From the monthly archives:

March 2010

New Works Report

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According to a report released by the Florida Baptist Convention’s Church Planting Department, Florida Baptist started five new churches in February, 2010.

March 30, 2010

Holy Week events in South Florida

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Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, which includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

March 28, 2010

Pembroke Pines school’s project gives students hands-on experience with government

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A civic involvement project at Pembroke Pines Charter High School is giving some seniors hands-on experience with government.


March 26, 2010

One injured in shooting in Hollywood

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Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the driveway of a house and left one person injured Friday afternoon.


March 26, 2010

Pembroke Pines Native Tosses Perfect Game for Gators

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Brombacher has been stingy with opposing batters. a Stephanie Brombacher, a Pembroke Pines native who starred at American Heritage High, threw a perfect game yesterday in the Florida Gators’ 10-0 victory over the University of South Florida.

March 26, 2010

DUI checkpoint to be held Friday night in Pembroke Pines

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Pembroke Pines police will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday night along the 12200 block of Pines Boulevard.


March 26, 2010

Friday night DUI checkpoint in Pembroke Pines

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Police in Pembroke Pines are conducting a DUI checkpoint Friday night along the 12200 block of Pines Blvd.


March 26, 2010

The 2010, 5th Annual Delray Beach Film Festival is in full swing: Come support the art of filmmaking

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“Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.” –Robert Altman March 22- 28, 2010 will be running the 5th Annual Delray Beach Film Festival for independent films.

March 25, 2010

Billboard Error An Embarrassment To Florida Career College

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Pembroke Pines, FL, United States – A South Florida billboard designed to inspire individuals to pursue a higher education contradicts itself with a slight, but noticeable spelling and grammatical error.

March 23, 2010

Superseding Indictment Returned Adding Defendants in Mortgage Fraud Case

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March 19, 2010 – Jeffrey H. Sloman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Henry Gutierrez, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, J. Thomas Cardwell, Commissioner, State of Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, and Alex Sink, Chief Financial …

March 21, 2010

Goldstein, Holzknecht power Glades past Pines Charter; Latest Baseball results (3/20)

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Goldstein, Holzknecht power Glades past Pines Charter; Latest Baseball results (3/20)

Barry Goldstein and Austin Holzknecht combined to go 5 for 9 with four doubles and seven RBI as Coral Glades outlasted Pembroke Pines Charter 19-14 in a nondisctrict baseball game Saturday.


March 20, 2010

Pembroke Pines seeks federal grant to help with cold cases

Sun Sentinel

The Pembroke Pines Police Department has applied for a grant that could allow it to solve cold cases through DNA evidence.


March 19, 2010

Model train show returning to Pembroke Pines on April 17

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A long-running model train show is coming back to Pembroke Pines in April.


March 19, 2010

Pembroke Pines plans 11-day festival to celebrate its 50th anniversary

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Pembroke Pines will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with an 11-day festival.


March 19, 2010

Indomitable woman spreads hope after being diagnosed with LAM disease

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Rodi Alexander Friedman, wife, mother, entertainer and so much more. Check out RodiAlexander.com to see her perform.

March 19, 2010

Arrest made in Mafia case linked to Scott Rothstein

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Federal authorities have arrested the owner of a Pembroke Pines-based security firm on charges he conspired with a suspected Italian Mafia figure to launder money and obstruct justice, court records showed Wednesday.

March 17, 2010

Golding double leads Pines Charter; Latest Baseball results (3/15)

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Golding double leads Pines Charter; Latest Baseball results (3/15)

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, junior Billy Golding doubled to drive in Kevin Daly to lift host Pembroke Pines Charter to a 5-4 win over West Broward in a nondistrict baseball matchup Monday.


March 15, 2010

State attorney to investigate fatal hit and run

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Police have handed over a fatal hit and run case to the State Attorney’s Office.

March 15, 2010

Shoe store fire evacuates Pembroke Lakes Mall

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A fire in a shoe store at the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines prompted authorities to evacuate the mall Sunday a short time before closing.


March 15, 2010

Broward schools pick ex-Pembroke Pines cop as security chief

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A retired Pembroke Pines deputy police chief is the pick to head the Broward school district’s special investigative unit.


March 15, 2010