By Lisa Luvs Love PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Brandon’s Bistro co-owned by former NBA player Brandon Knight, along with food blogger Starex Smith (“The Hungry Black Man”) and former NFL player Kayvon Webster feels like arriving at a celebration of culture and cuisine. On a recent evening visit, warm faces welcomed us while smooth old-school
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# Roommate Arrested in Fatal Pompano Beach Attack Broward County, FL – In a tragic incident, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit has arrested an individual in connection with the murder of their roommate at a residence in Pompano Beach. Detectives swiftly responded to the scene following reports of a violent altercation between two roommates,
Continue Reading By Villij News Staff | It Takes a Villij POMPANO BEACH, FL — A federal indictment unsealed in Manhattan this week names a Pompano Beach technology executive in an alleged bribery scheme involving one of the nation’s largest police departments. Geno Roefaro, founder of the safety app company SaferWatch, is accused alongside Kevin Taylor, the
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Nearly a decade after photographer Johanne Rahaman turned her camera toward Pompano Beach’s Northwest community, the images still hold quiet power — front porches, bold color, neighborhood businesses, and everyday moments that define home. Rahaman’s statewide project, Black Florida, was created as a living photographic archive documenting Black communities across Florida from the inside out.
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