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Anti-Simsitism Hits Cooper City

Mein Klinton

Dan Marino Reports: Smoking Trial Goes Out, UF Admissions Blows, Killer Lighters

Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

Kick Out the Jams

Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

Letters

Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

A Strip-Mall Oasis

Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Letters for October 19, 2000

Letters to the Editor

Letters for June 28, 2001

Letters for March 6, 2003

Braying for Success

Best Pool Store

Pool Depot

Letters for September 25, 2003

Recess Redux

Hurry to Get in on Tobacco Suit, Flight Attendant Aprons Ruin Beer Surprise, James Taylor to Dress Up

A civil suit that goes to trial in Fort Lauderdale today is expected to be the first of a wave of lawsuits against Big Tobacco in Florida courts. The widow of Stuart Hess, a locksmith from Cooper City, sued Phillip Morris after his death in 1997, claiming the cigarettes he bought were defec ... More >>

Philip Morris Gets Smoked for $8 mill

That's the handsome reward for the widow of a Cooper City man killed by lung cancer. 

Tales of a Traveling Troubadour

Shawn Snyder finds a perfect mix of move and groove

Sips & Dips

Shawn Snyder finds a perfect mix of move and groove

Muddy Politics

A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

Your Questions Answered

Why I'd never skewer La Brochette

Ol' Man Wiley Had a Farm

The patriarch of Waldrep Farm wouldn't go near the place nowadays. Will anybody else?

Beatcomber

Stepping Up the Game

Rise Up for Recess

Cooped-up kids, unite! You have nothing to lose but your desks.

The Rise and Fall of the Hallmark Kid

By age ten Ryan Lipner was managing his father’s Hallmark store. So how did this would-be greeting card tycoon end up in jail before his 18th birthday?

Basic Extinct

The food at Gryphon is bad, the service is worse. If management doesn't start caring, the Cooper City restaurant won't last long.

You've Got to Be Kidding

Mustang Sally's

Serviceable Salvadoran

La Molienda offers tasty Salvadoran fare-if you steer clear of seafood

Let's Do Brunch

Penn Dutch Restaurant, Sundy House, Churchill's, Jamrock Café

Broward Kids Sweep Junior PGA Championships

pga.comThompson and Vogel are bringing some hardware back to West Broward​By now, everybody knows about Alexis Thompson, the Coral Springs girl who at 14 is among the most promising female golfers in the game. To no one's surprise, she dominated this past weekend's Junior PGA Championship in Mainv ... More >>

Also on the FBI Yacht: Linda Ferrara

Linda Ferrara, a former Cooper City commissioner and longtime School Board appointee and volunteer, was among what is really turning into a rogue's gallery of attendees for the party on the Intracoastal thrown by the FBI in December. Drinking At The Public Trough ​Funny ... More >>

The Mustard Seed Bistro in Cooper City Works With a Very Specific Crowd

Linda Ferrara, a former Cooper City commissioner and longtime School Board appointee and volunteer, was among what is really turning into a rogue's gallery of attendees for the party on the Intracoastal thrown by the FBI in December. Drinking At The Public Trough ​Funny ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

This week according to Chucky:Like we always say, "the greasier the spoon, the better."​Troy's Bar-Be-Que in Boynton Beach has great ribs and pork, but skip the sides.Women love the Frenchified eats at Mustard Seed Bistro in Cooper City.More eateries hit the skids this week, as Italian Oven Cafe a ... More >>

Morning Juice: Old Dolphins Learn New Tricks; Train Barrels Into Car in Fort Lauderdale

​Here's what's churning in Friday's local news cycle:Parents of students at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City are furious over proposals by the Broward County School District to bus students out of that school to relieve overcrowding. But what are they complaining about? Local 10's Janine Stanw ... More >>

South Florida Jewish Food Festival: A Likely Place for Fine Kugel

Photo by Flickr user marilyn819​If there's one dish that symbolizes Jewish food, it's the kugel. Sure, the matzo ball is better known, and a well-baked brisket can just about revive the dead. But the kugel is everything good Jewish cooking ought to be -- simple comfort food cooked in one dish. If ... More >>

Morning Juice: Commuter Train Bill on Track for Signature; Rothstein Banker Hopes Deniability Is Plausible

​A look at what's in the news on this morning in South Florida:Frank Spinosa, the TD bank executive who handled Scott Rothstein's investor funds, was fired last month and his attorney says Spinosa's name was falsified in fraudulent documents provided to investors. [Sun-Sentinel]Broward parents' pr ... More >>

Mustard Seed Germinates in Plantation

Despite an economy that has many local restaurateurs down to seeds and stems, a second Mustard Seed Bistro has sprouted up in Broward.  Tim and Lara Boyd's original Cooper City Seed now has a sibling in Plantation, taking over the former Grapevine Gourmet space. This new Seed is a more casual a ... More >>

Weezer Leads SunFest's New Music Night Lineup

Despite an economy that has many local restaurateurs down to seeds and stems, a second Mustard Seed Bistro has sprouted up in Broward.  Tim and Lara Boyd's original Cooper City Seed now has a sibling in Plantation, taking over the former Grapevine Gourmet space. This new Seed is a more casual a ... More >>

The Dangerous Durian: Stinky as It Wants to Be

​South Florida abounds with tropical fruit, crazy, exotic fruit many American citizens have never seen (or smelled). You've no doubt encountered guava, carambola, dragonfruit and guanabana -- all yummy fruits, to be sure.But a recent report from Southeast Asia generated some worry: what if weird, ... More >>

Durian: A Fruit So Stinky It's Illegal

​Over on our sister blog, the Juice, Jeff Stratton recounts how Ahmad Lai Bujang, a 61-year-old Malaysian parliament member, "was taken to a hospital after he complained of breathlessness and dizziness from gorging himself on durian, a spiky green fruit resembling jackfruit (or a green hedgehog ... More >>

Weed Seekers Need Online Update -- Stat!

​Wanted -- a few potheads who can get some research done and can form a few articulate sentences about their experiences. Webehigh.com, an international website that directs would-be stoners to the nearest dealer, whether that be in Bangladesh, Lithuania, or Papua New Guinea, is ser ... More >>

Scandalized City Manager of Hallandale Will Run for Cooper City Commission

Mike Good is back on the Broward political scene.​Talk about your unlikely political comebacks. Juice has learned that Mike Good, who left his post as as Hallandale city manager under a cloud of scandal, plans to run for a commission seat in another city that has had its own share of scandal: ... More >>

Election Day Notes

Let's start this thing off with a couple of blog votes. On Amendments 5 and 6, it's pretty easy: If you like gerrymandering, vote against them. As for me, it's a yes vote on these two. On the judicial race between John Fry and John Howes for County Court Judge in District 1, I've made a decision. T ... More >>

Broward Election Results

For those of you wanting to keep an eye on the results as they come in, click here. Early voting totals are in. They are pretty good indicators but you can see pretty good swings in some races as the night wears on. Will Keechl make it? ​In Broward, West is up over Klein by ten points (i ... More >>

Restaurant News: Carmine's Big Plans, Nosh in Cooper City, Get Rummy at Reef Road

​•    First, Palm Beach Gardens. Then, the world. That seems to be the mantra of local restaurateur Carmine Giardini, who's planning a national expansion of his upscale burger joint, CG Burgers. First up will be CGs in the old Bice Bistro space in the Gardens, followed by two more ... More >>

Jewish Food Festival in Cooper City This Sunday (Nosh Fest II: Electric Matzo Boogaloo)

Jessica Spengler ​Secret: Some of us Gentiles are crazy about Jewish food. So much so that we'll even date Jewish girls just so we're sure to be invited for brisket at her grandmother's apartment in Delray Beach every year. That's the thing about the second-annual Nosh Fest, South Florida's Jewish ... More >>

Broward County Will Reopen Four Parks After $100,000 Analysis Found That Closures Didn't Save Taxpayers Anything

​Broward County's ill-fated attempt to save money by closing parks midweek actually cost taxpayers $98,961, plus a year and a half of potential revenue that the parks could have brought in.  Next Tuesday, four county parks will reopen seven days a week, according to the Broward County Parks a ... More >>

And The Winner of The Krystal Burger Eating Competition Seat Is.......

Ryan Thiry from Cooper City will become a professional eater at Friday's Burger Battle​Thank you to everyone who entered to win a seat at the totally awesome Krystal Burger Eating Competition at The Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle this Friday evening. The winner of a place in the competition ... More >>

Latin Burger's Jim Heins On Food Truck Strategy, Roundup in Cooper City on Sunday

Latin Burger will be out at Cooper City this Sunday. ​Clean Plate Charlie reported yesterday that the Riverwalk Trust :Gourmet in the Park" food truck roundup was a success. In fact it was so successful that some trucks ran out of food and lines at certain trucks reached upwards of 45 minut ... More >>

Drink & Food Events This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

The Fall (as in season) of food trucks.​This weekend belongs to food trucks and the South Florida denizens who love their mobile food wares. The schedule over the next few days is dominated by food truck rallies, derbies and festivals, with a transportation network for party goers in Southern Palm ... More >>

Havana's Cuban Cuisine Opens Second Location

Maddox offers fightin' words on his blog today about the most overrated sandwiches in America. It's a gem of a post that includes the Philly cheese steak -- "an exploration of sadness" and a "mouthful of suck"; the poor boy -- "why not put nachos and jalapeño poppers on a sandwich too, dickhea ... More >>

Havana's in Sunrise and Don Arturo's in Fort Lauderdale: Modest Hospitality, Familial Foods

Maddox offers fightin' words on his blog today about the most overrated sandwiches in America. It's a gem of a post that includes the Philly cheese steak -- "an exploration of sadness" and a "mouthful of suck"; the poor boy -- "why not put nachos and jalapeño poppers on a sandwich too, dickhea ... More >>