MIRAMAR

Group residence getting a face-lift

Like an episode plucked from reality television, a Miramar business will lead the transformation of a shelter for abused and neglected kids into home sweet home -- in just one day.

MIRAMAR

Miramar draws a crowd at its annual Caribefest

The Raspberry family of Miramar joked and sipped lemonade while sitting on a curb at Miramar Town Center at the city's annual Caribefest, a community party to celebrate Caribbean culture.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MIRAMAR

Students watch how hospital nurses work

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ASPIRE TO BE NURSES GET A SNEAK PEEK AT THE PROFESSION BY SHADOWING REAL NURSES

MIRAMAR

Student takes gun to Miramar High

A Miramar High School student was arrested after he took a handgun to campus, the third time in as many days that a Broward student had come to school with a gun.

MIRAMAR

Miramar Cultural Arts Center opens

Lights -- check. Sound -- testing, one-two. One-two -- check. The curtain is about to rise at Miramar Cultural Center, but while Sunday's Caribefest Jazz Gala concert at the impressive 800-seat full-service theater marks the first official staged event, it was christened last week by kids.

MUSICAL COMPETITION

Broward County high school bands battle in Coral Springs

HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS FROM BROWARD TO THE KEYS PARADED FOR PRESTIGE AND POINTS LAST WEEK AT AN EVENT IN NORTH BROWARD

MIRAMAR

Miramar elementary school students learn hands-on about election

Children at an elementary school in Miramar learned lessons early about the nation's electoral process.

EDUCATION

Solar wizard is a pop(corn) star

Elementary students snacked on solar-powered popcorn during a special lesson on energy.

POLICE REPORT

Scrap metal thief caught after chase in Miramar

A suspected scrap metal thief was arrested after a chase in Miramar. The general manager of Ryder Integrated Logistics, 15900 SW 27th St., told police that about 7:50 p.m. Oct. 5, he noticed on a surveillance video that a man was outside the business on a trailer loaded with spools of copper wire.

SCOUTING

Boy Scout is painting his way to the top

A Miramar teen works toward the honor of Eagle Scout with a painting project at the church where he was raised and worships still.

POLICE REPORT

Car drags woman after purse stolen

A woman chasing her stolen purse was dragged behind a burglar's car in Miramar. About 1:35 p.m. Sept. 25, a metallic blue car pulled up next to another car in the 6900 block of Miramar Parkway.

MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL

Band seeks bank for trip

LOCAL SCHOOL MUSICIANS NEED MONEY TO MARCH IN CHICAGO AT THANKSGIVING

'Nurse' accused of being an impostor

A woman with a history of fraud who passed herself off as a nurse six years ago in Boynton Beach has been arrested again for allegedly posing as a medical professional at a Broward County doctor's office, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

City officials ask banks to rescue 'American dream'

Fearing that a spike in foreclosures will lower property values, Miramar is exploring ways for the city to help homeowners in distress.