Two Miramar high-school students bucked ordinary teen jobs this summer to dive into city water for eight weeks. ''It benefits all the way around. I'm learning something, making money and not flipping burgers,'' said Sean Tracey, 17, a summer intern at Miramar's water treatment plant on the city's southwest edge.
POLICE REPORT
A fender bender turned into a carjacking in Miramar. A 26-year-old woman told police she was returning from work driving her cousin's silver 2000 Ford Taurus when she stopped at a traffic light on Southwest 62nd Avenue and Miramar Parkway about 3:20 a.m. July 6.
CRIME
A pair of robbers carjacked a man in Pembroke Pines, police said. A 67-year-old man parked his white 2001 Ford Econoline van across the street from his home in the 1400 block of Southwest 97th Terrace about 8 p.m. July 3.
POLICE REPORT
A Pembroke Pines armed robbery suspect was caught in Miramar. About 1:05 a.m. June 19 in the 9300 block of Northwest First Court, a 37-year-old man told police he had just been held up at gunpoint by a robber who stole his rain jacket.
Fearing that a spike in foreclosures will lower property values, Miramar is exploring ways for the city to help homeowners in distress.
