Deerfield Beach News

Share + Jul 10, 2009 1:33 pm US/Eastern DEERFIELD BEACH 1 of 1 The two women seen at the bottom of the screen admitted to stealing a puppy from the Petland store in Deerfield Beach.

A group of local governments has sued to block a new law Florida legislators passed last spring that critics said could fuel sprawl and force the public to pay more for roads around new strip malls, planned communities and other development.

Two young women liked a 4-month-old Shetland Sheepdog so much they walked outside the Deerfield Beach puppy store without paying its $1,199 price tag, the manager says.

Traffic came to a halt on Flagler Drive for roadwork today, one month after the city passed over a low-bidder on that project - partly because the firm supposedly wasn't qualified for jobs that required keeping cars flowing.

You may not see Don King moon-walking on the July 11 Showtime telecast, but before the night is over you may see more of the World's Greatest Promoter and the late Michael Jackson than you do of Joseph Agbeko and Vic Darchinyan.

Here's a look at what will be open and closed for the Fourth of July weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties: FRIDAY, July 3 Closed: Federal, state, county and municipal offices, the county library system, stock markets, the Southwest Regional Landfill at 7101 SW 205th Ave., and Animal Care and Regulation's two animal shelters.

Sentry Data Systems Inc. has introduced a data analytics module to its SentinelRCM hospital pharmacy revenue cycle management application.

Deerfield Beach Vice Mayor Sylvia Ferguson may have had a financial interest in a nonprofit corporation for which she voted to award public funds.

From bars haunted by private wealth managers to luxury shops damaged by the fallout of the scandal, residents of the rich Florida seaside town where money manager Bernard Madoff found many of his victims applauded his stiff sentence on Monday.

Three veteran administrators -- two from South Florida, one from Ohio -- will tour Brevard County next month in hopes of becoming the next permanent fire-rescue chief.

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A Broward County sheriff's deputy was slightly injured Saturday morning when a car swerved in front of his motorcycle in Deerfield Beach.

Two South Florida banks are recovering from damages after two cars crashed into them within minutes of each other.

Thursday was apparently a bad day to stop at a Deerfield Beach Bank. Two cars crashed into separate banks within minutes of each other after 1 p.m., in one case sending a driver and several customers to the hospital, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

Deerfield Beach Vice Mayor, formerly known as Sylvia Poitier, is now going with her maiden name, Ferguson.

It's a clash of religion and ramps. Florida's Turnpike officials say Palmetto Park Road is the best location for a $119 million SunPass interchange to relieve bottlenecks at the Glades Road toll plaza.

Wilen Direct first with Prosper S10 using Stream inkjet web technology; three new NexPress SE sheetfed printers -- Graphic Arts Online, 6/16/2009 8:44:00 AM Kodak announced four new digital press model series, and reported on the progress of the second beta user of its long awaited Stream inkjet web printing technology.

Boca Raton police are investigating a single-car fatal accident that occurred in the 3200 block of South Dixie Highway just before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A Deerfield Beach woman was killed Tuesday night after she lost control of her car and crashed into a concrete electricity pole along S. Dixie Highway.

A preview of the public comment period? On the agenda for tonight's meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, under the heading "Written Requests," there looms an ominous entry: Chaz Stevens will address the city's elected leaders on "myriad topics." Among the myriad topics posted recently on Stevens' blog, Acts of Sedition, there's a densely ...