“Autism in Flight” Takes Off at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
A trip to the airport can be an intimidating experience for anyone, for autistic children and their families it can be downright frightening. When Vice Mayor Barbara Sharief was contacted by a family in her district with an autistic child and learned of the potential challenges they faced when using airports, she embarked on an [...]
City of Pompano Beach seeking input into wayfinding signs around town
The City of Pompano Beach Engineering Division is soliciting public input on the new way finding sign system for the City of Pompano Beach. The standardizing of the City’s signage system incorporating the new logo will develop a wayfinding system that will create an overall identity for the City, that is compatible with its character; [...]
Salah Foundation Awards Grant to Enhance 2-1-1 Broward Helpline Counselor’s Workspace & Agency Programs
Salah Foundation awarded a generous grant designated for general operating funds to support 2-1-1 Broward’s technology improvements and staffing needs. Upon a recent visit to 2-1-1 Broward’s call center, George Taylor, Salah Foundation board member, noticed that the helpline counselors had small computer screens, older chairs and did not have headsets to use while taking [...]
Coconut Creek phone, computer systems will be down Friday during move to new building (except 911)
As you may know, the City has built a brand new building on the Government Center campus. As such, the I.T. Department will be relocating the necessary networking equipment, server infrastructure, and phone system from City Hall to the new building this Friday. In order to make this transition, it will be necessary to take [...]
Students and Broward County to be Featured During National Healthy Communities Conference
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, May 10, 2013 – Lauderhill Y Students from the YMCA of Broward County will be featured on May 13-15 during the Y-USA Healthier Communities Conference at Broward Convention Center, and as part of a success story bus tour. The Y-USA selected Ft. Lauderdale as the host city for their annual Healthier Communities [...]
#Broward property appraiser answers questions about adverse possession law in Florida that allows squatters to occupy properties
Dear Lori: We are interested in knowing about the status of efforts to reform the adverse possession law in Florida. We think it’s wrong to allow squatters to occupy property they do not own! What can we do to help? D.W., Miramar, FL Adverse possession is a method of acquiring title to real property by [...]
21st Annual Stamp Out Hunger is in South Florida this Saturday – put food out with your mail!
On Saturday, May 11, Feeding South Florida™ will join Treasure Coast Food Bank, letter carriers, Campbell Soup Company, and area residents to fight hunger in South Florida and on the Treasure Coast with the 21st annual Stamp Out Hunger, the nation’s largest one-day food drive. To participate in Stamp Out Hunger, postal service customers in [...]
Deerfield Beach Employee Braves Fire to Help Family
DEERFIELD BEACH – On April 23, 2013 City Waste Collection Driver, Chris Chisolm was on his regular route when he came upon the home of Paul and Daymi Rodrigues located at 4509 SW 13th Street in the Waterways. He noticed that there was smoke coming out of the house and Daymi was standing outside; frazzled [...]
Fort Lauderdale Airport closes US-1/Federal Highway entrance due to potential landslides
Check your flight here: http://www.broward.org/Airport/Flights/Pages/Default.aspx The National Weather Service in Miami has issued an * Urban Flood Advisory for minor flooding of poor drainage areas in… northeastern Broward County in Southeast Florida… this includes the cities of… Pompano Beach… Margate… Deerfield Beach… southeastern Palm Beach County in Southeast Florida… this includes the city of Boca [...]
Margate likely to Join County in E911
A move that could save the City $2 million annually in apparatus and manpower, Margate will decide in coming months whether it wants to join a countywide emergency dispatch system that aims to cure delayed, dropped or misdirected emergency calls for help. The system was overwhelmingly approved by Broward voters in 2002 in response to [...]
