]
Education has become a top priority in Florida with a wave of federal funding that will make its way to Take Stock in Children, a statewide non-profit organization with a 15 year history of working in partnership with over 800 public schools to help low-income and at-risk teenagers break the cycle of poverty by providing [...]
From VisitFlorida.org Given widespread concern about the negative perception of the oil spill’s impact on Florida visitors, VISIT FLORIDA participated in a study conducted by Ypartnership to gauge the near-term travel intentions of select Americans and their awareness and impressions of how Florida has been affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The survey was [...]
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens and St. Lawrence Gallery inaugurate the fourth installment of the annual Best of the Artists Series Thursday, Sept. 9 at the St. Lawrence Gallery. This show runs through October 2 and includes works by Mary Belle Cordell, Marilyn Johansen, Joan Keirstead and Nia Nakis. These exhibitions at the St. Lawrence Gallery [...]
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist recently announced that the Florida Division of Emergency Management has received approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Florida’s updated 2010 enhanced mitigation plan. The recent approval of the plan by FEMA continues the increased percentage of total federal assistance the state receives for disaster mitigation activities at [...]
(NewsUSA) – Children have become much less active, contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic that’s affecting neighborhoods across the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity among children ages six to 11 years increased from 6.5 [...]
Building on historic agreements to advance construction on Everglades restoration projects, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently approved another key Project Partnership Agreement to test technology for preserving clean water in Everglades National Park. If proven effective, technology developed during the pilot project will [...]
From the Miami office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Al Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s Office, announced that defendants Johnny Saintil, 28, Michael Defrand, 25, and [...]
Phase 2 of the South Florida East Coast Corridor Study (SFECC Study) is almost complete. As a part of this phase the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will conduct a series of public hearings regarding proposed transit improvements along the South Florida East Coast Corridor. The recommendations so far for the three possible technologies for [...]
Learn how to receive a Florida ENERGY STAR® Residential HVAC rebate by visiting www.rebates.com/floridahvac. Beginning Monday, August 30, 2010, Florida homeowners who upgrade their air conditioning systems can qualify to receive a $1,500 rebate. The program will end on Friday, December 31, 2010, or when the $15 million in rebate funds are depleted. These purchases [...]
Broward County Public Schools announced that 232,850 students attended District schools on the first day of school, Monday, August 23. The District’s 2010/11 first-day enrollment count increased by 1,355 students, when compared to last year’s 231,495 first-day enrollment mark. The student enrollment count includes all students who were in attendance at all schools, including charters [...]
It has been put forth here before as it is again, as the Broward County School Board continues to struggle to manage its budget, ask the parents and the students for ways to save money! Today, like almost every day last year, students come home complaining of classrooms that are Arctic cold. At a time when money [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office robbery detectives are releasing surveillance video in the hopes of identifying a cold-hearted crook who robbed an elderly woman as she was collecting money for her church outside a Central Broward convenience store. The robbery occurred at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday, August 12 at Rusty’s convenience store at 981 NW 27 Avenue [...]
The Attorney General’s Office and Florida Public Counsel J.R. Kelly today announced that a settlement has been reached with Florida Power and Light (FP&L) on behalf of Florida consumers which will freeze base rates for FP&L customers through 2012. The company will have to petition the Public Service Commission (PSC) for any base rate increases [...]
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July 2010 is 11.5 percent, up marginally by 0.1 percentage point over the previous month. This represents 1,055,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,214,000. The June unemployment rate for Florida was 11.4 percent. This is down from an 18-month peak of 12 percent in January. In Broward, [...]
Voters will get to decide whether Broward County will have an office of inspector general (IG) who will be charged with investigating misconduct and mismanagement by county and city elected officials, their employees and any service providers who work with them.
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Horner is running against incumbent Ann Murray who has not responded to BrowardNETOnline.com’s questions. Horner submitted her own bio. Rebecca Horner is a Pittsburgh PA native currently living in Hollywood. She [...]
Oakland Park City Commissioners approved a resolution on August 4 supporting a proposed passenger rail line that would traverse the Southeast Florida region along the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway corridor. “The need for passenger transit service along the east side of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties has long been apparent to transportation planning [...]
Members of several local community groups have partnered with Broward County Public Schools again for the Broward Million Father March take a child to the first day of school campaign – encouraging fathers, relatives, men and significant male caregivers to take their children to school on the first day of classes, Monday, August 23.
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Robert Mayersohn is running against five other candidates: Penny Madden, Robert W. Sutton,Jaemi Levine, David “Dave” Thomas and Donald Samuels for retiring school board member Stephanie Kraft. Robert wrote his own [...]
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Jim Lansing is running against three other candidates, Nora Rupert, Travis Williamson and Russell Kaufman to replace retiring school board member Bob Parks in District 7. Lansing submitted his own bio. [...]
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Kevin Tynan is the incumbent running to retain his seat of which was appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist after the former school board member Beverly Gallagher was charged with corruption. Tynan [...]
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Laurie Rich Levinson is running against incumbent Phyllis Hope as well as two others, Lynn Simon and Melvin “Doc” Propis for school board district 6 seat.Levinson submitted her own bio. Laurie [...]
This is part of a series on all the school board candidates. To see all the candidates and learn more about them, click here. Travis Williamson is running against three other candidates, Nora Rupert, Jim Lansing and Russell Kaufman to replace retiring school board member Bob Parks in District 7. Williamson submitted his own bio. [...]
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