From the monthly archives:

January 2010

SoFla Sons Rejoice After Mom Pulled From Rubble

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After days of worry and uncertainty, two South Florida brothers whose mother was missing in Haiti got the call they never thought would come yesterday: their mother was still alive.

January 18, 2010

Pembroke Pines woman rescued from rubble 5 days after quake

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Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue FL-TF 2 unit rest after trying to rescue two people trapped in the Caribbean Super Market in Port-au-Prince. They had already rescued three people early Sunday morning.

January 17, 2010

Rescuers free fellow Floridian

Sun Sentinel

80-member South Florida search and rescue team helping in Haiti

“We’ve had voice contact with two,” said Lt. Charles McDermott, a Miami firefighter and member of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team. “We are not sure how many are in there, but we are guessing a lot.”


January 17, 2010

Pembroke Pines woman recalls rescue in Haiti

Sun Sentinel

‘I saw the rubble falling all around me and then, all of a sudden, quietness and complete silence’

Mireille Boulous Dittmer was making an afternoon run to buy meat at the Caribbean Market in Port-au-Prince when the ground started shaking. She recognized immediately it was an earthquake.


January 17, 2010

Pembroke Pines woman speaks about her rescue in Haiti

Sun Sentinel

Mireille Boulous Dittmer was making an afternoon run to buy meat at the Caribbean Market in Port-au-Prince when the ground started shaking. She knew right away it was an earthquake.


January 17, 2010

Pines woman rescued from rubble 5 days after quake

Sun Sentinel

80-member South Florida search and rescue team helping in Haiti

Five days after the earthquake collapsed Haiti’s largest supermarket, trapping scores of people inside, a South Florida rescue team pulled a Pembroke Pines woman from the mountain of rubble early Sunday and then worked through the afternoon to duplicate the miracle with at least two others, buried but alive.


January 17, 2010

Day-care center sued, accused of forgetting toddler

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A 16-month-old girl, locked inside a Dania Beach day-care center after employees forgot her, spent two hours alone in a cold crib last week as her pregnant mother frantically searched for her.

January 17, 2010

Pembroke Pines signs off on $4.5M project to expand YMCA center at Pembroke Shores Park

Sun Sentinel

Pembroke Pines is moving forward with a new recreational facility at a park now managed by the YMCA of Broward County .


January 16, 2010

Driver accused of dragging purse-snatching victim is arrested

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A 60-year-old-woman walked out of Macy’s in the Broward Mall, 8000 W. Broward Blvd.

January 16, 2010

Haitians in U.S. hope crisis leads to legal status

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Haitians and their supporters protest in front of the Border Patrol office where more than 100 Haitian migrants who landed on Hallandale Beach north of Miami are being processed March 29, 2007 in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

January 15, 2010

Freakish cold weather very costly for some Southerners

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Eduardo Melian, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., tries to stay warm Sunday as he sorts oranges in Davie, Fla.

January 15, 2010

New I-95 Express Buses Will Provide Cross-County Service

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Trips on the new express buses will be free for the first week of operations. Friday, January 8, 2010 Residents who commute back and forth between Miami-Dade and Broward counties can leave the driving to someone else beginning on January 25.

January 13, 2010

Happiness at work could keep employees from straying

Sun Sentinel

Workers found a new love for their jobs in the recession, whether they were really satisfied or not. But as the economy recovers, the unhappy worker is likely to start looking for a new job.


January 12, 2010

Safe & Sound: Missing Broward Training Dog Found

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Share + Jan 8, 2010 8:18 pm US/Eastern PEMBROKE PINES 1 of 1 Bently the dog has been found.

January 11, 2010

Teacher, school seek lost dog

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Bently, a 45-pound terrier mix with a white belly, went missing on New Year’s Eve after escaping from his Davie home.

January 10, 2010

Lost dog is found and returned to thrilled high schoolers

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Puppy love filled the air Friday at West Broward High School. Slobbery kisses, behind-the-ear scratches and furry hugs abounded.

January 9, 2010

Pines police: Suspect in mom’s burning confronted officer who shot him

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Officers takes pictures while investigating Monday’s officer-involved shooting in Pembroke Pines.

January 8, 2010

West Broward High’s missing dog is back home

Sun Sentinel

Some students cheered. Others cried. Their teacher’s dog, their dog, was home.


January 7, 2010

Pines speed traps hurt city residents, take up police time

Sun Sentinel

I was born in South Florida and have lived in our various cities throughout my life time: Miami, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah and the last six years in Pembroke Pines. I have always had a good driving record, even during my teenage years.


January 7, 2010

Police: Son Burns Mother To Death

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A police officer fatally shot a man accused of setting his mother on fire and killing her, breaking into a house, stealing a public works truck and leading police on a chase through two counties on Monday afternoon, according to investigators.

January 7, 2010

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