From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Candidate Ziadie went bankrupt after Hurricane Andrew

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Christopher Max Ziadie, a candidate for Broward County Commission’s southwest district 8, was once brought so low financially, he filed personal bankruptcy, public records reveal.

July 31, 2010

Missing elderly Pembroke Pines woman returns home

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Pembroke Pines police reported that a woman who went missing Thursday has returned home in good health.


July 31, 2010

Two People Dead In Pembroke Pines Accident

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July 31, 2010

Poll: Charlie Crist has slight edge in U.S. Senate race

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After leaving the Republican Party before the U.S. Senate primary, Gov. Charlie Crist’s strategy of veering to the political left has given him the edge in the general election, a new poll shows.

July 30, 2010

Police identify five victims shot outside Fort Lauderdale nightclub

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According to Fort Lauderdale Police Sgt. Frank Sousa, police were called to 1937 NW 9th Ave.

July 30, 2010

The Blimps Come Home to Roost for GlobeTel

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GlobeTel wanted to construct a bunch of blimps that would float around and beam down a torrent of HiDef, five-bars, wham-bam-speedy phone and internet no matter how far you’d roamed outside your coverage area.

July 30, 2010

Doctors Use Cyberknife To Treat Facial Pain

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The Cyberknife at the Memorial Cancer Institute in Pembroke Pines, Fla., is usually aimed at tumors, but now doctors are also using the focused radiation beams to destroy the cause of a painful problem.

July 29, 2010

Pembroke Pines to host National Night Out event Aug. 3

Sun Sentinel

The Pembroke Pines police and fire departments will be part of a national event to raise awareness about crime prevention and fire safety.


July 29, 2010

Winn Dixie To Close 4 Stores In Broward

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Share + Jul 29, 2010 8:50 am US/Eastern Due to a week economy and lagging sales, Winn Dixie will close 30 underperforming stores in five southern states.

July 29, 2010

The Case Against Castillo

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Who is in this photo, and why should it put a small chill into you? You can see the answer inside, but first let’s hit some quick news.

July 29, 2010

Tattoo artist dies in strip-club brawl

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A graffiti tagger and tattoo artist celebrating his 21st birthday died early Wednesday outside a popular Davie strip club after he was run over by a man driving a white Cadillac Escalade following a fight.

July 29, 2010

Latest Broward campaign reports: Big loans and church offerings

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Broward Commissioner Sue Gunzburger has loaned herself $100,000 to fend off the well-financed challenge of former state senator Steve Geller.

July 28, 2010

Plane has engine trouble during landing at Pembroke Pines airport

Sun Sentinel

A small plane had engine trouble after landing at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines on Wednesday afternoon, the Pembroke Pines Fire Department reported.


July 28, 2010

Fiery Plane Emergency At North Perry Airport

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Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue crews were called to North Perry Airport Wednesday after a fire broke out on a small U.S. Coast Guard plane after it landed.

July 28, 2010

Pembroke Pines: Plane experiences engine trouble after landing

Sun Sentinel

A small plane had engine trouble after landing at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines this afternoon, the Pembroke Pines Fire Department reports.


July 28, 2010

Two injured after Pembroke Pines townhome fire

Sun Sentinel

One person taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

One person was transported to the hospital and another treated on scene after an early morning fire at a townhome in the Images at Pembroke Pointe development, a Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue spokesman said.


July 28, 2010

Four-Year-Old Hit by Car in West Park

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BSO Fire Rescue says he darted into the street and the driver couldn’t avoid him.

July 27, 2010

In west Broward, four vie for School Board District 6 seat

Sun Sentinel

Three challengers seek to unseat one-term incumbent Phyllis Hope

With three opponents vying for her seat, incumbent Phyllis Hope is aware her re-election to the Broward School Board on Aug. 24 is not a sure thing.


July 27, 2010

The candidates for Broward School Board district 6

Sun Sentinel

Name: Phyllis Hope


July 27, 2010

Recycling lacks traction in South Florida

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A sorter picks out large plastic items that do not belong in the recycling stream at the Waste Management recycling center in Pembroke Pines.

July 27, 2010

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