City of Miramar Commissioner Alexandra Davis has opened a satellite office at the Fairway Park Complex. Residents and business owners are invited on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011, to join Commissioner Davis at her Satellite Office Opening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. where residents and business owners will be able to meet Commissioner Davis and [...]
Starting on Monday, January 10, 2011, the Broward County Transit (BCT) will introduce express bus service between Miramar and downtown Miami. The inauguration ceremony will take place on January 10, 2010. Who: Broward County Transit, Florida Department of Transportation, City of Miramar What: 95 Express Miramar Bus Service Inaugural Ceremony When: Monday, January 10, 2011 Between [...]
A computer information technology employee at a Miami-Dade County middle school was arrested Dec. 17 after a South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigation uncovered multiple images of child pornography on Garcia’s laptop computer. ICAC Detectives from Boynton Beach and Toronto contacted the South Florida ICAC Task Force, in November after discovering [...]
The City of Miramar and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are now looking for special volunteers to assist taxpayers in the area of preparing simple tax returns and filing tax returns electronically. Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program volunteers assist low-income individuals who cannot afford the services of a paid professional tax preparer [...]
Jesse Gregg, 26, of Miramar, (photo unavailable) was arrested without incident yesterday evening by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with an armed bank robbery. On November 23, 2010 Gregg was charged in a criminal complaint with armed bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and 2113(d), and with [...]
To continue protecting South Florida’s water resources, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board today approved the investment of $3.45 million in funding assistance for 19 alternative water supply projects across the region. A complete list of the 19 approved projects is available here. “Development of alternative water sources is an important part [...]
The water playground at the Miramar Regional Park Aquatic Center, 16801 Miramar Parkway, will close on November 1, 2010 for the winter season and will re-open on February 28, 2011. The main pool at the Miramar Regional Park Aquatic Center, which is heated, will remain open. However, it will close temporarily for repairs starting November [...]
The City of Miramar Early Childhood Program is offering a Teacher Planning Day Camp Program for Elementary Students K through 5th Grade Friday day, October 29th, 2010. This fun filled day includes: An Educational program From High Touch High Tech, Special Activities, Lunch and Snack. Program hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is [...]
This is a work in progress, so check back regularly as events are added to this list! Email Halloween/Fall festival events to . 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 [...]
Broward County received more than $27 million today to assist communities struggling to reverse the effects of the foreclosure crisis. U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Ron Sims announced the award at a news conference last Wednesday in Dania Beach. He said that Broward County would individually receive $5,457,535 and 13 Broward County [...]
The City of Miramar is proud to announce the newly inaugurated Community Garden located at Fairway Park, 3700 Largo Drive. Openings are available for interested individuals who are: · Miramar Residents · 16 years old and up · Pledge to volunteer for a minimum one hour per week for six months · Complete the forms [...]
Early Voting dates, times and locations for the August 24, 2010 Primary Election Dates: August 9 to August 14, 2010 and August 16 to August 21, 2010 Times: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
A Miramar woman has been officially charged in a plot to murder her ex-husband, according to a news release from the FBI. Mercedes Morales, 57, of Miramar, i was arrested on June 7, 2010, and made her initial appearance in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer today, June 8, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. [...]
A local Broward resident has been killed while fighting in the Marines during Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Patrick Xavier Jr., 24, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., died May 18 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Miramar kicked off its community garden Thursday night with a meeting for its volunteers. Soon, the city will hold a groundbreaking for the community garden, located at Fairway Park 3700 Largo Drive. The garden will be a place designed for likeminded individuals to grow and maintain fruits and vegetables that will one day find their [...]
From NOAA.gov A significant weather advisory is in effect for strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph for Broward County… The leading edge of a large area of thunderstorms is dropping southeast into northern Broward County. This line of storms has had a history of strong winds over Hendry and Palm Beach counties. There [...]
The FBI is releasing photographs from a bank robbery that took place on Monday, April 12, 2010 at Eastern Financial Federal Credit Union, 2500 S. University Drive, Miramar, Florida at around 10:30 a.m. Three robbers walked into the bank armed with handguns and initiated a takeover style bank robbery. They ordered the customers and employees [...]
Former Miramar commissioner Fitzroy Salesman was convicted late yesterday afternoon of two counts of bribery and two counts of extortion under color of official right. The jury acquitted him of two counts of honest services mail and wire fraud. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 8, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. before U.S. District Court Judge [...]
Miramar Vice-Mayor Troy R. Samuels announced that he will once again host another of his popular open dialogue sessions for the residents of Miramar. The session will be held at the Miramar Multi-Service Center, located at 6700 Miramar Parkway on Monday, April 12 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Beginning April 7, 2010, the City of Miramar Fire-Rescue Department, in cooperation with the Miramar Firefighters Local 2820,will kick-off the annual tradition of “Filling-the-Boot” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Collections will begin on
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 [...]
The City of Miramar is happy to announce its partnership with Nova Southeastern University. The College of Dental Medicine will be providing free, basic dental services to City of Miramar residents at the City of Miramar Multi-Service Complex, located at 6700 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, FL 33025. Qualified graduate students and their dentist professors will be [...]
The City of Miramar announces the availability of funding from the Community Development Block Grant – Recovery Act (CDBG-R) to address residential repair needs for low income households throughout the City of Miramar. The City will also utilize reprogrammed CDBG funding, a balance of Disaster Recovery Initiative (DRI) funding, and reprogrammed State Housing Initiative Partnership [...]
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 [...]
Join us at the Miramar Town Center, 2300 Civic Center Place, as the City hosts its “SECOND ANNUAL TOUR DE MIRAMAR FAMILY BICYCLE RALLY”, on Saturday, March 13, 2010 beginning at 9:00am. Come out and support good health and a cleaner planet.
