Category: Broward News

After missing out on one donor due to health complications and putting her search on pause to help her boyfriend recover from a heart attack, Mesa, a dispatcher for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, sent out an email to the entire staff of 5,000 this year as a last-ditch effort. ... Read More

“On day 16, Christmas, the three 12” pipes are no longer flowing into the river and the bypass is complete. Merry Christmas hope some of the city workers can spend time with their families,” resident and former Fort Lauderdale mayor James Naugle tweeted. ... Read More

“I think success, for me, is going to be when we have people that come to dive on these reefs, come to snorkel on these reefs and get in and go to one of these sites and hop out of the water and say, ‘Wow that looks a lot better than it looked five years ago,’” Moore said. ... Read More

Christmas is hard for those experiencing their first holiday without a loved one. That’s especially true for those whose fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers or children have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, writes columnist Cal Thomas. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP) ... Read More

It’s possible the combined spills could be in the hundreds of millions of gallons, which would be far more massive than anything on record in Broward County. A six-day, 52-million-gallon sewage spill in Pompano Beach in January is currently the county’s worst, officials said. ... Read More

“I’m like an elf, except I’m taller,” said Russack, who is about 6 feet tall. He wore a turquoise shirt, khaki shorts and a bright red necktie. “Santa Claus gave me this tie and told me to come here and help you guys celebrate Christmas. We have hot dogs, hamburgers, and I heard somewhere there’s some presents.” ... Read More

High tide from offshore Hurricane Michael creeps up into the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs on Oct. 10, 2018, after the Anclote River backs up. In 2019, Tarpon Springs formed a citizen sustainability advisory committee to help the city plan for the effects of sea level rise and climate change. (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times) (Jim Damaske) ... Read More

You could choose a poem or a brief passage from a novel, knock on your neighbor’s door and offer to read or recite it. The Billy Collins poem about a Christmas Day sparrow would be good, or the Mary Oliver piece called, “This Morning.” And you can’t go wrong with reading from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” The penultimate paragraph that tells of Scrooge becoming “as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old city... Read More

Some potential diseases are Giardia and Cryptosporidium, which can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea and possibly a fever. Officials are advising people to avoid swimming, fishing, paddle-boarding, jet-skiing, kayaking or canoeing in nearby waterways. ... Read More

“I’m thinking, ‘No way. No. No way — well, they’ve got to get the 2-point conversion,’ ” Fitzpatrick said. “ ‘Well, they’ve got to get an onside kick. Well, they’ve got to score again. Well, they’ve got to get the 2-point conversion .’ And it all happened.” ... Read More