South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)

What’s open and what’s closed after heavy rain

- By Cindy Kent

South Florida remains under a flood watch until Sunday morning. Numerous businesses, services, and entertainm­ent venues are altering their hours because of flooding and heavy rain. Here’s what you can expect.

Keep current with the latest storm coverage at SunSentine­l. com/hurricane. To get news alerts sent to your email inbox, go to SunSentine­l.com/BreakingNe­ws.

Entertainm­ent, events, venues

Broward County

„ ▪ Coral Springs: Saturday’s Household Hazardous Waste Mini Event has been postponed to June

11 and 12. Shredathon has been postponed to June 25.

„ ▪ Fort Lauderdale: Tour of the Stonewall National Museum &

Archives,1300 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, was postponed, and no new date has been announced.

„ ▪ Hallandale Beach: Gulfstream Race Track canceled Saturday’s and Sunday’s races. The building will remain open for simulcast and casino gambling.

„ ▪ Oakland Park: All city parks, including the Mills Pond athletic fields, are closed Sunday.

„ ▪ Plantation: 17th annual

Children’s BookFest on Saturday was reschedule­d to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd.

„ ▪ Tamarac: Caribbean American Heritage Month Family Fun Day scheduled for Saturday at Waters Edge Park, Waters Edge Park, 7508 NW 61st St., has been reschedule­d for July 30 at the same location.

Palm Beach County

„▪ Boynton Beach: Summer Reading Kickoff Party scheduled for Saturday at the Centennial Park Under the Banyans, 120 E. Ocean Ave., was canceled. A new date will be announced.

„ ▪ Hallandale Beach: Gulfstream Race Track canceled Saturday’s races. The building remained open for simulcast and casino gambling. Sunday’s nine-race program will

proceed as scheduled, including the $60,000 Bay Harbor Islands. „

▪ West Palm Beach: Yappy Saturday on the lawn at the Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Dixie Highway, is canceled. The next event is scheduled for July 9.

„ ▪ West Palm Beach: Free tree giveaway on Saturday has been reschedule­d to June 25 at the Howard Park Community Center parking lot, 1302 Parker Avenue. Miami-Dade County

▪ Aventura: The Aventura Farmers Market at Aventura Mall,

19501 Biscayne Blvd., will be closed on Sunday.

▪ Coral Gables: The UM baseball game was reschedule­d for 5 p.m. Saturday. The Arizona Wildcats and the University of Mississipp­i game was scheduled to begin about

55 minutes after the conclusion of the regional opener. Mark Light Field, 6201 San Amaro Drive. bit.

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Government, services, transporta­tion

Palm Beach County

▪ Transporta­tion: Palm Tran, Palm Tran Connection and Go Glades services will resume operating on Sunday.

Broward County

▪ Fort Lauderdale: The parking garages at Las Olas and in the central downtown areas are free to residents to protect cars from flooding.

Miami-Dade County

▪ North Miami Beach: All Parks & Recreation Centers and Facilities, PSA Building, and NMB Library are closed until further notice.

▪ Transporta­tion: Metrobus, Metrorail, Metromover and Special Transporta­tion Services (STS), are operating a regular schedule.

?? MIKE STOCKER/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL ?? Frank Davis helps load sandbags at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. The tropical storm warnings for South Florida were lifted on mid-afternoon Saturday, but heavy rain and local flooding persists across the region.
MIKE STOCKER/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL Frank Davis helps load sandbags at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. The tropical storm warnings for South Florida were lifted on mid-afternoon Saturday, but heavy rain and local flooding persists across the region.

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