🌱 Could Cooper City’s fire rescue soon leave the sheriff’s control?
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In today's newsletter:
- Could Cooper City’s fire rescue soon leave the sheriff’s control?
Also on today's calendar: Cooper City Mom Prom 2026.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Some sun with a shower or two, with a high of 86 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, temps: high: 88, low: 73.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fla. county weighs shifting fire rescue from sheriff's office control (police1.com) — Cooper City’s fire and emergency services could change as Broward County studies whether to take Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue out of the sheriff’s control and create a county-run department instead. The review will look at costs and public safety impacts for Cooper City and other contract cities, but no decisions have been made yet. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Relay for Life
Plantation Central Park, 9151 NW 2nd St, Plantation
5:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Cooper City Mom Prom 2026
Club 19 Pembroke Lakes , 10500 Taft St , Pembroke Pines
7:00 pm -
Cooper City Cowboys vs Nova
Cooper City High School , 9401 Stirling Rd , Cooper City
6:30 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Sounds of the Town: Concert in the Park
Davie, FL Calendar , 3801 S Pine Island Road , Davie
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Clay Day: Vase Creation
Pembroke Pines, FL Calendar , 1101 Poinciana Drive , Pembroke Pines
11:00 am -
Spread Eagle
Cagney's House of Rock Saloon , 5981 S University Dr , Davie
7:30 pm -
Citizen Budget Advisory Board Meeting
Pembroke Pines, FL Calendar , 601 City Center Way , Pembroke Pines
6:30 pm -
Caregiver Training/Support (Spanish)
Pembroke Pines, FL Calendar , 301 NW 103rd Avenue , Pembroke Pines
10:00 am -
Special Magistrate Hearing - Building Cases
Davie, FL Calendar , 3801 S Pine Island Road , Davie
10:00 am -
Caregiver Training/Support (English)
Pembroke Pines, FL Calendar , 301 NW 103rd Avenue , Pembroke Pines
11:00 am -
100-YEAR CENTENARIAN CELEBRATION
Davie, FL Calendar , 8201 Stirling Road , Davie
3:00 pm -
Agricultural and Environmental Advisory Committee
Davie, FL Calendar , 3801 S. Pine Island Rd , Davie
5:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Need someone to come to my house today and wash my car inside and out.
Went on a road trip recently and have bugs all over my car. Please help. I live in Cooper City. Any recommendations with reasonable prices please… (Nextdoor Cooper Colony Estates)
🗞 Nearby News
Davie
- Anti-terrorism state law is needed (sun-sentinel.com)
- ‘Experience beyond his years': Lori Berman, Tina Polsky, Nick Sortal back Jayden D'Onofrio for HD 102 (floridapolitics.com)
- County Commission Honors Broward Animal Control Officers During National Appreciation Week (coralspringstalk.com)
Pembroke Pines
- Poll: 8 in 10 Pembroke Pines voters support November election shift as Commission set to vote (floridapolitics.com)
Miami
- This FL Bar Ranks Among North America’s Top 100, New List Says (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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