Here’s a look at what’s in the local headlines this Tuesday morning:”Tar balls” have been found in Key West, the harbinger for oil in the Gulf of Mexico spreading to the South Florida coast, with potential for a dramatic effect on the marine ecosystem. [WPLG]Judging by remarks made by her…
That’s Jozy Altidore, the U.S. striker whose Haitian-born parents brought him up in Boca Raton. Of course, this ad’s a way for ESPN to show it’s hip to this summer’s World Cup. Altidore is one of the sport’s leading American ambassadors. Let’s hope that this video is Google-friendly enough to…
Spirit Air pilots are threatening to strike, and so far, Spirit Air executives haven’t blinked. The South Florida Business Journal is reporting that the airline gave notice that it’s ready to lay off nearly 1,600 employees if the pilots head to the picket line June 12.Those workers would come from…
I guess on one level, it makes sense: People are living longer, and a bigger population of seniors will want a reality show about other seniors, who are underrepresented on prime-time television.But those of us 40 and younger (the most coveted advertising demo), it comes down to one big question:…
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress failed to see into the future and prevent the April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What’s more, it’s apparent that the White House and Congress are not experts on how to prevent an oil well 5,000 feet below the ocean’s…
Normally, a minority-dominated low-income neighborhood like South Hollywood would have reason to cheer the arrival of a new school, especially one that offers a departure from the mind-numbing, teach-the-test curriculum that prevails at other public schools.But though the newly named Beachside Montessori Village school is located in South Hollywood, it…
Programming note: I’m breaking in a new computer this morning, so expect some technical difficulties. Here’s a look at what made news this weekend:Archbishop John C. Favalora led his final mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Sunday. He’s stepping down after 16 years, with much of the past decade mired in…
Here’s what happened this week in Juice:The Puppy Palace protests got personal. Juice posted photos from the most recent face-off at the Hollywood pet store, where Palace defenders used a Facebook photo of a protester’s 5-year-old daughter in their counterprotest signs. More photos from the protest here.Palm Beach billionaire Jeff…
For the second day in a row, the Boynton Beach Police Department has announced the arrest of a man for sex acts with a child relative. Octavio Pedro Jose, 18, has been charged with molesting his 8-year-old sister.According to the arrest affidavit, the abuse came to light this week after…
According to an NBA general manager who spoke to ESPN, Dwyane Wade will join LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Chicago next season. I wonder if that unnamed GM is the Chicago Bulls’ own Gar Forman, and if he’s high.Theoretically, that scenario could work only if the Bulls prove to…
While he was a Republican Senate candidate, Charlie Crist didn’t have an inner circle so much as a triangle. And all three points on that triangle were from Broward County. George LeMieux, the governor’s former chief of staff, whom Crist appointed to the U.S. Senate last August; Eric Eikenberg, who…
Let’s see what’s happening in our area this Friday morning;Text messages from15-year-old Wayne Treacy have been made public. They’re a chilling prelude to what happened the afternoon of March 17, when Treacy allegedly attacked Josie Lou Ratley, also 15, outside a Deerfield Beach school bus stop. [CBS4]Broward County Medical Examiner…
The hard part of being the independent in a three-way race is that you can’t always play it down the middle politically. Likely Democratic candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek is trying to force Charlie Crist’s hand: Does Crist support the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan or not?In his Washington…
Mark Sullivan, a 49-year-old man from Boynton Beach, has been charged with molesting his 11-year-old stepson.According to the arrest affidavit by Boynton Beach police, Sullivan slept on the floor of his living room with the boy, then placed the boy’s feet into his (Sullivan’s) pants. In his own interview with…
Police are looking for a 45-year-old Hollywood woman last seen Tuesday walking away from her apartment complex on Lincoln Street. The woman, Sharon Elson, was reported missing Wednesday after she failed to show up for work.From the Hollywood police news release:Elson’s apartment door was found unlocked and all of her…
Yeah, I know $10,000 at the Breakers is barely enough to tip the bellhop, but still. Union leaders are expected to be judicious with their share of the workin’ folks’ wages. Also, it doesn’t help that much if the District Council of Carpenters’ leadership is already under criminal indictment.Judging by…
The state of Florida has produced some of the world’s finest athletes; and so it’s hard to believe that in the history of the National Hockey League there have only been three Florida natives — and none of them from South Florida.Andrew Yogan from Boca Raton is going to try…
The news round-up for South Florida this Thursday morning:A son of Fred Keller, the deceased Palm Beach real estate tycoon and all-around SOB, is hoping to get some small portion of his abusive father’s estate after he says it was drained by greedy attorneys. [Palm Beach Post]In an effort to…
