The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Announces Extension of Application Deadline for $75 Million Rebuild Florida Voluntary Home Buyout Program

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Aug 09, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the extension of the deadline for local governments in communities impacted by Hurricane Irma to apply for grant funding through the $75 million Rebuild Florida Voluntary Home Buyout Program. The original application deadline of August 15, 2019, has been extended to October 1, 2019. Grant funding can be used by local governments to purchase homes damaged by Hurricane Irma from willing homeowners in high risk flood areas or to match funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).

50 Years to the Day Hippefest Celebrates Anniversary of Woodstock with Ten Years After, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Vanilla Fudge

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Aug 08, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE – Exactly 50 years after Jimi Hendrix closed out the 1969 Woodstock Festival in the early hours of August 18, those that were there and some friends perform an evening of peace and music as Ten Years After, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Vanilla Fudge headline Hippiefest in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m. Sha Na Na founding member Henry Gross, the youngest performer at Woodstock 69, hosts and performs.

Holy Cross Medical Group Adds New Pediatrician

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Jul 26, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Pediatrician Maria Garay, M.D., has joined Holy Cross Medical Group, a group of more than 160 physicians employed by Holy Cross Hospital who provide health care in a variety of medical specialties throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties.

A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Florida Medical Association, Dr. Garay previously practiced at Plantation Pediatrics. Prior to that role, she served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa from 2015 to 2017.

BCPS Transportation Department Powers Up for the New School Year with a New Radio System

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Jul 26, 2019

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) has completed the migration of its existing school bus radio system from the public safety radio system to the new Local Government Trunked Radio System (LGTRS), which was planned for the start of the school year.

Jersey College And Broward County Public Schools’ Nurselife Exploration Camp Makes An Impact In Lives Of Broward County Youth This Summer

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Jul 25, 2019

Fort Lauderdale, FL -- Jersey College and Broward County Public Schools partnered to offer the NurseLife Exploration Camp to Broward County youth this summer. The camp offered hands-on learning for 24 students during two, three-week camp sessions. Each day of camp was action-packed with lessons that included hands-on practice with mannequin “patients” in Jersey College’s nursing simulation lab.