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Affordable housing in Tallman Pines moves forward
Deerfield Beach – One major housing project advanced this week as commissioners gave the Broward County Housing Authority approval to build 75 affordable rental units for senior citizens. The project is being financed by state funds of $20 million and is at 3852 N. Dixie Hwy. in Tallman Pines....
At Home with Gary: Home sellers: Creative incentives can sell your home, Part II
It’s getting cold in the Sunshine State. Buyers with homes under contract are getting cold feet, and Florida had four of the nation’s top 10 markets with the highest cancellation rates in the past three months, according to CNBC. Rising interest rates, still-high home prices and uncertainty about...
At Home with Gary: Selling and buying homes in a time of change, Part 1
If you’re trying to sell or buy a home in today’s real estate market, the Chinese proverb, “May you live in interesting times,” may come off as a curse. The bidding wars and over-asking-price sales of just a few months ago are gone. With inflation on the rise, the Fed raised rates. The average 30-year fixed mortgage today is over 7 percent, from under 4 percent in February.
LED lighting coming to the city’s darkest neighborhoods
Pompano Beach – Commissioners approved an agreement with FPL to install LED lighting in Cypress Lakes, Garden Isles, and Lyons Park, a move Commissioner Cindy Floyd believes will make the neighborhoods safer. In September, a carjacking occurred in nearby Cypress Bend which she said might have been prevented with...
DAR celebrates Constitution, honors young artist
Pompano Beach – Commem-orating the Constitution and its importance is a focus of the Daughters of The American Revolution. To signify and honor the document, the Fontenada [Pompano Beach] Chapter held its Constitution Week [Sept. 17 to 23] Luncheon at Galuppi’s. Also recognized was Stella Flowers, a local...
Tigers win homecoming game; remain unbeaten
Pompano Beach – Blanche Ely football coach Michael Bailey believed his team would be better than the one that won just three games combined over the past two seasons. The Tigers celebrated their homecoming by defeating visiting Fort Lauderdale 36-12 to run its record to 5-0. Blanche Ely finished 1-9 last season in Bailey’s first year at the school. Now his squad is off to its best start since they opened the 2010 season 6-0 under former coach Willie Snead.
The Scholarship Plug Corner: Redundancy
Some call it “fluff.” Strong writers and readers know it is “redundancy,” defined as needless repeating of words. Avoiding redundancy can improve writing skills. Consider the phrase, “advance forward.” Can an army advance backwards? An army can advance or move forward, but “advance forward” is repetitious. “Good job. Well done. I see you did it.”
FDOT asks residents to rate design options for Southwest 10 Street Connector
Deerfield Beach – The saga of the expansion of Southwest 10 Street continued this week with Florida Department of Transportation [FDOT] project managers asking residents to express their preferences for noise wall designs, wall textures, and other architectural features. A meeting held Monday at Oveta McKeithen Recreational Complex was...
Street light outages continue to plague two major roadways
Deerfield Beach – This city has an on-and-off battle trying to keep its street lights aglow. In particular, Southeast 10 Street has been dark more often than not. Stolen wire was the reason for one of the outages there. “We have had numerous work orders in this stretch of...
Historic Braithwaite School may be slated for new prominence
Deerfield Beach – The Center for Active Aging will open early next year as a state-of-the art environment for senior citizens and toddlers. And if City Commissioner Ben Preston prevails, it will also bear the name of this city’s first school for black children, Braithwaite. Preston’s proposal, made...
Resources, Events, Meetings, and More – Week of Sept. 22
Pompano Beach –The Fall Festival and Marketplace is scheduled for Oct. 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, 520 Martin Luther King Blvd. The event will include family-friendly activities, music, food vendors, giveaways and more. Around the Dinner Table, the festival host, provides a platform for their culinary graduates and local businesses to showcase their delicacies and specialty goods for sale. The program was developed to provide the necessary tools to enter the food industry and assist existing small culinary businesses to succeed in the industry. For more information, visit aroundthedinnertablellc.com or call 954-304-7162.
Fishing Report: Mahi-mahi is your weekend go to
Pictured above is a load of nice mahi-mahi that we caught while swordfishing a few days back. The mahi have been plentiful on weed lines starting at about 600 feet of water. Over the course of the week, we have run across three or four substantial weed lines with fish on them.
Rucker reassigned to Deerfield Park as per parents’ demands
Deerfield Beach – Broward Schools officials have heeded the wishes of Deerfield Park Elementary School parents and approved the assignment of Donna Rucker as the school’s new principal. Rucker’s appointment was accepted by the school board Tuesday. She began her new job Wednesday, returning to the school where...
Viewpoints – Week of Sept. 22
On Sept. 14, the Lauderdale-By-The-Sea town administrators scored two proposals to operate the winter/spring Farmer’s Market at El Prado Park. The three person committee gave a very slight edge to a firm out of Dade County – over our own locally known provider. The proposals will now go...
Waking Up: Awaken your creativity with discovery writing
One of the best ways to awaken your creativity is an exercise that I’ve practiced for years called, simply enough, Discovery Writing. I teach it in my creativity class. The method taps into the creative ideas just below the surface of your conscious mind. This magnificent technique will take...
Freedom Day USA
What would it be like to miss your child’s first birthday, their first steps, or their high school graduation?. What if you could not talk with your spouse or family for weeks at a time? What if you didn’t know if a family member was safe? For most of us, these situations are rare. However, for those in our military and their family members, they are part of their daily life.
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