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MIRAMAR

Miramar health expo taking place May 10

- The Miami Herald , May 9
The Miami Herald

Looking for ways to improve your health?

Broward County

Broward ends 20-year garbage-disposal monopoly

May 8

Residents 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 3
The Miami Herald

One day after the Miami-Dade Commission voted to put the county’s 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 21
The Miami Herald

Miramar 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 19
The Miami Herald

A 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 19
The Miami Herald

The Miramar City Commission agreed this week to pump several million dollars into city services from fire-rescue to parks.

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