In response to the needs of the community, officials at the Broward County Health Department announced today the opening of an H1N1 vaccination clinic that will serve people in the priority groups. The clinic will open at 8AM on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the National Guard Armory located at 400 SW 24th Street in [...]
# 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 [...]
“It’s on,” Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober declared to fellow Broward County officials Mayor Anne Castro of Dania Beach, Mayor Marilyn Gerber of Coconut Creek and Vice Mayor Angelo Castillo of Pembroke Pines at a press conference recently to announce the launch of the South Florida Living Green Fair Mayors Challenge. The gauntlet was thrown down [...]
To continue investment in nuclear electric generation, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved cost recovery amounts for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Progress Energy Florida (PEF) related to construction of planned nuclear generating plants and uprates of existing generating units. Costs will be recovered through the capacity cost recovery charge on [...]
Public health officials in South Florida are gathering Friday to let the public know the official plan to distribute the H1N1 vaccine. On Friday afternoon, Paula Thaqi, M.D., M.P.H., Broward County Health Department Director, Lillian Rivera, R.N., M.S.N., PhD, Miami-Dade County Health Department Administrator, Bob Eadie, J.D., Monroe County Health Department Administrator and Alina Alonso, [...]
CLICK HERE FOR 2010 Coconut Creek GHOSTS AND GOBLINS FAMILY FUN NIGHT Fern Forest Nature Center For ages 2 to 11 accompanied by an adult 6 to 8 p.m. , Oct. 30 Free (nominal fee for crafts and photographs). Activities include a costume contest, games and prizes, arts and crafts (nominal fee), photos in the [...]
Thursday, October 1 FRIENDS OF THE ANNE KOLB NATURE CENTER MEETING Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park (Hollywood) For ages 13 and up 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Monthly volunteer meeting. For more information, call the nature center at Accessible from Broward County Transit Route #12. MANGROVE ADVENTURE HIKE Anne Kolb Nature [...]
Free and reduced price meal benefits from the 2008/09 school year will expire on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. As of October 7, 2009, children will no longer receive meal benefits based on last year’s eligibility status. Families that qualified for benefits last year must complete and submit a new application to be eligible for benefits [...]
Please be advised that effective October 1, 2009, Broward County regional parks, nature centers, and natural areas will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays* due to Fiscal Year 2010 budget reductions. The following four County parks, however, will continue to be open daily:** Central Broward Regional Park, 3700 N.W. 11th Place, Lauderhill; Markham Park, [...]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) are releasing a sketch of a suspect believed to be the driver in the Brinks armored car robbery from last Tuesday. On September 22, 2009, as Brinks’ guards were making a delivery at 3400 SW 26th Terrace, Dania Beach, Florida, they were confronted by [...]
The Mellgren Planning Group, on behalf of the City of Dania Beach, will be conducting a community meeting on September 29, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall located at 100 W Dania Beach BLVD to discuss concepts relating to the Westside Master Plan. Your participation at this meeting will help shape the future of Dania Beach. The [...]
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working together to catch three people involved in the shooting of a Brink’s employee during an apparent attempted armed robbery. BSO deputies responded to the report of a shooting Tuesday morning in the Merrill Industrial Center in Dania Beach. They found one Brink’s employee [...]
A Broward Sheriff’s Office Sex Crimes Unit detective canvassing a Dania Beach neighborhood for a rapist spotted the suspect and took him into custody this past Thursday night. On the evening of September 7th, an 18-year-old woman was pulled from the sidewalk in the 600 block of SE 2 Ave. and sexually assaulted by an [...]
Your entrée into Greater Fort Lauderdale’s gourmet scene October 1-November 12, 2009 Join us for the most tasteful event of the season, as American Express presents Dine Out Lauderdale, a six-week celebration of the area’s top restaurants, chefs and cuisine. From October 1 through November 12, a selection of Greater Fort Lauderdale restaurants are offering specially-created, three-course menus at a [...]
INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM FACT SHEET The Code Fine & Lien Amnesty Program will be in effect in 2 stages from September 1st through November 30th, 2009, and December 1st through December 31st, 2009. Owners of properties that are in compliance with their code cases may settle their debt to the city by paying ONLY 25% of [...]
A Dania Beach man was speeding and driving drunk in the early-morning hours of July 9 when he drove his black Ford Excursion through a stop sign and hit another SUV, BSO traffic homicide detectives determined. The driver of the other vehicle, 54-year-old David Rose of Hollywood, was injured in the crash and died six [...]
Two would-be robbers didn’t have it their way at a local Burger King when their failed robbery attempt was caught on the fast food restaurant’s surveillance video system.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jS2-qT6A0U] A witness saw the two sitting in a two-door, black or navy blue, older model sports utility vehicle outside Burger King on Stirling Road in Dania Beach [...]
