Broward commissioner helps to plant 13 trees in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Blondell Boles, a Broward County resident, said she was happy on Tuesday when workers planted 13 trees on her street in Fort Lauderdale’s Boulevard Gardens neighborhood. Holness, the former Broward County mayor and a licensed real estate broker since 1989, used a $6,000 grant from the county’s Tree Preservation Trust Fund, to plant the trees along Northwest 30th Avenue. Holness said the purpose of the trees was to enhance “the aesthetic appearance of the community” and to help the environment. The trust fund’s committee doesn’t need the approval of commissioners on disbursements unless the expense is greater than $15,000. New trees lining the street of NW30th Avenue today in Boulevard Gardens area of @AskBMSD pic.twitter.com/FiyUFr9Z6V — Broward County Commission (@browardinfo) March 2, 2021
Deputies arrest gunman in central Broward’s Boulevard Gardens area
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man who was armed with a gun while walking around on Tuesday in the Boulevard Gardens residential area. Witnesses told dispatchers the gunman was in the 200th block of Northwest 29th Avenue. According to Carey Codd, a spokesman for BSO, deputies quickly established a perimeter in the area. Deputies found and detained the gunman who faces a possession of a firearm charge, Codd reported.