Here are your local headlines for Broward and Palm Beach:Broward Judge Ana Gardiner will be tried by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in September over allegations that she displayed a “lack of candor” in answering questions by the commission about her relationship with attorney Howard Scheinberg.[Sun-Sentinel]The online communities that have formed…
That’s the satellite view of the ten-day Caribbean voyage aboard The Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, which had a celebrated debut last year and docks at Port Everglades. I wonder whether passengers feel a twinge of guilt about the poor, earthquake-ravaged Haitians who get a peek…
It may be too early to assume that Florida’s tea party faithful will flock to the polls for Marco Rubio. As evidenced by questions that surfaced during Sunday night’s debate on Fox News, it seems Rubio has taken that support for granted and that he’ll now need to mend fences…
Ray Fetcho has been reinstated as a nurse, but those who knew the former drag queen are still baffled that his license was challenged in the first place. People like Joe Adams, a Davie man who came to know Fetcho as the caretaker of Adams’ 84-year-old mother.”For my mom, he…
Today on her Facebook page, Sarah Palin gave a public endorsement to South Florida congressional candidate Allen West. Said the former Alaskan governor and Republican VP candidate:Allen’s personal story is a testament to the commonsense conservative belief that our nation’s greatness is rooted in freedom, because with freedom comes equal…
A charity under investigation by Deerfield Beach took out a high-interest loan from a brother of Commissioner Sylvia Poitier in hopes of paying taxes on property it owned in the city. The charity then listed that liability in a financial statement to the city, raising questions about whether it intended…
A look at what’s news this morning in South Florida:Doctors tried to bring 15-year-old beating victim Josie Lou Ratley out of coma Monday but had to abandon the effort as the girl developed a fever. [Sun-Sentinel]Former West Palm Beach Police Officer William McCray won a bittersweet victory in his race…
A local pain clinic is gonna need a new doc. The only one at Pompano Beach Pain Management, Dr. Steven Brown, just got caught with a bottle full of Oxcodone.The news release by Broward Sheriff’s Office says that undercover officers saw Brown settle into a parking lot at a fast-food…
Felecia Poitier, president of a charity being investigated by Deerfield Beach for its management of housing funds, denied allegations that her agency has not cooperated fully with auditors, blaming delays on the time-consuming nature of the city’s request.”He’s trying to get this [financial information] as fast as he can,” says…
Maybe the best high school basketball players in the country come with a curse. Those elite players tend to stay in college for only one year, which isn’t much time to develop the kind of team dynamic that comes in handy in March. Kentucky’s roster boasts two players who came…
A week after health-care reform has passed and still no sign of Vladimir Lenin’s reanimated corpse, which was supposed to be laying waste to hard-working (retired/unemployed, technically) Americans. What’s more, the economy is slowly shaking out of its slump. By next fall, some of those unemployed (but hard-working) droves of…
A glance through the headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:A 3-year-old girl was found dead in a Pompano Beach apartment early Sunday morning. The cause of death remains unclear, but police don’t suspect foul play. [Sun-Sentinel]Senate candidates Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio finally went eyeball-to-eyeball last night on Fox News…
A few hours after a March 14 slaying at a Pompano Beach barbecue, cops caught Tony Petigny; but they didn’t have the evidence to charge him with murder. By the time that evidence turned up, Petigny had bonded out. This afternoon, Petigny finally turned himself in.The 28-year-old man from Deerfield…
A nonprofit organization in Deerfield Beach under investigation for mishandling tax dollars has failed to pay taxes on any of six properties for at least five years, according to records released to Juice this afternoon. The Westside Deerfield Businessmen Association stands to lose all six properties it owns on Southwest…
With their first debate coming up Sunday on Fox News, both Republican senatorial campaigns have released new and nasty videos about each other, as have interest groups with a horse in the race. Put on your poncho and get ready for some mud-slingin’! First, a superscary video about the dystopian…
Stephanie Brombacher, a Pembroke Pines native who starred at American Heritage High, threw a perfect game yesterday in the Florida Gators’ 10-0 victory over the University of South Florida. It was the first perfect game for a Gator pitcher in six years.Her achievement may seem a bit modest compared to…
Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier told Juice Thursday that she received stipend payments from a charity that later became a recipient of tax dollars for the improvement of the city’s low-income housing. That same charity, the Westside Deerfield Businessmen Association, is currently a focus of a forensic investigation based on…
Your daily glance at what’s news in South Florida:More friction between Palm Beach County teachers and district Superintendent Art Johnson. The union is threatening a work slowdown, asking its members to work only the seven and a half hours called for in the contract rather than the extra unpaid hours…
