Margate NewsLocal news for Margate, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Companies ease workers' gas costs- June 29, 2008 Kathy Cicero, a telephone network manager for STS Telecom in Cooper City, had considered looking for a job closer to her Deerfield Beach home. Then the CEO offered a company benefit that changed her mind: extra money for gas in every paycheck.'It made a difference for me filling my tank twice a week' rather than once a week, Cicero said. 'It's huge in today's economy.'The perk was a nice surprise for employees, said Cicero, who drives a Toyota Corolla about 60 miles a day round-trip to work.http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/companies-ease-workers-gas-costs?fromrss=1 Driver in former United Way exec's death faces 90-day sentence- June 27, 2008 In a 30-minute decision Thursday, Broward County jurors rejected felony vehicular homicide and instead convicted a Parkland man of misdemeanor reckless driving for running a red light and killing a community stalwart.Blair Mrachek, 25, is now looking at a maximum 90-day jail sentence rather than 15 years in prison.Mrachek was not injured in the March 2005 afternoon crash that killed Douglas Endsley, 69, of Boca Raton , who headed Broward County 's United Way for nearly two decades.http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/driver-in-former-united-way-execs-death-faces... Margate man gets 28 years in prison for three rapes- June 25, 2008 The woman went to court Thursday, her 42nd birthday, to tell a Broward County judge that her rapist was getting an 'immense break' with a 28-year prison sentence.Though she complains of nightmares, headaches and ongoing pain and suffering, the woman agreed to the plea deal that would put David Searcy, 34, of Margate, behind bars for nearly three decades. She said she hoped the prison sentence would 'give him enough time to really realize all of the damage he has done to others and myself.'http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/margate-man-gets-28-years-in-prison-for-three... South Florida: Boca woman killed in two-car crash- June 23, 2008 A Boca Raton woman died and a father and son were critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck early Sunday, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/south-florida-boca-woman-killed-in-two-car-cr... Margate officer dies in motorcycle crash- June 21, 2008 A 36-year-old off-duty Margate police officer was killed Friday morning in a motorcycle crash in Coconut Creek, authorities said.http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/margate-officer-dies-in-motorcycle-crash?from... Police look for Margate woman who disappeared May 30- June 19, 2008 Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 30-year-old woman who disappeared more than two weeks ago.http://www.topix.net/city/margate-fl/2008/06/police-look-for-margate-woman-who-disappeared... |