Surveillance video in two busy Walgreens stores captured the same limping, bandaged robber threatening clerks and demanding cash as other customers shop nearby. BSO Robbery detectives have released both videos in the hopes that someone recognizes the robber who has a bandage around his right, upper forearm. The first incident happened at 9:23 p.m. Sunday [...]
Once again, the City of Tamarac has maintained a Class 7 rating under the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Community Rating System. The Class 7 rating provides a 15% discount on the City’s residents’ and business’ flood insurance premiums. This rating results in over $675,000 in savings per year to residents’ flood insurance policies in [...]
9:00 pm Friday, July 30, 2010 to 5:00 am Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Tamarac, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, and Oakland Park Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force and district personnel will be conducting a DUI saturation patrol per the above locations and times. They will be actively enforcing DUI laws and identifying impaired drivers.
The City of Tamarac’s Mayor and Commission appointed Michelle Gomez to serve as Commissioner for District 2. Michelle Gomez will serve out the remaining term, which ends November 2014, for the seat, which has been vacant since June 25, 2010, or up until the point where the Governor would re-instate the previous Commissioner. Gomez is [...]
The Broward Sheriff’s Office will conduct a saturation patrol targeting intoxicated and impaired drivers this holiday weekend. The enforcement effort will run from 7 p.m. Sunday, July 4 through 5 a.m. Monday, July 5. The BSO D. U. I. Task Force units will be joined by district deputies and will focus patrols on areas that [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE The City of Fort Lauderdale invites residents and visitors to celebrate America’s Independence Day by attending a free celebration on Fort Lauderdale Beach from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 4, 2010. The Fourth of July festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on across from the Oasis Café, located at [...]
Tuesday, June 1 BOWLING Strikers Family Sports Center (Sunrise) For adults with developmental disabilities. 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. $5.50 includes two games and shoes. Participants will socialize and bowl two games to improve and maintain their bowling skills. Preregistration is required. For more information, call the Special Populations Section at 954-357-8170/8160. BROADVIEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING [...]
The Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. (FGBC) has officially certified the City of Tamarac as a Green Local Government at the Gold level. Fewer than 13 local governments throughout the state hold the Gold level designation, and Tamarac is one of 3 in South Florida. Tamarac was the first local government in South Florida to [...]
Tamarac, Florida – The City of Tamarac received official notice this morning from the Woodmont Country Club that they have withdrawn their application for a Land Use Plan Amendment seeking to change the land use of a portion of the Woodmont golf course into residential and commercial development. As a result of the applicants’ withdrawal, [...]
From the Broward Teacher’s Union: Broward school employees, including their charter school colleagues, plan several protests on Thursday afternoon in Pembroke Pines and Cooper City as the deadline nears for Governor Charlie Crist to sign or veto Senate Bill 6 / House Bill 7189. Union leaders anticipate Governor Crist will either sign or veto the [...]
Broward County Public Schools Community Schools announces its summer camps and programs for a variety of interests and all ages. Registration is open now for a wide range of fun
From the Broward Teacher’s Union: As the Florida House version of Senate Bill 6, House Bill 7189, comes to a full vote this afternoon, Broward County teachers, parents and community members will take to the streets in protest. Dozens of protesters are expected to gather at 4:30 p.m. today, Thursday, April 8 until 5:30 p.m. [...]
Broward County Libraries Division and Broward County Enterprise Technology Services, in partnership with AT&T, are offering the public free Internet and long distance telephone service to contact loved ones in Haiti. Customers are able to place free, 10-minute phone calls to Haiti.
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 [...]
The City of Tamarac invites the public to join the Mayor and Commission for the official dedication of “Under the Shadow of a Big Tree”, by Ilan Averbuch, at Tephford Park (10003 Southgate Boulevard). The dedication will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at
A Tamarac bank robber got the shock of his life when, as he exited a bank Saturday afternoon thinking he had gotten away with the heist, he was met by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies who were waiting to take him into custody.
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 [...]
When a well-dressed man showed up at the home of an 86-year-old Tamarac woman saying he was from the “water department,“ she let him in to check her water. The trusting woman then fell prey to what Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives say is a common scam.
Florida’s state Arbor Day will be celebrated on January 15th this year and over 15,000 Fourth Grade Foresters all across Florida will roll up their sleeves and plant a tree. The kids will become members of Fourth Grade Foresters of Florida. The project goal is to help revitalize a remarkable idea – observation of Arbor [...]
A Tamarac man is the recipient of a national fellowship designed to advance the work of individuals with outstanding leadership potential to help shape a brighter environmental future. Doug Young is one of 40 individuals nationwide selected as a 2009 TogetherGreen Fellow. The TogetherGreen Fellowship offers specialized training in conservation planning and execution, the chance [...]
A 36-year-old Tamarac man reportedly running in traffic on West McNab Road was hit by an oncoming car just after 1 a.m. Monday and later died at a hospital. Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Detectives are investigating the incident, which happened at the intersection of Southwest 81st Avenue and McNab. Witnesses told investigators that Ruben [...]
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.
Hospital records have helped identify the remaining victim of a fatal fire that engulfed a Tamarac home on November 15. Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have confirmed the identity of the female victim
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 will be offered on this [...]
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