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Miami Herald

Southwest Ranches still candidate for ICE detention center

Miami Herald

For about one hour on Wednesday, Pembroke Pines officials basked in the unexpected but welcome news that a federal detention center would not be built in neighboring Southwest Ranches. Then they learned otherwise.

March 29, 2012

Money flies on I-75 from apparent bank-robbery getaway car

Miami Herald

Like a scene out of a bad Hollywood comedy, money was flying out of the back of a vehicle police suspect was driven by a bank robber as they made their escape.

March 29, 2012

Hop to it — tickets available for Pembroke Pines bunny party

Miami Herald

A limited number of tickets are available for Sundaes with the Bunny taking place 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the S.W. Focal Point Community Center, 301 NW 103rd Ave. in Pembroke Pines.

March 28, 2012

Police ask for help in finding missing Pembroke Pines man

Miami Herald

Police are asking for help in finding a missing Pembroke Pines man.

March 23, 2012

Pembroke Pines countersues over planned immigrant detention center

Miami Herald

The city refuses to provide water and sewer service to the site, prompting lawsuits and threatening to draw Southwest Ranches into the legal battle

March 22, 2012

Proposal to ban building more prisons in Southwest Broward killed

Miami Herald

A proposal to impose a 20-year moratorium on the construction of a prison on county-owned land in Southwest Broward failed to win support among Broward commissioners. The site will remain zoned for a prison, though Broward has no plans at present to build a new facility.

March 21, 2012

Broward County selling passes to water parks

Miami Herald

Broward’s Parks and Recreation Division has made it easier for water park lovers to visit the county’s water parks.

March 16, 2012

Broward, cities face deadline on Everglades levee agreement

Miami Herald

The clock is officially ticking on repairs needed to upgrade the levee that keeps the Everglades from flooding Broward and Palm Beach counties.

March 15, 2012

Two South Florida men plead guilty in IRS tax-refund scheme

Miami Herald

Two South Florida men pleaded guilty Thursday to a tax-refund scheme involving the theft of sensitive documents from the Social Security Administration Office in Pembroke Pines.

March 15, 2012

Prison company files lawsuit against Pembroke Pines

Miami Herald

One day after Pembroke Pines commissioners voted to cancel a contract to provide Southwest Ranches with water and sewer service, a private company bidding to bring a federal detention center to Southwest Ranches sued the county in federal court.

March 8, 2012

Pines commission votes to cancel fire rescue, utility service to Southwest Ranches

Miami Herald

Pembroke Pines commissioners voted Wednesday night to cancel a contract to provide fire rescue, emergency medical, water and sewer service to neighboring Southwest Ranches in the hope of stopping a planned federal detention center from being built there.

March 7, 2012

Pines to consider cutting water, sewer to proposed ICE facility

Miami Herald

Pembroke Pines commissioners consider their legal options for stopping a planned federal detention center in neighboring Southwest Ranches. Under consideration: cancelling a contract to provide fire, emergency medical, water and sewer services to the facility — a move likely to engender lawsuits.

March 6, 2012

Pembroke Pines may ban ice cream trucks

Miami Herald

Consumer convenience or unhygienic nuisance? Pembroke Pines is debating whether to become the first in South Florida to ban all the ice cream trucks, hot dog vendors and street merchants who sell their wares in suburban neighborhoods or at busy intersections.

February 28, 2012

Young cuties can compete in Pembroke Pines pageant

Miami Herald

Your child could be Pembroke Pines’ next Little Miss Sweetheart.

February 28, 2012

Davie child-porn suspect’s $1.4 million bond won’t be cut

Miami Herald

A Broward judge refused to lower the $1.4 million bond set for a 45-year-old Davie man accused of possessing more than 144 images of child pornography.

February 23, 2012

Campaigns gear up for, against ICE detention center in Southwest Broward

Miami Herald

The prison contractor bidding to build an immigration detention center in Southwest Ranches is squaring off against its critics among residents, Pembroke Pines officials.

February 22, 2012

Davie child-pornography suspect due in court

Miami Herald

A Davie man accused of possessing 144 images of child pornography is expected to make his first court appearance in a Broward courtroom on Thursday.

February 22, 2012

White elephant bus compound in Pembroke Pines to become vocational school

Miami Herald

The unused facility, which cost almost five times as much to build as originally estimated, will be used for automotive, maintenance and commercial driving classes.

February 21, 2012

More than 100 evacuated in Pembroke Pines condo fire

Miami Herald

Five people were treated for smoke inhalation Sunday night, including one who was taken to the hospital, following a condominium fire.

February 20, 2012

Davie man faces 144 counts of child pornography

Miami Herald

A Davie man was arrested and charged Friday morning with 144 counts of possession of child pornography.

February 17, 2012