Pompano Beach Vice Mayor Beverly Perkins is accused of financial misconduct during her November 2020 campaign. A preliminary report released by the Broward County Office of the Inspector General on November 16, 2022, validated an allegation that Perkins and her campaign treasurer Robert Holmes used funds earmarked for pre-election purposes for post-election activities and services
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Broward County Libraries Division is happy to announce the elimination of late fines. Late fines will no longer accrue on borrowed library materials and customers will not be fined for items that are returned after the due date. The libraries division also cancelled all existing late fines on library cardholder accounts, with the late fines
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By Attiyya Atkins Sylvia Poitier was a trailblazer with a vivacious personality. She climbed the political ranks from the first female commissioner in Deerfield Beach to becoming Broward County’s first Black Commissioner – male or female, and one of South Florida’s first Black mayors in the 1970s. She died at her Deerfield Beach home on
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By China Boynton On Tuesday, November 8, Pompano Beach residents turned out to vote for midterm elections. According to the Supervisor of Elections office, out of the 1,252,771 active eligible voters about 47.95% of registered voters voted in this midterm election in Broward County. The winners were inducted in a ceremony at Pompano Beach City
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By Kristen Hernandez Miami Gardens – Villij News was invited to the Florida Grassroots event with President Joe Biden, Charlie Christ, Val Demings, and Peabody award-winning actor Keegan-Michael Key at Florida Memorial University, Tuesday November 1. With such a critical midterm election taking place across the nation during the next week, listening to their stances
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