Oakland Park News

Three people died after refrigerated gas leaked from a shipping container on a cargo ship at Florida's Port Everglades, authorities said Tuesday.

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A 23-year-old Oakland Park man is accused of fatally shooting his neighbor's mixed-breed Boxer because the dog's barking interfered with his studying, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

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An Oakland Park man is charged with fatally shooting his neighbor's barking dog. via Florida Today

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In other action The Broward County Commission: Rewrote its animal control regulations to declare a dog as dangerous if it kills a domestic animal in an unprovoked attack off its owner's property. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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“These ladies accepted the challenge and before dessert we raised more than $440,000.”

H abitat for Humanity of Broward recently hosted its sixth annual Women Building a Legacy Power Lunch at Hugh's Culinary in Oakland Park. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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“Unlike many programs which will fund mitigation efforts only after a building has been damaged, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program allows applicants to compete for Federal funds before a disaster even hits”

Rebuilding after a disaster can be costly, but strengthening a community before a storm hits can substantially reduce the amount of damage and the time it takes to recover. via The Westside Gazette

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The trucks pulled up in front of Tim Farley's home like a military convoy. Nearly a dozen men clad in green and armed with chain saws and pruning shears marched into his backyard to find and destroy the enemy ... via The Miami Herald

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“We made that clear from the get-go. The commission has refrained from micromanaging the sheriff, but there are many areas that would not affect public safety that could be addressed in his budget.”

A battle has begun between Sheriff Al Lamberti and Broward County commissioners over their demand that he shoulder half of the spending cuts needed to pay for the property tax relief voters approved.

County budget analysts warned commissioners Tuesday that Lamberti has proposed between $15 million and $20 million in cuts although they want to slice $50 million from the Broward Sheriff's Office.

Commissioners vowed not to retreat on their requirement that the sheriff trim his spending the same percentage as other county agencies. They said they are prepared for the sheriff to appeal the budget to Gov. Charlie Crist, and to even sue Lamberti if still not satisfied. Read more

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The city's environmental lecture series continues at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Spiher Recreation Center, 1246 NE 37th St. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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“We wanted to control what we knew was going to be the maximum award”

A Broward County jury elected not to hand a massive payout to county homeowners who lost citrus trees to the state's canker eradication program, issuing a verdict Tuesday that will give homeowners about $34 per tree.

The jury awarded a total of more than $11.5 million, but the sum is smaller than it looks. That is because as part of the verdict, the jury agreed to let the state deduct about $7 million already paid in compensation in the form of $100 Wal-Mart vouchers and $55 cash payments. Read more

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