Sunday Bulletin Board for March 10

Stay up to date with this week’s local Bulletin Board listings for South Florida. Events are subject to change. Sunday Pedals Up: 8:30 a.m., March 10. Boca Raton Bicycle Club will be riding with Conte’s Bike Shop in three categories. 3150 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Guests welcome. Free; donations accepted. bocaratonbicycleclub.com Korean War Vets: 9 a.m., March 10. KWVA Chapter 17 monthly meeting; repeats on the 2nd Sunday. Weisman Community Center, 7091 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray... Read More

Bathroom fire leads to evacuation at Lauderhill school

Endeavor Elementary School in Lauderhill had to be evacuated after someone started a small fire Wednesday morning in one of the school restrooms, fire officials said. School staff managed to quickly douse the flames with a fire extinguisher before they could spread, said Lauderhill Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Jeff Levy. “It did not trigger the sprinklers,” he said. “That’s probably a good indication of how small was.” The fire was reported about 9:23 a.m. in the school at 2701 NW... Read More

They were at Burger King next to a South Beach gay club. Then came an anti-gay attack, suit says.

Raymond Ortega, a gay bartender, and Toni Llerena, a transgender woman, were eating at a busy Burger King when they say an employee ordered them to leave and called them … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Broward man accused in $30,000 theft from Miami-Dade courts

A Tamarac man is accused of stealing checks worth more than $30,000 while working in the office of the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts. David Michael Santana, 24, was a court records specialist when he stole 53 checks that were intended to pay for court records, according to a Miami-Dade police arrest report. The checks totaled $30,320 and Santana is accused of depositing them into seven different personal bank accounts belonging to his girlfriend and other friends. The checks were... Read More

Ron Bergeron’s appointment to water board ‘under review’ after $25 million contract comes to light

Broward County’s Ron Bergeron signed a $25 million no-bid construction contract with the South Florida Water Management District more than a week after Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped him for the district’s board. Bergeron signed the contract calling for Bergeron Land Development Inc. to complete the district’s work on a stormwater treatment area in western Martin County on Feb. 6. DeSantis said he “would like to appoint” Bergeron, a western Broward developer and... Read More

Man dies a week after truck sinks in river, cops say

Eight days after the pickup he was driving plunged into the Middle River in Lauderdale Lakes, the 73-year-old man who was hospitalized after the crash died, officials said Tuesday. A passer-by spotted the partially submerged white Ford F-250 about 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 after it drove east along the 3000 block of Northwest 47th Terrace, through the parking lot of the Lauderdale Oaks community, off the pavement, onto the grass, and into the water, the Broward Sheriff’s Office... Read More

Miami is best choice for Democratic convention — and not because we’re ‘fancier’ | Opinion

Wholesome Milwaukee — of “Happy Days” and “Laverne & Shirley” sitcom fame — thinks Miami is making the case to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention based on our looks. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Lottery scammers steal $18,000 in jewelry from woman, 80

In what appears to be a well-coordinated variation of a notorious lottery scam, four people were involved in the con that cost an 80-year-old woman $18,000 worth of her jewelry, according to Davie police. Investigators Tuesday released surveillance images of two of the people involved and their vehicle in the hopes of generating leads in the case. It was just before 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 when the four people parked a late-model, white Mitsubishi Outlander Sport in the Publix parking lot at 8842... Read More

Miami’s preservation board denies revamp plan for Grove Playhouse. What happens now?

Miami’s historic preservation board voted against a five-years-in-the-making plan by Miami-Dade County to revamp the Coconut Grove Playhouse on Tuesday, dealing a potentially crippling blow to the effort to revive … Click to Continue » ... Read More