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MIRAMAR
Miramar health expo taking place May 10
- The Miami Herald , May 9
Looking for ways to improve your health?
Broward County
Broward ends 20-year garbage-disposal monopoly
May 8Residents and businesses can expect lower trash- collection fees now that the county has ended Wheelabrator Technologies’ exclusive t... rash-disposal deal after 20 years.
Miramar man attacked by pit bull
- The Miami Herald , May 3One day after the Miami-Dade Commission voted to put the countys pit-bull ban on the ballot for voters, an elderly man in Miramar was ... attacked by a pit bull traveling in a pack.
MIRAMAR
Rain forces cancellation of Saturday’s Miramar Unity Fest
- The Miami Herald , Apr 21Miramar city officials cancelled Saturday’s Miramar Unity Fest due to rainy weather conditions in South Florida.
SOUTHWEST BROWARD
Wasserman Schultz asked to renounce support for immigrant detention facility
- The Miami Herald , Apr 19A partnership of groups advocating for immigrant rights and denouncing privately-run prisons on Thursday called upon U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasser... man Schultz (D-Pembroke Pines) to renounce her support for Corrections Corporation of America, a private company that runs a number of detention centers for the federal government and is currently seeking to bring one to Southwest Ranches.
MIRAMAR
Miramar OKs money for road projects, soccer fields
- The Miami Herald , Apr 19The Miramar City Commission agreed this week to pump several million dollars into city services from fire-rescue to parks.
From South Florida Blogs & Websites
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'Canes Watch: Newcomer Ladarius Gunter made quick impact for Hurricanes this spring
'Canes Watch, May. 18, 2012There are a lot bigger names among the 33 incoming players at UM than Ladarius Gunter. A transfer from Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College, Gunter wasn't even the best-known cornerback Al Golden signed in February. That would be Miramar High's Tracy Howard, the Hurricanes' highest-ranked recruit.Ladarius Gunter intercepts a pass [...] -
Broward Politics: South Florida mayors weigh in on national domestic violence debate
Broward Politics, May. 15, 2012Four Broward and Palm Beach County mayors from both political parties want the Republican-controlled U.S. House to end the partisan fighting over domestic violence legislation.
Local mayors involved are Susan Whelchel of Boca Raton, Marilyn Gerber of Coconut Creek, Mike Ryan of Sunrise and Lori Moseley of Miramar.
They're among [...]
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Broward Politics: Alcee Hastings commends Obama for supporting gay marriage
Broward Politics, May. 9, 2012U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, is the first from South Florida out with a reaction to President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he now supports gay marriage.
Here's Hastings' statement:
"I commend President Obama on his decision to formally support same-sex marriage. It is high time that gay and lesbian' [...]
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The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman's Blog: Underground Gambling Halls Busted in Broward Meat Market, Shipping Store, Police Say
The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman's Blog, May. 8, 2012via BSORodriguez (left) and Pena.The operators of a West Park meat market and Miramar packaging and shipping store were arrested yesterday on charges that they ran backroom gambling operations that co [...]





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