South Florida beaches seeing oily tar balls wash ashore; Coast Guard investigating
Most of Fort Lauderdale’s beach was shut down to swimmers during a busy beach day Saturday due to oil washing ashore.
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Coast Guard investigating tar on South Florida beaches
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves ...
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Parts of Fort Lauderdale Beach closed due to excess of sticky tar
Officials have closed a portion of Fort Lauderdale Beach to swimmers Saturday after an oily substance was discovered in the ...
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Parts of Fort Lauderdale Beach closed for swimming as oily tar balls wash up on shore
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue announced that the oily substance on the beach prompted lifeguards to tell beachgoers to stay out ...
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How did Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale get named? There’s a story behind Broward cities
“Beach” was added in 1939, but many people still call the city Deerfield, which was incorporated in 1925. FORT LAUDERDALE got ... horse ranches in the city. SUNRISE began as a retirement ...
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Broward Health adding medical specialists and high-rise office buildings
In Deerfield Beach, the planned medical office building ... new freestanding emergency departments in development in Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale and Lighthouse Point, represent the first new ...