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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 — [...]
The City of Pompano Beach will host a public outreach meeting on Monday, May 14th at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. to gather input from residents, business owners and stakeholder on any observed flooding within the City limits. All attendees will be given the opportunity to provide feedback [...]
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 [...]
Florida Atlantic University’s University Galleries will host a series of public programs to mark the closing of the “Surfing Florida: A Photographic History” exhibition on Saturday, May 12 from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Schmidt Center Gallery, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. The event will include slide shows, a film screening, lecture and [...]
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 [...]
Prepare for a sumptuous feast to tickle your taste buds during the Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce Fine Food and Wine Festival. This delectable event brings together 25 of the finest chefs in South Florida for a titillating evening out sipping wine and noshing on food from some of the best local chefs on [...]
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 [...]
Attorney General Pam Bondi, 25 other attorneys general, the National Federation of Independent Business and four individual plaintiffs will begin oral argument to defend Americans’ individual liberty before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 26. The Supreme Court has allotted an unprecedented six hours of time for oral argument, which will conclude on Wednesday, [...]
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 [...]
The Broward County Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will celebrate National Women’s History Month March 1 – 31, by honoring 25 women leaders from across the County who exemplify the theme of this year’s national observance: “Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment.” The honorees will be featured in an exhibit in the lobby of [...]