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Preying On Hurricane Victims By Larry Blustein sfsuntime@aol.com The videos are heartwrenching. People, like you and I, forced to leave their homes to flee from the flood waters that will consume everything they own. A time of crisis can bring out the best in people — a desire to help others in need — but it can also bring out the worst. Unfortunately, natural disasters create opportunities for scammers to prey on generous people who are eager to donate
to relief organizations and other charities. In the hours after Hurricane Florence came ashore in the Carolinas, the internet was loaded with ways we can help donate to those victims of this “once in a lifetime” storm that pelted the coast with rain, winds and creating flooding that this area has never seen before. As those fight for survival, and everyone was pooling together to help in any way possible, the scammers were lurking behind their computers
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Hallandale Beach, Hollywood Fire Rescue-Police Team Up For Tunnel to Towers Fort Lauderdale 5K
Last week, the Hallandale Beach Fire Rescue and Hollywood Police Department members ran in the Tunnel to Towers Fort Lauderdale 5K to pay tribute to 9/11.
Looking For Artists To Transform Downtown Hollywood Intersections Hollywood - Calling All Artists! Your talents are needed to transform downtown Hollywood street intersections and crosswalks in works of art. The Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is currently seeking proposals from artists and graphic designers to submit their original two-dimensional Artists, Page 6A
If you are a local artist, the City of Hollywood is looking for your talents to transform intersections - like the one here in Fort Lauderdale.
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