Mayors keep seats after elections in three Broward County cities
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Mayors in two cities in northeast Broward County and one in southern Broward County will keep their posts after results of Tuesday’s election. With all six precincts reporting, Troast had 1,832 votes while Marshall had 793 votes. With 2 out of 2 precincts reporting, Vincent received 1,193 votes to Graziano’s 438 votes. With 51 precincts reporting, Ortis had 12,810 votes while Castillo garnered 10,412 votes. With 13 of 13 precincts reporting, Schwartz won with 3,206 votes to O’Loughlin’s 2,153.
Officials at three North Broward public beaches announce closures
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Officials of three North Broward cities are the latest to announce the closure of public beaches in an effort to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Mayors and city managers of Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach and the town manager of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea met Tuesday to decide on the closures. On Monday, Hollywood, Dania Beach and Hallandale Beach officials announced their beaches were closed. On Sunday, Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach were the first in South Florida to shut down their beaches. Those two cities were dealing with crowds of spring breakers, and officials at the beach cities north of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale raised concerns that the groups would move to the areas that remained open.