http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/ Copyright 2008-2010 Cassius Group Inc. Solupress News - www.solupress.com http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article484.asp Ron and Helen Gallardo went out for a joy ride on their sport bike Saturday afternoon August 7 in the vicinity of Royal Palm Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Coral Springs. They were on familiar roads close to home and visibility that day was near perfect. "There was hardly anyone in the street," Ron said. "Just her and me." Ron said the driver in the car to his right suddenly moved into his lane, colliding with his bike and throwing both of them from the motorcycle. Ron was critically injured in the accident and his wife Helen, mother of three, was killed. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article484.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article481.asp Margate resident and Life Scout, Brandon Robb, is on his way to being part of the two percent of all Boy Scouts in the world who achieve the rank Eagle Scout. He has three more merits to complete before the age of 18 and needs to invent, plan and execute a project successfully within the community. Because Robb�s Grandmother used to spend a lot of time at Margate�s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center, and he�s thankful for all they�ve done for her, he has proposed to Center officials that he replant some garden areas as a means of giving back. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article481.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article480.asp Originally from Lockport, Illinois, 52-year-old Lesa Peerman moved to Margate in 1996. She�s been working for the Broward County School System for 22 years and has officially registered as a candidate for Margate City Commission in 2012. Peerman believes in term limits for commissioners, accountability to taxpayers and a heightened level of constructive input and participation by Margate residents at City Hall meetings. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article480.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article482.asp August 7, or the first Saturday of every August, was declared �Possum Day� by the Florida Legislature in 1982. In fact, the City of Wassau, Florida celebrates the day every year with their Annual Possum Festival & Funday complete with parade, outdoor activities and various tributes to the great North American Opossum. Margate Resident, Robert Perkis, suggested a similar day to Margate City Commissioners last week, a day with the polarizing uniqueness of Possum Day to put Margate on the map. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article482.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article486.asp In order to gain access to funds otherwise not available to municipal governments, Margate City Commissioners recently formed the Margate Recreation Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization targeting federal and state monies available to enhance the recreation and leisure of Margate residents. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article486.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article483.asp Bernadette Peters and Robert Preston starred in the 1974 Tony nominated �Mack & Mabel" at the Majestic Theater in New York. Mack & Mabel is a story about legendary silent film director, Mack Sennet, and his tumultuous love affair with silent film actress Mabel Normand. The highly acclaimed �Mack & Mabel� is now running at the Broward Stage Door in Margate from August 20 to September 26. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article483.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article485.asp It was the wee hours of the morning when Mike said he heard the skidding wheels of a motor vehicle approaching his home. He heard a crash, then a vehicle backing up and peeling out. He looked outside and saw a white pick-up truck taking off. Mike's neighbor around the corner had slammed his Dodge Ram into the family�s parked van, just missing the room in the house where Mike was sitting. The neighbor took off, went home and went to bed. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article485.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________ http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article478.asp Besides the two Local 3080 bargaining unit personnel, he was the only firefighter attending fire union negotiations at City Hall last week. He drove from Lake Worth on his day off to support his union, he said, and when asked why this six-year Margate Firefighter (Firefighter X) commutes from Lake Worth to Margate to save lives, he said sure the pay and benefits are good, but more importantly in Margate �you know everyone you work with,� he said. 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