Five Beauty Tips for Prom
Prom is a milestone event for many high school students. Between finding the perfect dress, corsage and date, there’s an endless array of details for young women to consider when planning their perfect night. Florida Career College’s Cosmetology Director Theresa Jacobs offers these five useful beauty tips that will help prom-goers look and feel their [...]
Slideshow: Pompano Beach Relay for Life
Twenty-two fundraising teams descended on Community Park in Pompano Beach, Florida for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life. Hundreds of cancer survivors, caregivers and friends took part in the celebration. This year’s theme was Fairy Tales. Two-time breast cancer survivor Diane Hurwit, who spoke to the audience, chose Over the Rainbow as her [...]
Crowdfunding platform designed for #Broward non-profits sees strong success in first 90 days
Business for the Arts of Broward announced that it has raised more than $96,000 in the first 90 days of the launch of its new online site power2give.org/broward. The new crowd-source funding platform empowers donors to give directly to local arts and cultural projects that inspire them. Nonprofit organizations list needs for a specific project [...]
Photo: NASA Satellite Data Helps Pinpoint Glaciers’ Role in Sea Level Rise
A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers outside of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, repositories of 1 percent of all land ice, lost an average of [...]
Tony Mazza of Deerfield Beach Wins Title of Tri-Rail’s Senior Idol
Tony Mazza of Deerfield Beach was recently crowned the winner of Tri-Rail’s Senior Idol with more than 1,000 fans cheering him on. The 11 finalists of the eighth annual competition sang their hearts out at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek for the chance to win a $500 grand prize and pass to ride Tri-Rail for one [...]
“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 [...]
MARGATE CITY COMMISSION CREATES A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITEE
MARGATE, FL – (May 16, 2013) – The Margate City Commission, has created a Charter Review Committee (“Committee)” to review the terms and provisions within the City Charter. The Committee will be tasked with considering whether any part of the forty-two page City Charter, consisting of ten articles and sixty-one sections, needs to be amended. [...]
Florida Attorney General Bondi asks non-profits impacted by IRS’ admitted targeting of political groups to contact her office
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement regarding the IRS’ admitted targeting of groups seeking tax-exempt status. “The IRS’s discriminatory targeting of groups seeking tax-exempt status is appalling and goes against the most basic American values of free expression and equal treatment under the law. The Justice Department and the FBI have [...]
City of Coral Springs honored for financial achievement
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded the City of Coral Springs, Florida with the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget, attention to fiscal responsibility, and planning. The award is given to cities whose budget documents meet the program’s criteria for a policy document that clearly defines [...]
Injured panther kitten rescued in Florida
g. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and partners rescued an approximately 9-month-old female Florida panther in the Golden Gate Estates area of Collier County on Monday. The FWC received a call about a panther kitten dragging its rear leg. A homeowner noticed the injured panther earlier that morning as he was [...]
