From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Seniors Bump ‘N Grind To Be On HEAT’s Dance Team

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Share + Sep 23, 2010 2:42 pm US/Eastern Lindsay Oliver, CBS4.com Intern PEMBROKE PINES, Fla 1 of 1 Of the twenty eight rockin’ seniors who auditioned for the Miami Heat’s Golden Oldies squad, sixteen were selected to be on the 2009/2010 dance team.

September 23, 2010

Crist Feels ‘Morally Obligated To Win’ Senate Race

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Gov. Charlie Crist, the now-independent candidate for Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat, spoke Wednesday in Pembroke Pines about a judge’s decision to allow him to keep millions from Republican donors.

September 22, 2010

Pembroke Pines OKs property tax rate hike, higher utility fees

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Pembroke Pines commissioners approved on Tuesday night a $290.5 million spending plan that raises the property tax rate and utility fees but reduces total spending over the previous year.


September 22, 2010

FBI Increases Reward To Catch Sundown Bank Bandits

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Share + Sep 22, 2010 12:37 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Federal investigators say the first robbery they connected the men to was on Christmas Eve of last year when they robbed a Fifth Third Bank in Pembroke Pines.

September 22, 2010

FBI wants ‘Sundown Bandits’ who pulled six bank heists

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The two masked bandits usually burst into banks with their guns drawn just before sundown.


September 22, 2010

FBI searching for pair of bank bandits

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Authorities are looking for two bank thieves, nicknamed the “Sundown Bandits,” who are suspected of targeting six banks across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

September 22, 2010

FBI officials search for ‘Sundown Bandits’ responsible for six bank heists

Sun Sentinel

Authorities are offering a $40,000 reward for the capture of a pair of bank robbers being labeled the Sundown Bandits and responsible for six heists in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.


September 22, 2010

Frozen Yogurt Cooler Than Ever in South Florida

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Self-serve, pay-by-the-ounce frozen yogurt shops are popping up all over South Florida .

September 22, 2010

Legendary Singer Serenades Pembroke Pines

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Meet him every Sunday at Casa Chanpet in Pembroke Pines. Legendary singer and songwriter Jean-Michel Daudier became famous in Haiti after writing a protest song titled, “Le m’ pa we Soley La” . The song first aired on Radio Soleil, a Catholic radio station engaged in a fight against the dictatorial regime of Baby Doc Duvalier.

September 21, 2010

Motorola manager and engineer move buy Pembroke Pines 5BD

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Harresh Achi and Madhavi Anantatmula bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 2168 N.W. 141st Ave.

September 20, 2010

Radiologist unloads Pembroke Pines 4BD

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Dr. Deborah Guilbaud sold a four-bedroom, five-bath home at 13752 N.W. 11th Court in Pembroke Pines to Edward and Joanne Sims for $535,000 on Aug.

September 20, 2010

Aldi Markets Seeks Cashiers At Broward Job Fair

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If you need a job, a supermarket chain opening its first South Florida stores has a bunch of them, and they are inviting people to apply for positions at a job fair Monday in Pembroke Pines.

September 20, 2010

Eight-year-old’s School Expulsion Goes National

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Samuel Burgos has been held out of school for nearly a year for bringing a toy gun to school.

September 20, 2010

Automotive Repair Shop Goes Up in Flames

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Firefighters with the Pembroke Pines Fire Department spent several hours Monday morning battling a blaze at an automotive repair shop.

September 20, 2010

Youngsters at Children’s Harbor in Pembroke Pines enjoy Safety Day

Sun Sentinel

A recent Saturday morning for the children who live at Children’s Harbor in Pembroke Pines included hanging out with a dog, sitting in a police car and spraying water from a fire truck’s hose.


September 17, 2010

Pembroke Pines displays in-progress 9-11 memorial, slated to be completed next year

Sun Sentinel

The events of Sept. 11, 2001, are hardly a distant memory for retired New York firefighter Jim Cintron.


September 17, 2010

‘Urban Decay’ exhibit coming to Pembroke Pines

Sun Sentinel

Images of urban decay will be part of an upcoming art exhibit at Studio 18 in the Pines.


September 17, 2010

Corporate and financial lawyer opts for Pembroke Pines 5BD

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Asnardo Garro, Jr., and Mindi K. Garro bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 504 N.W. 163rd Ave.

September 17, 2010

Report: Attempted abduction near Pines middle school

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Parents of children at a Pembroke Pines middle school received a principal’s automated telephone message Thursday warning them about the attempted abduction of a student, WPLG Ch.

September 17, 2010

Silver Trail Middle warns of ’stranger danger’ after student offered ride in Pembroke Pines

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After Silver Trail Middle officials were alerted about a stranger offering a student a car ride, the principal made a schoolwide announcement Thursday to remind everyone about a potentially life-saving precaution: Don’t trust strangers.


September 17, 2010

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