Category: Fort Lauderdale
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Fort Lauderdale’s historic Shippey House receives a two-week reprieve from demolition
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
One of Fort Lauderdale’s oldest homes has been granted another 15 days of existence after a three-year fight over the property’s fate. -
Plans for the Ireland’s Inn site on Fort Lauderdale beach bog down despite city’s big giveaway
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
In July, 2008, as the economy was tanking, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission gave away a block of North Ocean Boulevard to the owners of the former Ireland’s Inn. The idea was to promote development of a towering, tax-generating five-star beachfront resort known as Fairwinds. Nearly three years out, with the economy heading south again, Fairwinds continues to exist only on paper. -
Discovery of musket balls, artifacts may signal site of an original fort Lauderdale
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Musket balls and other relics from what could be the remains of a U.S. military fort built in 1839 have been unearthed from beneath a Fort Lauderdale parking lot near the Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel. -
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Local governments feel the pain at the pump, turn to cash reserves and technology to save fuel
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Much like everyday drivers floored by soaring gas prices, Broward County governments with large vehicle fleets have been forced to dip into reserves to keep their cars, trucks and buses rolling. -
Cleared of insider trading charges, Zachariah is back in presidential politics
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Less than three months after being cleared of civil insider stock trading, Fort Lauderdale heart doctor and top Republican fund raiser Zachariah P. Zachariah is back in big time, big money politics. -
Fort Lauderdale police chief’s divorce handed down, sealed up
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley finally got his divorce last week from a troubled wife who fired shots at him for cheating on her, but testimony and all other court details about the case are secret.
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