Space still available at Sunrise summer camps
Space is still available at a handful of Sunrise Summer Camp sites, including Banyan Elementary, Horizon Elementary, Village Elementary and Piper High. Don’t miss your chance to register! This summer, free hot or cold lunch and an afternoon snack will be provided to campers each day. All summer camp registration requests must be submitted by [...]
Tons of events at #Broward Parks in June
Saturday, June 1 GUIDED NATURE WALK Secret Woods Nature Center (Dania Beach) For all ages 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. A naturalist-led walk at the nature center. Please call for details and preregistration. For more information, call the nature center at 954-357-8884. Accessible from Broward County Transit Route #6. PUBLIC [...]
News briefs from the City of Sunrise
Poetry Workshop for Teens A Poetry Workshop for Teens is set for Saturday, May 11, from 10:00 a.m. to noon in the Sunrise Civic Center Art Gallery (10610 West Oakland Park Boulevard). Students in grades 10-12 are invited for two hours of writing bliss! The workshop will feature: • Exercises that will excite you and [...]
@BrowardSchools Top African American Scholars Earn National Achievement Scholarships
Seven outstanding Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) seniors were named National Achievement Scholarship winners and will receive a $2,500 scholarship for their undergraduate studies. Each year, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation awards scholarships to African American students who have excelled in academics and have demonstrated the potential for academic success in college. This year, approximately [...]
Broward County Commission Holds Budget Workshop Beginning today; watch online
The first of four Broward County budget workshops begins tomorrow, April 16, at 10 a.m. in Room 430 of the Governmental Center, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Broward County Commissioners will receive updated budget outlooks for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14). The agenda includes presentations on the proposed FY14 Aviation and Port Everglades operating budgets [...]
Over 3,000 jobs – 65 companies at job fair in Sunrise’s BBT Center April 16
MEGA JOB FAIR! TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH 10AM-2PM BB&T CENTER (formerly Bank Atlantic Center) One Panther Parkway Sunrise, FL 33323 This is NOT your typical Career Fair! We have reserved the ENTIRE bottom Concourse of the stadium! The doors will open promptly at 10am, If you have pre-registered online please print it out and bring it [...]
Over 3,000 jobs – 65 companies at job fair in Sunrise's BBT Center April 16
MEGA JOB FAIR! TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH 10AM-2PM BB&T CENTER (formerly Bank Atlantic Center) One Panther Parkway Sunrise, FL 33323 This is NOT your typical Career Fair! We have reserved the ENTIRE bottom Concourse of the stadium! The doors will open promptly at 10am, If you have pre-registered online please print it out and bring it [...]
#Broward Touts Economic Engines to Sold-Out Crowd–Mayor, Port, Airport and CVB share progress, impact and vision
Broward County’s leading economic engines — Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau – revealed their latest impact figures and marketing strategies to a sold-out crowd of 400 at the Port Everglades Association’s Fifth Annual Economic Engine Report at the Broward County/Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center on [...]
Broward County Road Construction Update (where not to drive in #Broward!)
FORT LAUDERDALE — Construction and maintenance-related lane closures on state highways in Broward County are expected during the week of April 5 through 12. Weather permitting, work will be done at the following locations throughout the county. Construction Projects 1. LOCATION: I-95 from the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami-Dade County to Broward Boulevard in Broward [...]
New director of Broward County Libraries starts April 29
Skye Patrick has been named the new Director of Broward County Libraries Division. She will assume her new position on April 29, 2013, and brings with her a wealth of experience in library management. Most recently, Patrick served as Assistant Director at the Queens Public Library, where she managed 20 branch locations in that system. In [...]



