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Greenway Dream The City of Parkland (“City”) has been attempting for years to acquire the “Beaty Piece of Property” adjacent to the Equestrian Center. Over the years, we have attempted to purchase this property for a price in excess of 6 Million dollars for the parcel. Recently the parcel became ...

School Board Redistricting Steering Committee Schedules District Public Hearings A Series of Seven Public Hearings Will be Held The School Board of Broward County, Florida has initiated the process for preparing a new School Board district map based on the 2010 Census data. Redistricting is the p...

Parkland Completes its Long Term Greenway Dream The City of Parkland (“City”) has been attempting for years to acquire the “Beaty Piece of Property” adjacent to the Equestrian Center. Over the years, we have attempted to purchase this property for a price in excess of 6 Million dollars for the pa...

Vote for Favorite School Recycling Video Broward residents are invited to cheer on Broward County public school students in grades 6 through 12 who created videos for the “Recycle Revolution” contest by voting for their favorite. The contest is sponsored by Broward County Solid Waste and Recyclin...

Sunrise weighing 4 a.m. closing time for bars To hear bar owner Jim Hay tell it, an hour can make all the difference between success and failure. Especially if the bars in the next city stay open later.Hay is one of about eight bar owners urging a 4 a.m. closing time for watering holes in Sunrise...

Broward College will soon have its own campus, the first in northwest Broward. Since 2004, Coral SpringsCharter School has shared space with Broward College, which offered business classes and some general education courses there at night.     But starting in August, classes will expand to the d...

The number of new foreclosure cases in Broward County grew slightly in the first three months of 2012 compared to 2011, a sign the improving housing market has not yet recovered. Lenders filed 2,746 foreclosure lawsuits January through March, up 2 percent from the same period of 2011, according t...

"The Gods Love Nubia," and the audience loved Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's production of "Aida" this past weekend! While it may be true that "Every Story is a Love Story," not every story is performed with the energy, passion and professionalism that the students of Marjory Stoneman Dou...

Lack of support from the county has hampered Coral Springs' plans to expand its red-light camera program. Red-light cameras have been installed at eight approaches in the city, seven in the initial phase of the program and one more recently. Police initially monitored 16 dangerous intersections ...

Broward County Pet Registration Tags - Easier to Get Than Ever There is good news for the growing number of pet owners living in Broward County. Animal Care and Adoption is making it easier than ever to obtain a registration tag for dogs and cats, which are required to have current registration ...