The Broward County Property Appraiser’s Office hosts a series of community outreach events each month throughout Broward County. Deputy Appraisers will be available to assist with Homestead, Senior and other property tax exemption applications, as well as answer questions on property taxes. We are also accepting applications for Portability. The outreach program is designed to [...]

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units are reporting some local roadways flooded in Weston, in the vicinity of Weston Hills Dr. and Royal Palm Blvd. There are also some cars stalled out due to the flooding in the same area. Units are also on scene at a home located at 1208 Manor Dr. South, where a [...]

[ January 25, 2010 to January 30, 2010. ] Early voting starts today, January 25,  for a special election primary in U.S. Congressional District 19. The seat opened when Congressman Robert Wexler turned in his resignation back in October 2009, effective January 2010, to become president of the Center for Middle East Peace. The official primary election date is Feb. 2, 2010.

In the election, [...]

Broward County Public Schools recently announced the 2009/10 year graduation dates and locations for its high schools and alternative education centers. Below is the list.
Thursday, June 3
Monarch High School 7 p.m. [...]

[ November 30, 2009 to December 27, 2009. ] Officials at the Broward County Health Department announced Broward County’s first H1N1 Vaccination Clinic which shall be open to all members of the public starting Monday, November 30, 2009 at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, located at 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs, 33065.   Free H1N1 vaccinations [...]

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South Florida’s largest classic and foreign car show returns to Festival Flea Market Mall on Sunday, November 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the “2009 Annual Festival Holiday Classic & Foreign Car Show” is free to the public.  Festival Flea Market Mall is located at 2900 [...]

In response to the needs of the community, officials at the Broward County Health Department announced today the opening of an H1N1 vaccination clinic that will serve people in the priority groups.  The clinic will open at 8AM on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the National Guard Armory located at 400 SW 24th Street in [...]

# People hospitalized with confirmed cases of H1N1: 82
# Broward County deaths: 11

Total vaccine allocated to Broward County: 195,000
Total doses dispensed by Broward County Health Department: 33,000
Total doses to healthcare providers, private physicians and hospitals: 71,000
Doses for schools in the next 2 weeks: 47,000
44,000 doses will be distributed in the following manner:
First Responders
Providers [...]

The Dignity Memorial® Vietnam Wall, a three-quarter-scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in  Washington, D.C., will be open for public viewing November 6-8, 2009, at Bailey Memorial Gardens, 7801 Bailey Road, North Lauderdale, Fla. 33068.
“The monument was created as a service to those who might never travel to the nation’s capital to experience [...]

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Well after midnight Sept. 11, an urgent knock at the front door of a North Lauderdale house awakened a 13-year-old boy sleeping
Bernadette Vedder
inside. A surveillance video captured three would-be robbers outside. One fired two shots into the door, missing the young teen who had been standing on the [...]

To continue investment in nuclear electric generation, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved cost recovery amounts for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Progress Energy Florida (PEF) related to construction of planned nuclear generating plants and uprates of existing generating units.  Costs will be recovered through the capacity cost recovery charge [...]

Public health officials in South Florida are gathering Friday to let the public know the official plan to distribute the H1N1 vaccine. On Friday afternoon, Paula Thaqi, M.D., M.P.H., Broward County Health Department Director, Lillian Rivera, R.N., M.S.N., PhD, Miami-Dade County Health Department Administrator, Bob Eadie, J.D., Monroe County Health Department Administrator and Alina Alonso, [...]

Free and reduced price meal benefits from the 2008/09 school year will expire on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.  As of October 7, 2009, children will no longer receive meal benefits based on last year’s eligibility status. Families that qualified for benefits last year must complete and submit a new application to be eligible for benefits [...]

Please be advised that effective October 1, 2009, Broward County regional parks, nature centers, and natural areas will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays* due to Fiscal Year 2010 budget reductions. The following four County
Map of where the parks are in Broward County – Click image for guide.
parks, however, will continue to be open daily:**

Central [...]

Well after midnight Friday, an urgent knock at the front door of a North Lauderdale house awakened a 13-year-old boy sleeping inside. The woman outside asked for his mother, claiming to be her cousin. Not recognizing the voice, the teen didn’t open the door.
A surveillance camera mounted just over the front door showed Broward Sheriff’s [...]