Plans to move a Hollywood beach fire station sparked vigorous protests at Hollywood City Hall Wednesday as beach residents fought unsuccessfully to keep the station where it is.
EDUCATION
Several South Florida students earned $1,000 scholarships from former Gov. Jeb Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education to further their artistic talents.
HOLLYWOOD
The Hollywood Hills Civic Association is sponsoring a Meet Your Candidates Forum for Florida Senate District 31 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The candidates participating are Ken Gottlieb, Tim Ryan and Eleanor Sobel.
POLICE REPORT
A burglar picked the wrong Hollywood home to burglarize. At about 2:05 p.m. June 25 a woman heard her dogs barking in her home in the 700 block of Hollywood Boulevard.
DANIA BEACH
It was an arresting week for Broward sheriff's deputies making dope arrests in Dania Beach. When a black Cadillac blew a stop sign, undercover detectives pulled it over in the 500 block of Northwest Third Place at 6:45 p.m. June 12. They detected the odor of marijuana in the Caddy's interior and ordered the 27-year-old driver out of the car. They saw him hiding something in his hand. When he threw it to the ground, they discovered it was a rock of crack cocaine. His driver's license read Business...
HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood beach is sparkling a little brighter since the city opened its latest Broadwalk jewel -- the renovated Charnow Park and the new 400-car Garfield Parking Garage and Community Center.
HOLLYWOOD
Retired police officer and Army reservist John Maynard knows first-hand the power of one. But he also knows when to muster troops.
HOLLYWOOD
Kids who love theater are going Hollywood for another summer -- Hollywood, Florida, that is. 'I'm what I call a `veteran performer' and I'm only 15,'' said Hannah Gutman, a third-year participant in the Broadway Actors summer camp series.
HOLLYWOOD | ART & CULTURE CENTER
BY EILEEN SOLER If ABC's and 1-2-3's set the foundation for education, then Lego toy building bricks are cornerstones of the imagination.
HOLLYWOOD
An institution dedicated to saving lives and another devoted to making lives better pooled resources last week at a swim party in Hollywood.
HALLANDALE BEACH
Locked doors weren't enough to stop smash-and-grab car burglars tempted by Global Positioning System receivers ''in plain sight'' in Hallandale Beach.
POLICE REPORT
An Islamic religious organization in Hollywood was burglarized for the third time, according to an employee. A witness told police he was was sitting in a tractor-trailer at a gas station across the street from the Islamic Movement of Florida, 3201 N. 74th Ave., when he saw two men get out of a Ford Expedition about 4:45 a.m June 3.
The second annual STAR Comedy Night is planned for July 11 at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, 1770 Monroe St. The STAR, or Supporters to Aid Runaways, benefit will feature a live auction and comedy show with headliner Bobby Collins. Last year's event raised more than $15,000 for the kids of Covenant House Florida.
