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 [...]
The holidays are right around the corner, and everyone is busy filling out their holiday wish lists. However, not everyone can afford that brand new paperback or hardcover novel, or a high-tech Kindle, Nook or Sony e-reader device filled with digital e-books. Fortunately, the Broward Libraries Division has begun a new E-Reader Expansion Program. Now, [...]
Daniel Rizzi is the owner of Rainbow International of Broward County. His business offers water, fire, smoke and mold damage cleanup and restoration services as well as carpet, grout and tile cleaning. Communities served include Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood, Davie, Cooper City, Pembroke Pines and Weston.
Working smoke alarms can mean the difference between life and death when it comes to house fires. Each year 3,000 people die in residential fires in the United States. On Thursday, November 4, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is announcing a countywide free battery exchange program to promote proper smoke alarm use. Scheduled to attend this [...]
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Broward Health is urging women to get a mammogram during its second annual Mammo-Palooza week, starting Oct. 11. Broward Health expects to screen more than 1,200 women in just five days – that’s more than four times what the health system would normally screen during any given week. [...]
This is a work in progress, so check back regularly as events are added to this list! Email Halloween/Fall festival events to andrea@browardnetonline.com. Click here to enter our Halloween Costume Contest. Post your best pics of Halloweens past to win a four-pack of to the Halloween Festival at Snyder Park. Coconut Creek Halloween Business Expo [...]
Governor Charlie Crist has recognized Dan Marino of Weston as a Point of Light for Disability Awareness Month. “Over the past 18 years, Dan has devoted time and resources to autism research and the development of programs for persons with disabilities,” said Governor Crist. “His passion and dedication has led to innovative advancements in treatment [...]
An early morning crash on U.S. 27 claimed the life of a Broward man on Monday. The Broward Sheriff’s Communication Center received a call at around 6:02 a.m. notifying deputies of the collision. The preliminary investigation indicates that 69-year-old Kenneth Duckworth, who was driving a black Toyota, was on the left lane of southbound U.S. [...]
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 [...]
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
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is looking for witnesses to an early morning hit-and-run fatality on remote U.S. Highway 27 in Weston. The fatal incident occurred in the midnight hours and was discovered shortly after 3 a.m. A passing motorist noticed a man’s body laying in the center median of the southbound lanes [...]
By Valerie Amor, Green Examiner, guest columnist. It was President Barack Obama during his campaign that stressed repeatedly that he would never support lifting the moratorium off the coast of Florida, “I intend to keep in place the moratorium here in Florida…to protect Florida’s pristine coastline.” Since his own words are stronger than mine in [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office divers training in a Western Broward canal discovered human remains in a submerged minivan late Wednesday morning. Around 8 a.m., BSO divers entered the canal at the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area along Interstate 75 to conduct routing dive training.
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 [...]
An impaired motorist who struck a couple last week as they walked their dogs in Weston now faces charges of DUI and leaving the scene of a crash causing serious injuries.
A school bus headed to Everglades Elementary with students wrecked early this morning in Weston. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with BSO Fire Rescue are on the scene of the wreck with injuries at
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 [...]
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.
A woman was killed Thursday evening when her Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed on U.S. 27 just south of Interstate 75 in Weston . Broward Sheriff’s Office traffic homicide investigators
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 4321 is helping several worthwhile causes this holiday season. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 6th at the Weston Town Center Publix, firefighters will hold a car wash to benefit the
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 [...]
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 West Sample Road, just two miles [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida and 31 states have reached a $3 million settlement with Vonage, one of the nation’s largest providers of a service known as “Voice over Internet Protocol,” an internet-based phone service. The settlement requires Vonage to make significant changes to its marketing practices, honor consumer [...]
# 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 [...]
