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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
STAR COMEDIAN JOHN FUGELSANG BRINGS ONE-MAN SHOW TO THE PARKER PLAYHOUSE MAY 19TH Actor, TV presenter, comedian and co-star of the “Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour,” John Fugelsang returns to Ft. Lauderdale’s Parker Playhouse for the regional debut of the hit off-Broadway solo show, “Guilt: A Love Story” on May 19th (one day only) [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Port Everglades is embarking on a $54 million renovation project to transform four existing cruise terminals into modern passenger facilities for more than 30 different Carnival Corporation cruise ships as well as cruise ships from other lines. Cruise Terminals 2, 19, 21 and 26 will begin by the end of April, with completion dates ranging [...]
The African American community and the Hispanic Community have joined forces and filed a joint federal lawsuit, in response to the unfair treatment the Broward County Board of County Commissioners have given to the redistricting issue. A press conference was held on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. at The Broward County Governmental Center, 218 [...]
The City of Fort Lauderdale will temporarily return to using free chlorine in its drinking water system. This preventive maintenance procedure will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, 2012 and will end at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Free chlorination is a common practice for water systems using combined chlorine disinfection. The chlorination [...]
Photo above:This is a regularly seen sign in Oregon giving special parking for electric car users. Local government staff and representatives of the private sector kicked off a planning effort on March 1 that will better prepare communities in Southeast Florida for electric vehicles. The group, known as the EV/Infrastructure Alliance, will assist the South [...]
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) released the 2012 South Florida Environmental Report detailing a year of restoration, scientific and engineering accomplishments in the Kissimmee Basin, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades and South Florida coastal areas. The 2012 report marks the 14th year of unified, streamlined environmental [...]
The Broward County Commission has adopted the legal descriptions for a new Commission District map, which is now available online. The new map is based on the 2010 Census and balances the population within each of the nine Commission Districts. Some residents are in a different district now due to the new district boundaries. A [...]
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is participating in the Department of Transportation’s “Click it or Ticket Challenge.” The Winter Enforcement Phase of the “Click it or Ticket Challenge” runs from March 18th to March 31st. The “Click it or Ticket Challenge,” was created to inform the public of the dangers associated with not wearing a [...]
Society is all aflutter with the news of the wedding of the year, but the fun is cut off when the bride is found dead in “Till Death Do Us Apart.” As part of an annual fundraiser, Clueless on Las Olas, draws 500 amateur sleuths scouring the streets of Fort Lauderdale to find the truth. [...]
The Consul General of Brazil in Miami, Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, will visit Broward County on March 22, 2012 during an official tour and visit. The visit, hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance International Action Team and the Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development, will include a ceremony at the Broward Center [...]
Broward County has extended its ENERGY SENSE Business Appliance Rebate Program application deadline from March 16 to April 2. The County has up to $5,000 available in rebates to eligible small- to medium-sized businesses who replace an old appliance with a new more energy efficient one. The program is part of a $1.24 million Energy [...]
Broward County business, civic and government leaders have announced the launch of the Six Pillars™ Strategic Planning process for Broward County. The Six Pillars process is being led by The Florida Chamber Foundation at the state level, and is meant to help communities throughout the state of Florida prosper and create high paying jobs by [...]