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Thursday Biz to Biz Networking, 5:30 p.m. at Michele's Fine Dining, 2761 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. $10. Call 954-838-9644. Citizenship Class, 6 p.m. at Helen B. Hoffman Library, 501 N. Fig Tree Lane, Plantation. Free. Call 954-797-2140....Tags: The Salvation Army, Fort Lauderdale, Dwayne Johnson, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonprofit to host food drive for kids this summer
A local nonprofit is partnering with 15 Walgreens stores for an upcoming food drive. Davie-based HOPE (Helping Other People Everyday) Outreach Center is teaming up with Walgreens stores in Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Davie, Weston, Southwest Ranches...
Tags: Cooper City, Southwest Ranches
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Hospitals fare well in recent scorecard
Broward and Palm Beach county hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards as scored by a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. Nineteen local hospitals earned A grades,...Tags: Human Interest, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics
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'Mr. Motivatr' leaves them laughing
The monogram on his polo shirt read "Mr. Motivatr." Jacques Wiesel joked that there wasn't space for the "o." Wiesel, who with his family fled Brussels and the Nazis when he was seven years old, had enough brushes with death by the time U.S. troops in...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Tamarac, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Navy, Cardiologists
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Angry city manager can laugh all the way to the bank
Like sports coaches, city managers are hired to get fired. And they usually leave laughing all the way to the bank, like ex-Miramar manager Robert Payton, who quit earlier this year and left with a total benefits package worth $2.4 million. Broward's...Tags: Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Park, Coconut Creek, Pension and Welfare, Fort Lauderdale
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Threatened federal cuts at Boca airport lead to salary debate
In the wake of a proposed $650,000 federal budget cut that threatened to close the tower at Boca Raton Airport, a battle has erupted around the salary of the airport's manager. In one corner is former City Council member David Freudenberg, who says he...
Tags: Laws, Trials, Air Transportation Industry, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach
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List of vetoed South Florida budget projects
Gov. Rick Scott vetoed at least $16 million in South Florida budget projects set aside for Broward and Palm Beach counties. Here's are some of them: $6.5 million for a Palm Beach State College multi-purpose building; $3.6 million for a special...Tags: Palm Beach County, Hallandale Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Rick Scott, Lake Worth
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Home-buying frenzy: Strong demand collides with scarce inventory
Miami HeraldCover Story The Open House on a leafy street near South Miami featured a snack wagon with cupcakes and chilled beverages, but the real draw was the newly listed house for sale for $435,000. Over a two-hour stretch on a Sunday afternoon, 44 groups of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sunny Isles, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables, South Miami
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Bring sports stadiums to Broward and Palm Beach
Why do they keep pouring money into sports stadiums in Miami when they have such poor attendance? Has it not occurred to anyone that if they would re-locate to Broward County or Palm Beach counties that they would probably fill the stands? We would...Tags: George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Broward County, Delray Beach, Shootings
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New rules may make it easier to fight traffic camera tickets, harder to win
South Florida drivers may soon find it a lot easier to fight those pesky red-light camera tickets. But, say traffic court lawyers, it might also become harder to win. A new rule, set up by a transportation bill not yet signed by Gov. Rick Scott, would...
Tags: Laws, West Palm Beach, Judges, Local Government, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
A scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce. It has no strip malls, few stoplights and gas stations. Vast open land — sugar cane fields, farms, sawgrass — surrounds...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Homestead, Florida Department of Transportation, Lake Okeechobee, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Broward drivers navigate the I-595 nightmare
Miami HeraldLet the countdown for aggravated east-west motorists in Broward begin: less than one year to go until the $1.2 billion Interstate 595 project is finally done. But for more than three years, drivers using the main east-west thoroughfare in Broward County...Tags: Weston (Broward, Florida), Florida Department of Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Highway Patrol, Hurricane Andrew (1992)
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