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Miramar to dedicate eco-friendly park

By Chris Guanche, Forum Publishing Group — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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After years of delays brought on by the 2008 recession, Miramar's Vizcaya Park will be opening its gates on Saturday.

Miramar school's efforts help children in Trinidad

By Chris Guanche, Forum Publishing Group — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

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Miramar's Henry D. Perry Middle School used pizza sales to help raise money for a supply drive to help benefit needy children in Trinidad.

Police seek identity of knife-wielding 7-Eleven robber

Sun Sentinel — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:28:00 EDT

Police are trying to identify a knife-wielding man who robbed a Miramar convenience store.

Police divers search another waterway in case of missing Miramar woman

Sun Sentinel — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:05:00 EDT

Authorities on Wednesday were searching another waterway in the case of Vilet Torrez, a mother of three who vanished in March.

Locals find joy caring for animals with disabilities

By Silvana Ordoñez, South Florida News Service — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:06:00 EDT

As a veterinarian technician, Chris Wheeler saved Ragu from being euthanized.

Convicted killer from Miramar gets new trial

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:36:00 EDT

An appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Miramar man convicted of the 2008 murder of a 25-year-old Kentucky man over a drug deal.

Jury rejects killer's self-defense claim

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:23:48 EDT

Edwin Maldonado says he stabbed naked man 15 times

A Broward jury on Wednesday rejected a Dania Beach man's claim of self-defense in the 2010 stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, finding him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder after a two-week trial.

Broward sheriff's deputy put war experience to use during Turnpike shootings

By Linda Trischitta , Sun Sentinel — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:01:00 EDT

When Broward Sheriff's Deputy Osvaldo Petitfrere met Key Biscayne Police Officer Nelia Real, she was trying to hold back blood that was flowing from a bullet wound in her neck.

Murder defendant claims he stabbed nude man 15 times in self-defense

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:49 EDT

A Dania Beach man on trial for the murders of his ex-girlfriend and her new lover took the stand on Monday to tell a Broward jury that the woman's death was an accident and the man's death was self-defense.

After four hung juries, Miramar murder defendants found guilty

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:58:17 EDT

Phillips Pierre and Leon Reid sentenced to life in prison

— After four hung juries, the mother of a murder victim asked Broward County prosecutor Gregg Rossman how many trials it would take to bring her son's killers to justice.