Dania News

Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co., a Miami River boatyard said to be one of the oldest businesses in Florida, has all but shut down.

The parent company of SunCruz Casinos, which stopped sailing its gambling ship from Mayport this month, filed Monday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Robert Fernandez and wife were flying their paraglide on Christmas morning. Saturday, December 26, 2009 A South Florida woman has lost her husband after their paraglide plunged into the Atlantic yesterday.

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday afternoon appointed Dania Beach Commissioner Al Jones to the Broward County Commission.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested in the murder of a Dania Beach man, authorities said Monday.

Miami New Times archives November 2 - 8, 1988. That shrimp in a chefs hat is trademarked.

William S. "Bill" Mathias Jr. , a civic leader with special interests helping children in North Jacksonville, died at his San Mateo home Sunday of lymphoma.

A man was shot when he answered a knock on his door this morning, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

The bluffs and hills of this mountain biking hub were as red as a sunburn and barren, save for a few juniper trees and clumps of rabbit brush.

A Broward kindergarten teacher with a history of being rough with children was pulled from her classroom last week and re-assigned to an administrative position pending the results of an internal investigation.

Share + Sep 13, 2009 9:42 am US/Eastern MIRAMAR A Broward kindergarten teacher with a history of being rough with children was pulled from her classroom last week and re-assigned to an administrative position pending the results of an internal investigation.

A kindergarten teacher ordered to get psychological counseling for being rough with students is again under investigation by the Broward County School District.

The HighHeelsPokerTour , the first all women's poker tour launched on the East coast, is gearing up for the start of their Fall schedule.

At Dania Jai-Alai, where 100 fans rattle around in stands built for 3,000, a teenage announcer dreams of being the next star in a sport that calls South Florida one of its few remaining homes.

Palm Beach County is going fishing for Bass Pro Shops . Plans are in the works to bring the sporting goods superstore to downtown West Palm Beach in a deal that could make the county seat the lure for 3 million visitors a year.

With the upcoming school year just around the corner, a group of Masonic organizations from throughout Broward County, held their Fifth Annual Back to School Give-Away at Chester A. Byrd Park in Holly-wood, Fla.

The 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami.

Depot Damage Boca Raton police reported June 23 that 14 garden lights were damaged beyond repair at the rear of the De Hoernle Railroad Pavilion on South Dixie Highway.

The publishers of the American Casino Guide, the #1bestselling book on casino gambling and travel, released the results of their readers' poll concerning their favorite casinos in all major U.S. gaming cities.

Jacksonville-based PRI Productions has acquired the assets of Dania-based Designs by Sean for an undisclosed amount.