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Aquatic Center820 NE 18 Avenue  954.786.4128 Open Swim All ages Everyday 1:00pm - 4:30pm Pool open to Children 7 days a week from 1:00pm until 4:30pmAdults: $1.06    Children: $.53 Adult Lap Swimming Monday through Friday 8:00am -8:00pm Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 4:30pm$1.06 AdultsCourse schedu...

Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for children and adolescents ages 1 to 21. Even more startling is that four out of five child car seats are improperly installed. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will be checking children's car seats f...

May 18-21  - 46th Annual Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo  Alsdorf Park - Wednesday , May 18th  Rodeo Kick Off with Final registration Thursday evening with Fishing on Friday, May 20th and Saturday, May 21st.   The Awards dinner will be Saturday evening.  For more information please call 954.942.4513 ...

South Florida's hog heaven, Bruce Rossmeyer's Harley-Davidson, will hold two free events dedicated to getting women familiar with the fun of letting your hair fly on a Harley. The ladies-only gatherings, part of Women Riders Month, include: Women's Ride Day (May 14, with registration at 3 p.m., r...

In the early morning light bike riders start their ride for the Zimmerman MS Bike Ride at the Bank United Center on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables. (Chris Cutro, For the Miami Herald / May 11, 2011)   There's still time to sign up for the Zimmerman MS Bike Ride, a two-day ...

Complaints about foreclosure fraud are pouring into The Florida Bar, with four times more cases pending today than six months ago, as property owners trying to save their homes increasingly take on their banks and their lenders' lawyers.The Bar, which regulates lawyer conduct in Florida and most...

Closing schools might become necessary to avert a looming financial crisis in the next two to three years, the Broward School Board said Tuesday.No closings are expected next year, and no schools were named.Tom Lindner, the district's construction chief, said his staff already has started the pr...

Property owners who file false applications to obtain a Homestead Exemption are breaking the law ... and they're making you pay more in taxes each year. Why? Because the School Board, the County Commission, your local City government, and the various other taxing authorities must fund their budge...

Broward leads in requests for state foreclosure aid Broward County leads the state with 1,638 applications for Florida's $1 billion foreclosure prevention program after the first week, housing officials announced late Monday. Miami-Dade is second among Florida's 67 counties, with 1,027 applicatio...

The median age of residents in Broward County increased between 2000 and 2010, according to figures released last week by the Census Bureau.In 2010, the median age in Broward County was 39.7, compared with 37.8 a decade earlier. Statewide, the median age was 40.7, two years older than the 2000 me...