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Local resident and homeowner George W. Brennen celebrates his 100th birthday with his family and friends.

Celebrating 40 years of serving teachers and students in Broward County, Broward Education Foundation strolled back to school at the mythical Rydell High made famous in the hit movie Grease during the BrightStar Credit Union’s GREASE Lightnin’ Presented by Office Depot at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort.

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      Scott Israel, the former Broward County sheriff and current Opa-locka Police Chief, has announced his resignation, effective July 1, 2023. Israel, who served as the sheriff during the tragic 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, has been at the helm of the Opa-locka police department for a year.

Recap and analysis of the week in state government and politics By Ryan Dailey The News Service of Florida       TALLAHASSEE — Measures signed this week…

The Critics’ Awards Program, or Cappies for short, celebrated the best of high school theater and theater criticism at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, where the program was launched more than two decades ago.

Carrying out a new law, a joint panel of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine is slated next week to discuss rules about treatments for transgender minors and adults. The Joint Rules and Legislative Committee of the medical boards will meet Thursday in Tampa. The Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis this month approved a law (SB 254) that bars doctors from providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.