We saw how Hurricane Sandy caused carousels to flood and wiped out much of the Jersey Shore last year, but in Haiti, the damage was much, much worse. Not only did 54 Haitians die and 21,000 people lose their homes in the storm, but the impoverished country, still reeling from devastation…
New Times writers have been scouring South Florida for the best restaurants, bars, shops, and services (not to mention, the best drag queen, best pool, best place to meet single men, and other delightful categories) to include in our annual monster issue, Best of Broward – Palm Beach, which comes…
Archbishop Thomas Wenski grew up in Lake Worth and went on to become the head of the Catholic Church in South Florida; his archdiocese covers Broward, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. As the battle heats up over gay marriage, Wenski has penned a letter outlining the modern Catholic stance on gays…
John D’Eri wanted to create a business where his autistic 21-year-old son, Andrew, could work and thrive. So John, along with his other son, Thomas, founded the Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland, which opened last week. With 35 autistic employees, the company claims to be the “largest single-store retail…
Lake Worth has long been a hotbed for civil disobedience and a mecca for activists, and this weekend some locals are helping organize a group of “womyn (transgender or cisgender), transgender men, and genderqueer & gender-variant people” (but no cisgendered men please!) from across the state who will converge at…
Everybody has that neighbor (OK, some of you are that neighbor) whose heart bleeds for all the stray cats in the hood. Cat Lady or Cat Dude leaves paper bowls full of Meow Mix all over the sidewalks, and the scraggly, fiercely independent kitties go tomcatting all over town.You might…
We recently introduced you to Chris Brennan, the Water Taxi employee who was fired after he made a YouTube video defending the six-story-tall, nearly 100-year-old rain tree — which will be moved if developer Asi Cymbal is permitted to build the Marina Lofts development in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Cymbal is…
Update, 4:24 p.m.: Lisa Metcalf, Director, Media Relations & University Spokesperson for FAU wrote in an e-mail “Police were on the scene at the time of the alleged incident. We are not going to comment until the investigation is complete.”The University Press tweeted an image of Saunders driving her car…
Michael Brewer, now 18, was arrested in West Palm Beach this morning on charges of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug equipment, according to the Miami Herald. Brewer was set on fire by a group of other teenagers in…
We were remiss not to tell you about this sooner, but on the last day of February, a Palm Beach County judge handed down yet another win to Fane Lozman, the Marine Corps pilot turned millionaire stockbroker turned houseboat owner turned hero for the Little Man everywhere. Lozman made national…
After years of studying all the studies about circumcision, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year updated its policy about circumcision of infant boys. Whereas it had previously been neutral on the matter, the organization started recommending the procedure, advising that the benefits outweigh the risks.This put the AAP at…
Our intrepid former editor Eric Barton has left New Times’ gulag-like cubicle farm gilded corner office, but he continues to blog over on his own site, Barefoot Mailman. Missing his wit, we sneak a lil looksee over there once in a while to read his musings about Fort Lauderdale and the world…
It’s pretty much the standard David-versus-Goliath battle of South Florida — environmentalist versus developer. But in this case, a long-haired, laid-back outdoorsman is pitted against a hot-shot businessman who’s tied to trendy projects in New York and Miami. Chris Brennan is a 33-year-old who worked as a park ranger until…
Bullying is bad, right?Well, what if the bullying comes from a bunch of pastors and church leaders who are trying to bully / prod / embarrass / force county commissioners into doing something good for the community?BOLD Justice (Broward Organized Leaders Doing Justice) is a group comprised of members from…
The environment hasn’t been a high priority for legislators at any level since Al Gore was wearing earth tones, but what’s happening in Florida under Rick Scott is downright scary. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is in serious fox-guarding-henhouse mode. Its current secretary is Herschel Vinyard, whose background is in…
By now, you’ve surely seen Police Women of Broward County, the Cops-style TV show authorized by past Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti. The show had its share of problems when defendants claimed that they’d been unfairly arrested for pure entertainment value. The public defender’s office handled 11 such cases; most were…
Update, 10:34 a.m.: This post was updated with quotes from Anthony Losquadro, executive director of Intaction. Surely, President Clinton was a little freaked out last night when in the middle of his event — a Clinton Foundation Millennium Network talk in New York featuring the former president, Chelsea Clinton, and…
The 25th-annual Arnold Classic — an event that began as an annual bodybuilding competition and morphed into a multisport extravaganza — took place in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend, and who totally dominated the ladies’ “Bikini International” competition? Thaassssss right — some Broward women. India Paulino of Pembroke Pines was runner-up in…
Today, private aerospace company SpaceX will launch its second mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The launch is set for 10:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral. A Falcon 9 rocket will carry a Dragon capsule loaded with 1,200 pounds of supplies. If all goes as planned, the capsule will…
Tuesday, March 5, is the first day of the legislative session for Florida lawmakers. And rabble-rousers are not letting it go unnoticed. People affiliated with a progressive group called Awake the State, whose emphasis is on protecting middle-class families, intend to rally at 5 p.m. outside the Supervisor of Elections,…
Yesterday, Michael Lohan (father of Lindsay) announced that he would be publishing his memoir, “I’m Not Your Daddy Dearest … If I Can Turn My Life Around, So Can You.”We caught up with him via phone as he was on his way to the Boca Raton office of TransMedia public…
When it launched in 2011, we told you about the Bahamas Express fast ferry service out of Fort Lauderdale, serving Grand Bahama Island. Last year, we gave the company the award for Best Weekend Getaway, since the trip is quick and kids up to age six travel free. Though other fast-ferry…
