Email Author Stefan Kamph

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published June 23, 2011

  "My Father's Bones"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2011

  "The Case of the Missing Pen"

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2011 Stories by Stefan Kamph

• Police Officers, Fed Up with Rick Scott, Leave Republican Party En Masse

  published Jun 10, 2011

  Update, June 12, 2012: A year later, the PBA has a couple hundred fewer Republicans in its ranks, thanks to this event. Read an update here.Next month the Broward County Police Benevolent Association ... More >>

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  Rock of Ages No-Trespassing Signs Prohibit Photography, Citing the Wrong Ordinance

  published Jun 09, 2011

  Hey look, it's Tom Cruise! He and a bevy of other stars are lurking around Fort Lauderdale's Himmarshee Village filming the jukebox musical Rock of Ages, and you might just be tempted to whip out your... More >>

• Pembroke Pines Graduates are First to Spend Entire Lives in Charter Schools

  published Jun 06, 2011

  Here in the land of educational neglect, of failing test scores and pet projects, where school districts sell advertising and diploma mills cheat the cheaters, there's a wind of change a-comin'. It's ... More >>

• Hallandale Neighbors in a Schvitz About Proposed New Charter School

  published Jun 03, 2011

  Around 100 Hallandale Beach residents who live near the Hallandale Jewish Center have signed a petition opposing the opening of a new K-8 charter school on the site. The school would be run by the Ben... More >>

• Hollywood Tries to Negotiate Out of Budget Hole; Unions Wary of Inept Bookkeeping

  published Jun 03, 2011

  Yeah, it's a budget-negotiation story: City wants to close up its wallet like a startled anemone; unions hire lawyers and demand fair pay in a tough economy. But in the case of the City of Hollywood, ... More >>

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  Bank of America Forecloses on Its Own Branch, Providing Much-Needed Anecdote

  published Jun 01, 2011

  Our neck of the woods is still making news these days in the building-bubble world: Yesterday's housing numbers saw prices in South Florida hit a new low, and many of the houses that are being sold ar... More >>

• Holocaust Rail Car Restoration Is Another Train Project That Rick Scott Won't Fund

  published May 27, 2011

  The whole country knows that Gov. Rick Scott turned down $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money for a high-speed train between Tampa and Orlando (and many are blaming that move for his current dismal ... More >>

• Former City Manager Says Mayor Joy Cooper's Red-Light-Camera Argument Skews the Facts

  published May 27, 2011

  The Florida League of Cities has gotten behind red-light cameras in a big way... thanks to the league's president, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, and her relentless insistence that the cameras -- ... More >>

• Ryan Lipner, Self-Promoting "Hallmark Kid," Is Suing His Parents for Adult Child Support

  published May 26, 2011

  Ryan Lipner -- the charismatic, bipolar 27-year-old who ran a Hallmark store at age 10 and once took girls out in a Hummer limousine with a wad of hundred-dollar bills in his fist -- is suing his pare... More >>

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  Hollywood Faces Budget Crisis Surprise; City Manager Hit with Corruption Investigation

  published May 24, 2011

  Cameron Benson has worked for the City of Hollywood since 1995 and as city manager since 2002. Historically, he has shunned attention -- newspapers are still referencing interviews he gave in 1995 -- ... More >>

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  Ed Napleton Goes to YouTube After Story on His DUI Arrest Disappears From Palm Beach Post Site

  published May 17, 2011

  A few months before Jose Lambiet left the Palm Beach Post for a more lucrative gig at Radar Online, he broke a story about the DUI arrest of Ed Napleton, who owns auto dealerships in the West Palm are... More >>

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  "My Mother Is the Mayor; I'll Spit All Over Your Kids," and Other Tales From Hallandale Beach

  published May 16, 2011

  Over the past few months, Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Keith London has been in touch with New Times to express his concern about the number and frequency of police and fire department responses... More >>

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  That's Not Funny: Comedy Club Owners Trade Putdowns in Email Exchange

  published May 12, 2011

  Last week, we heard from Pete O'Neil, the newcomer to Fort Lauderdale who decided to speak out about the FDA's antiquated ban on blood donations by homosexual men. That's not the only issue he's going... More >>

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  Drunk Cinco de Mayo Reveler Tries to Record Cop on iPhone, Goes to Jail

  published May 09, 2011

  Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Boynton Beach apparently got pretty crazy -- an officer states in the report below that "my working of the detail emphasized the bar area in which approximately 400 peopl... More >>

• Want a New Weed Research Unitr Federal Government Lists Unwanted Properties

  published May 07, 2011

  Attention, geography nerds, real-estate speculators, and government haters (that includes everyone, doesn't itr): You may soon be able to pick up a federally owned property on the cheap thanks to a ne... More >>

• Want a New Weed Research Unitr Federal Government Lists Unwanted Properties

  published May 07, 2011

  Attention, geography nerds, real-estate speculators, and government haters (that includes everyone, doesn't itr): You may soon be able to pick up a federally owned property on the cheap thanks to a ne... More >>

• FDA Ban on Gays Donating Blood: Parent Complains, School District Grins and Bears It

  published May 06, 2011

  If you've ever donated blood, you've probably noticed a prominent question on a pre-donation questionnaire: Have you had intercourse with someone of the same sex since 1977r If so, yer outta luck, pal... More >>

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  FDA Ban on Gays Donating Blood: Parent Complains, School District Grins and Bears It

  published May 06, 2011

  If you've ever donated blood, you've probably noticed a prominent question on a pre-donation questionnaire: Have you had intercourse with someone of the same sex since 1977r If so, yer outta luck, pal... More >>

• Donald Trump's Hollywood Condo Tower Looks Pristine, but Residents Say It's Anything But

  published May 04, 2011

  The view from the picture widows is so gorgeous that at first, it's all you notice. The sprawling condominium -- white floors, white walls, white ceiling -- opens in a glass rectangle over a white bal... More >>

• Donald Trump's Hollywood Condo Tower Looks Pristine, but Residents Say It's Anything But

  published May 04, 2011

  The view from the picture widows is so gorgeous that at first, it's all you notice. The sprawling condominium -- white floors, white walls, white ceiling -- opens in a glass rectangle over a white bal... More >>

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  Cult of the Can: Red Bull Fine-Tunes the Science of Hype

  published May 5, 2011

  The high-noon sun was a charm, and everybody stared into it, searching for a human form. Jon DeVore stood over air on the skid of a... More >>

• Allen West Heckler Nicole Sandler's Arrest Report

  published May 03, 2011

  She used to host a popular progressive radio show, but Nicole Sandler got some unexpected press last week when she tried to ask a question at an Allen West "town hall" event, was not answered, continu... More >>

• Allen West Heckler Nicole Sandler's Arrest Report

  published May 03, 2011

  She used to host a popular progressive radio show, but Nicole Sandler got some unexpected press last week when she tried to ask a question at an Allen West "town hall" event, was not answered, continu... More >>

• Bin Laden Is Dead: Remembering al Qaeda's Broward Past

  published May 02, 2011

  America is jubilant today with the news of Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of American operatives, and the president's approval ratings are sure to take a leap after the one-two punch of decapita... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Bin Laden Is Dead: Remembering al Qaeda's Broward Past

  published May 02, 2011

  America is jubilant today with the news of Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of American operatives, and the president's approval ratings are sure to take a leap after the one-two punch of decapita... More >>