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Sam Ash Music was a South Florida staple. It’s ‘extremely painful’ to close stores, family CEO says.
Joe Schnessel sits at a drum kit in a back room of the Sam Ash store in Margate, keeping time with a familiar classic rock song before he’s paged to take a phone call from a customer inquiring about the company’s ongoing liquidation sale. He explains to the caller that the 5% discount on drum and accessories — the opening offer in what figures to be a three-month-long wind down — was just ...
Boca Raton Man with Dementia Found After Community-Wide Search Effort
After a harrowing twelve days, 65-year-old Scott James Woods, who was declared missing since May 6, has been located, confirms the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The Boca Raton man had last been seen ambling southbound on Lyons Road from Palmetto Park Road wearing a gray shirt, gray sweatpants, blue Asics shoes, and sunglasses.
Child drowns after going into Fort Lauderdale pool
FORT LAUDERDALE - A child who was rushed to the hospital after being pulled from a backyard pool in Fort Lauderdale has died. Police said when officers arrived at a home in the 1800 block of NW 15th Place just after 7 p.m., the boy was unresponsive. They immediately began CPR. He was then taken to Broward Health Medical Center on advanced life support but he did not survive.A neighbor who did not wish to be identified in this report said she saw the ambulance leaving Thursday night and then saw a woman rush outside the home and collapse...
Police: Fort Lauderdale man uses social media to confess to crimes against ex-girlfriend
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A woman reported regretting dating Patrick E. James, who appeared in bond court and was at the main jail on Friday, in Fort Lauderdale. According to a police report, James, 32, confessed to the crimes against her on social media and did them in front of her sister and neighbors.
It’s crystal clear: The ‘Crystal Palace’ has to go | Steve Bousquet
The name conjures up images of luxury, glitz and extravagance — everything the Broward County school district should not be. “Crystal Palace” has been the unofficial name for the district’s headquarters for as long as anyone can remember (in fact, for three decades). It’s also the name of a haven for high rollers — a casino and resort hotel in the Bahamas — which is more like it. The 14-story ...
Broward Sheriff’s Office asks for public help in locating missing woman
Lauderdale Lakes, Florida – The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is urgently requesting the community’s assistance in locating Dawn Calvin, a 52-year-old woman reported missing. Calvin was last seen at approximately 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, near the 2700 block of Somerset Drive in Lauderdale Lakes.
Police Search for Person of Interest in Coral Springs 7-Eleven Robbery
Coral Springs Police are searching for a person of interest in a robbery at a local 7-Eleven store. The police department posted a photo of the man taken from surveillance video on Friday. Police did not provide additional information about the man or the robbery. Anyone who knows the man...
Just-installed camera offers brand new view of the deep blue sea off South Florida
OFF POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – You do not have to scuba, snorkel or even get wet to see all kinds of South Florida sea life up close and personal. Famed shipwreck diving photographer Jimmy Gadomski and his team just completed a very delicate mission off the coast of Pompano Beach.
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant set to close at The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant at The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale is expected to close its doors at the end of May. According to the South Florida Business Journal, the restaurant will close on May 29 due to “pending changes” at the mall.
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