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End of an era: Tom Jenkins’ Bar-B-Q in Fort Lauderdale to close after 36 years

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By Phillip Valys | pvalys@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel Harry Harrell and Gary Torrence’s mighty Southern pit-stop Tom Jenkins’ Bar-B-Q survived for 36 years on Federal Highway in the shadow of Fort Lauderdale’s ever-rising skyline. But on Dec. 21, the longtime friends and pitmasters will permanently close their barbecue house at 1236 S. Federal Highway, known for heaping […]

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District-created committee opposes some proposals to close Broward schools

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By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun Sentinel The majority of Broward schools targeted for closure next year should stay open, a boundary committee tasked with reviewing proposals to the School Board has recommended. The district’s School Boundary Committee, which consists of about 50 members, is asking the School Board to keep open five of eight schools

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In South Florida, the new third space isn’t a coffee shop. It’s your networking group

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By Abigail Hasebroock | ahasebroock@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel and Shira Moolten | smoolten@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel More than 100 people descended upon an outdoor bar restaurant in Fort Lauderdale on a recent November night, lounging by the fireplace, sipping wine and snacking on chicken wings, talking and laughing. Some kept an eye out for romantic interests; others reconnected with

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Despite legal challenge, Miami Dade College votes again to transfer land for Trump presidential library

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By Kate Payne | The Associated Press/Report for America The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library revoted to transfer the land on Tuesday. The board of Miami Dade College faces a lawsuit filed by a local activist and a trial set for August over allegations it violated the state’s open

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Megan Thee Stallion sued influencer over ‘deepfake porn’ in Miami. Here’s the verdict

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By Madeleine Marr | Miami Herald Megan Thee Stallion got some good news on Monday as she heads in to the holidays. Jurors ruled in favor of the rapper born Megan Pete in her defamation trial that started Nov. 17 in downtown Miami. Closing arguments wrapped Nov. 26. According to NBC News, the “Hot Girl Summer” singer

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What Jamaica wants after deadly hurricane? ‘Visit us,’ island says.

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By The New York Times | wordpress@medianewsgroup.com | The New York Times News Service NEGRIL, Jamaica — With power still out nine days after Hurricane Melissa swept through western Jamaica, Kellanie Kerr stood in the dark at the stifling hot souvenir shop in Negril where she works, waving a fan at her sole customer. She tried to “guesstimate”

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Expelled members of historic Black church to return to court in fight with pastor

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By Rafael Olmeda | rolmeda@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel Expelled members of one of Broward’s oldest and most prominent Black churches are planning to return to court later this week, hoping to convince a judge to intervene and, in their opinion, force a pastor to follow church bylaws on spending and church membership. Ezra Tillman, who was appointed

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How’s your heart? Broward to resume offering free preventive screenings

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By Rafael Olmeda | rolmeda@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel Broward’s new mayor has a passion project, and he takes it very personally. He should. Two decades ago, Mark Bogen’s mother died suddenly of a heart attack. There were no symptoms, no ignored warning signs. One day she seemed healthy, and the next she was gone. Bogen’s usually animated

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