Category: Broward News

Broward and Palm Beach county elections offices report smooth Election Day

Low turnout. Quick results. No reported problems. Those were the themes Tuesday in local government elections in Broward and Palm Beach counties – the first voting since last year’s problem plagued midterm elections that made South Florida a national laughingstock. Voters in 23 cities, towns and villages in the two counties picked new mayors, commissioners and council members, and decided on a range of referendum questions. Low turnout, quick results Turnout is almost always low in March... Read More

First election since recount goes well for new supervisors in Broward and Palm Beach

Coral Springs elected a new mayor, voters in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale agreed to raise their taxes to finance new public safety headquarters, and newly appointed election supervisors in Broward … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Voters give Hollywood green light to borrow $165 million

A new police headquarters, better parks and higher sea walls are in Hollywood’s future, thanks to voters who approved a $165 million borrowing plan Tuesday. Hollywood split the ballot into three questions: $73 million for the new four-story police station and $5 million in fire equipment; $64 million for parks and gold course improvements; and $23 million for sea walls and other neighborhood improvements. Resident Jimmy Palermo was one of fewer than 10,000 people to show up at the polls... Read More

Fort Lauderdale voters approve new police headquarters and improved parks as bonds pass

Fort Lauderdale parks in every neighborhood will be spruced up, and a modern, high-tech new police headquarters will replace the tired 1950s station, after Fort Lauderdale voters Tuesday overwhelmingly agreed to raise property taxes to pay for two bonds. Voters in Fort Lauderdale also agreed to overhaul the city elections system, moving the contests from spring to a November general election cycle starting in 2020, to save money and to benefit from higher voter turnout. Charter changes that... Read More

Driver in fatal hit-and-run may not have realized someone was hit, cops say

The driver who struck a 60-year-old pedestrian who later died from his injuries my not have realized someone was hit, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Grigoiry Berkolayko was about 1 ½ miles from his Deerfield Beach home when he was hit Friday evening while crossing North Federal Highway at Northeast Eller Street, said Joy Oglesby, a spokeswoman for the agency. As Berkolayko crossed the highway at about 7:20 p.m., an older model Chevy Silverado heading north hit him, Oglesby... Read More

DUI suspected in crash that killed woman, 19, and seriously injured four others

A 19-year-old woman was killed Sunday in a violent early morning car crash in Deerfield Beach that left four people hospitalized in intensive care, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Among those patients is one of the drivers in the two-car crash who detectives suspect was speeding and driving while impaired, the sheriff’s office said. The collision between a BMW 530i sedan and a Tesla Model 3 happened about 4 a.m. in the westbound lanes of West Hillsboro Boulevard, between North... Read More