Weston News

If there's one thing Gloriela Araujo knows about her art students, it's that they love to draw animals.

Especially dinosaurs.

Each day, children as young as 4 shuffle into Araujo's el taller art space in Pembroke Pines. A native of Venezuela, Araujo has been painting since she was a child and now lives in Weston.

'It feels natural,' Araujo said of her attraction to art. 'People are born with a skill, and they have to develop it.'

Araujo's classes cover a variety of techniques and styles. In one class, children spend an hour drawing and painting a picture of a clownfish. For the class of 5- and 6-year-olds, the clownfish instantly reminds them of the title character from Finding Nemo . In another class, children work with plaster and dough to create animal shapes - including, of course, a Tyrannosaurus rex.

The Daniel Cantor Wultz Foundation has launched a newly developed curriculum, 'Confronting Hatred: From Understanding to Action,' created specifically for high school students at the David Posnack Hebrew Day ...

The path from the nearly completed Library Park to the neighboring Weston Branch Library will get a little smoother.

Weston is hosting its annual Fourth of July Hometown Celebration with a 5K Run/Walk and parade.

Sheboygan-based Acuity placed second in the nation among medium-sized employers on a list of the best places to work for in America.

Today's highlights Capoeira@your library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Weston Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston.

Davie Commons, a proposed 152-acre shopping and office complex, is set to appear before the Broward County Planning Council on Thursday.

WESTON, FL Hurricane season has begun and Marriott International will continue to ease summer travelers' concerns.

Weston will tonight consider forming its own charter school system. Mayor Eric Hersh is pushing the idea and has asked commissioners to decide if city staff should research it.

Out of a small office on Hallandale Beach Boulevard, a group of entrepreneurs is taking on some of the biggest names in the food business with an exotic ice cream treat.

SheerBliss is the first ice cream to exploit the unusual flavor of pomegranates. In just three years, the product has found its way onto the shelves of more than 5,000 stores nationwide.

'This is a market dominated for years by Nestle, which [distributes] Haagen-Dazs, and by Unilever,' said Gary Barron, 53, of North Miami Beach, who is president of SheerBliss Ice Cream.

Four of five Weston city commissioners agreed on Monday to spend up to $25,000 to study the legal issues surrounding the conversion of traditional public schools to charters.

In hopes of keeping the state's Road Ranger service alive, a Miami-based towing company is getting creative.

Kyle Anders, of Weston, made a hole-in-one on the fifth hole from the red tees of the Weston Hills Country Club Tour Course on May 16.

Kyle, a few days shy of his 10th birthday, used a six iron from 108 yards. A student at Appletree Montessori Elementary School, Kyle plays golf up to four times per week.

'We started screaming when he made it,' said his mother, Nicki. 'There were a couple of people who came out of their condos to see what had happened. The ball started out towards the left sand trap and then the ball disappeared into the cup. Kyle just starting running and jumping around. Then he went up and kissed the green.'

Geethu James moves to a different beat - one that's thousands of years old. The sixth-grader from Pembroke Pines recently got to show off her graceful, intricate steps and hand gestures to a packed auditorium ...

A fire that caused about $750,000 damage to a healthcare company but no injuries has been ruled suspicious, authorities said today.

They're swapping kegs for cash and skipping the brew. Authorities say bandits are stealing empty beer kegs from bars around Broward County , most recently striking in Weston , where 10 of the metal containers ...

The future of the 26th Street Theatre in Wilton Manors is on hold at the moment, as G Four Productions reconsiders a move into the 300-seat playhouse.

Enrollment at crowded Cypress Bay High in Weston will be capped again next school year, Broward School Board members decided Tuesday.

A man who took a backpack stuffed with cash and gems at gunpoint then fled was caught barely half an hour after the heist Monday, authorities said.

FOR LEASE: A 78-mile, four-lane toll road, built in the late 1960s, upgraded in 1980s.