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BILLIE SWAMP SAFARI 30000 Gator Tail Trail, Clewiston Adventure in the swamp! Climb aboard a swamp buggy or zip across the water on an airboat. Lots of shows and exhibits. Nature trail and butterfly garden. Overnight stay. www.swampsafari.com 800-GO-...Tags: Wetlands, Coconut Creek, Davie, Natural Resources, Fort Lauderdale
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Recycling company brings new jobs to Pulaski
It's been eight weeks since two tornados hit Pulaski County. Now, the town is celebrating a bit of good news.
A new business, Blue Bird Resins, will soon open its second location in the town of Pulaski. The company is headquartered in Winchester, Va....Tags: Pulaski County (Virginia), Florida, Virginia, Business, Human Interest
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Susan Bahorich's Blog
Comments, questions, concerns, story ideas, etc. email me at: sbahorich@wdbj7.com
5/5/13
You may have seen or heard my promo.
I have cancer.
The story airs Monday night at 6o'clock.
This is a little weird for me.
I'm not used to "being" the...Tags: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Health (music group), Parties and Movements, Roman Catholicism, HLN (tv network)
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After centennial, city looks ahead to its future
As the city marks its first 100 years this weekend, officials are planning what the future should look like.
Downtown will expand with more offices and shops as well as more nearby condos and townhouses. The New River would be abuzz with entertainment...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Florida, Restaurants, Human Interest, Casino and Gambling
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The 1940s: War turns city into an armed camp — but it keeps on growing
A world at war forced an interruption in the city's swift growth. Though far from actual hostilities, Fort Lauderdale was on a firm war footing because of its proximity to the sea and enemy vessels. The city became an armed camp. Artillery was mounted...Tags: Elections, Water Restrictions, African Americans, Hurricanes, Politics
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Mayor Jack Seiler: Looking forward 100 years to Fort Lauderdale 2111
When reflecting on the overwhelming challenges Fort Lauderdale was facing in the 1930s, following the devastating hurricane of 1926 and reeling amidst the throes of the Great Depression, former Mayor Thomas B. Manuel said, "… the main thing I...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Dining and Drinking, Music, Restaurants, Florida
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Celebración del centenario de Fort Lauderdale atrajo a miles de personas este fin de semana
South Florida Sun-SentinelEste fin de semana las celebraciones del centenario de la ciudad de Fort Lauderdale atrajo a miles de turistas los cuales disfrutaron de comida y entretenimientos para grandes y chicos, de lejos es el mejor lugar para trabajar y criar a la familia dijo el...Tags: Fort Lauderdale
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The 1910s: A time of commerce, pioneer farmers and wild boat parties
This was the decade when the frontier town of Fort Lauderdale became the center of the region's burgeoning commerce. Its early and naive efforts at mercantilism involved the exploitation and destruction of what is now recognized as a vital environmental...Tags: Intracoastal Waterway, Elections, D.W. Griffith, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Florida
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The 1960s: Swinging Sixties bring Spring Breakers and broken barriers
The beach loomed strong in the '60s on two very different fronts: desegration and debauchery. But Fort Lauderdale continued to build and expand. It also felt the pull of history and the sting of civic unrest. One unusual, and controversial,...Tags: Broward College, Florida, African Americans, Politics, Assault
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The 1930s: Tourists arrive and the population doubles, despite hardships
The busted land boom gave Fort Lauderdale an early taste of the Great Depression years before the rest of the country experienced it. But the city's main draw, its waterways, proved an economic lifeline. While not yet a regular port of call for passenger...Tags: Elections, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Politics, Human Interest
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The 1920s: Tensions, economic bust and hurricane slam booming city
Perhaps in reaction to the heady, more innocent decade that preceded it, or as the result of a swollen population and unchecked growth, life in 1920s Fort Lauderdale became a little more wobbly, a bit more uncertain, characterized by great progress and...Tags: Miami Beach, Elections, Florida, Politics, Hurricanes
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The 2000s: 100 years of changes — and our city's story has only just begun
Storms both economic and meteorological swept Fort Lauderdale and the rest of the region. Hurricane Wilma in 2005 was the worst storm to hit the city since the unnamed hurricane of 1926, peeling windows from downtown buildings and roofs from homes....Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, African Americans, Politics, Hurricanes, Stonewall Library
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