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  New "Walk Fort Lauderdale" App Guides Folks on a Historical Tour Through the City

  December 7 at 8 a.m.

  Each stop features five minutes or less of an audio tour, archival photos, renderings, and cultural narratives about the "Venice of America." The first stop includes a 3.5-minute audio clip, overview of the town’s first Tequesta and Seminole First Nation people, early aerial shots, and snaps from a nearby archaeological dig.

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  Some Fort Lauderdale Residents Are Already Upset With Rental Scooters in Their Neighborhoods

  November 29 at 9 a.m.

  Lime, Bird and Bolt scooters now line Fort Lauderdale streets. More than 14,000 unique riders covered nearly 48,000 miles within Lime's first three weeks in the city. But some Fort Lauderdale residents say the scooters are an unsafe nuisance.

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  500 Lime Electric Scooters Land on Fort Lauderdale Streets with Free Election Day Rides

  November 5 at 9 a.m.

  After a controversial start in Miami Beach, Lime scooters are now available in Fort Lauderdale. The company is offering free Lime scooter rides to and from the polls on Tuesday.

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  Florida Companies Promise Boats that Use Seawater as Fuel in Two Years

  October 9 at 8 a.m.

  Two Florida companies are making an extraordinary claim: they'll sell boats with motors that run on nothing but seawater in about two years.

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  Arc Tech in Broward Recycles Electronics, Employs Individuals With Disabilities

  July 27 at 9:29 a.m.

  Each time the next cool computer/electronic thingamajig comes out, you’re excited to have a new toy and ditch the old ones. But what happens to that sad, suddenly outdated electronic gadget you loved yesterday? Will it inevitably collect dust at home or the office? It should probably be recycled, and there’s a uniquely excellent option in South Florida.

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  Hollywood Native Jerry Beck Attempts to Fly the World's Largest Paper Airplane

  June 19 at 9 a.m.

  Last Tuesday, Jerry Beck, a South Florida native and the founder and artistic director of the Revolving Museum, attempted to fly what is believed to be the world’s largest paper plane at Fitchburg Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. But years of conceptualizing, community organizing, and crowdsourcing artworks to plaster on the exterior of the 64-foot paper plane weren’t enough to override the relentless physics required for flight.