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Students in Deerfield Flunk Looting 101

Flickr User: primadonna926The arrests in Deerfield weren't quite as cute as this one in Texas.Monday marked the start of hurricane season in South Florida, but it seems a few youngsters in the region couldn't wait for an actual hurricane to start the looting. BSO reports:Last night, at approximately ... More >>

Former Football Star Charged With Rapes

Flickr User: primadonna926The arrests in Deerfield weren't quite as cute as this one in Texas.Monday marked the start of hurricane season in South Florida, but it seems a few youngsters in the region couldn't wait for an actual hurricane to start the looting. BSO reports:Last night, at approximately ... More >>

Deep in the Heart of Deerfield

Flickr User: primadonna926The arrests in Deerfield weren't quite as cute as this one in Texas.Monday marked the start of hurricane season in South Florida, but it seems a few youngsters in the region couldn't wait for an actual hurricane to start the looting. BSO reports:Last night, at approximately ... More >>

A Great Lede Spoilt

The New Year is going to be much like the Old Year on the Pulp -- I'll be faithfully grousing about local newspaper content. My first beef of 2009 is with the lead story in the local section of the Sun-Sentinel today. More specifically it is with the lede of that lead story. Rafael ... More >>

Best Beach in Broward

South Ocean Way from SE Tenth Street to the Hillsboro Pier

Best Indoor Sports Facility

Sports Mall

The Resolvers With Jacob Jeffries, Coexist Scientist, and DJ Crunchtime.

Sports Mall

[UPDATED] An Off Night for Democracy, Free Press in Deerfield Beach

Ex-Mayor Al Capellini (left), at the dais, next to mayoral candidates Don Cleveland and Jean RobbUPDATED WITH VIDEO LINKA mayor hit with felony corruption charges; a commissioner booked for the same; a city manager suspended after ordering deputies to remove a commissioner during a public meeting. W ... More >>

Capellini "Not Guilty"? We'll Be The Judge Of That

Yesterday, the Juice blog published one of the deceptive headlines from one of ex-Deerfield Beach Mayor's Al Capellini's newest propaganda rag, the Deerfield Beach Dispatch. In huge letters, the headline says, "Capellini Cleared." In small letters, between those words are the crucial ... More >>

Liveblogging the Muni Election

The brains of the operation 8:31 Welcome to the Juice muni elections liveblog. I will be doing the play-by-play. At my left is the color commentator, a highly flatulent greyhound who somehow managed to cast a ballot (for Al Capellini, natch) and has been flaunting her "My Vote Counted" sticker to al ... More >>

New Mayor of Deerfield Beach... and Already a Scandal

Not 24 hours after Peggy Noland won the Deerfield Beach mayoral race, she's already got a scandal on her hands. And no, I'm not talking about her son's election eve arrest on charges of stealing campaign signs of other mayoral candidates. Guess that should be "scandals," plural.Multiple sources tell ... More >>

Times Article From Weekend About "Affordable Fun" in South Florida Already Outdated

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Not Just Another “The” Band

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Ganey's

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Tipperary Pub

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Letters for June 22–28, 2006

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Letters for June 8–14, 2006

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

Letters for April 27-May 3, 2006

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

It's No Joke

flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

This week's Day-by-Day

The Mercury Program

Fear No Mango

Soul and gospel sounds highlight what organizers hope to be a harmonious Mango Festival

Foodstuff

Heavenly Ham

Foodstuff

Heavenly Ham

To the Spoiler Goes the Victory; Deerfield Mayor's Son Pays Fine for Campaign Sabotage

It was the kind of sloppy political sabotage you'd expect in a Banana Republic. But hey, we're talking about Deerfield Beach. So we shouldn't be surprised that the punishment for Thomas Noland is roughly equivalent to the kind you'd expect for a prince in a corrupt kingdom: A fine of $250 for the 20 ... More >>

Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants: Deerfield Firefighters Have Legwear, Light Penalty in Common

www.deerfieldbeachfirerescue.orgFire Chief Anthony Stravino An internal investigation of Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue's involvement in the city's March municipal investigation found that six employees committed ethical violations. But those violations -- storing political material in the fire st ... More >>

Hole in One for 4-Year-Old Boy From Boca

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Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue Investigation Is Over, But Jury's Still Out

DeerfieldBeachFireRescue.orgIs Deerfield Beach Fire true to the principles it advertises?​It looks like Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue isn't very eager to boast about the thoroughness of its recent internal investigation. That is, the one that came after a March report that its firefighters were enga ... More >>

Juice Memo: To Deerfield Beach city workers; Re: Appropriate Greeting for the Mayor

Deerfield Beach city employees who fail to greet Mayor Peggy Noland in the manner seen above will be deemed "disrespectful." To wit, any other greeting is "unacceptable" and causes "irrevocable damage to the welfare of the department" and their fellow workers. As such, those workers will face disci ... More >>

Documents Show Deerfield Firefighters Short-Armed Internal Investigation

Photo: deerfieldbeachfirerescue.org​It wasn't exactly Watergate, but for Deerfield Beach, it had the makings of a defining moment in its scandal-plagued history: firefighters accused by residents of engaging in improper political activities during the final, frenzied week of the city's municipal ... More >>

Was Ethics Fad a Mere Summer Fling for Deerfield Beach Commission?

Judging by this agenda item for Tuesday's meeting, Deerfield Beach commissioners are ready to fling their ethics code out the window after just two and a half months. The idea belongs to Mayor Peggy Noland, who needs an ethics code worse than Michael Beasley needs a Twitter editor.The paper-thin exc ... More >>

As Ethics Code Hangs in Balance, Deerfield Beach Activists Arm for Battle

Flickr: BlackSiriusOn this fine china Deerfield Beach demonstrators will be serving political activism.​The statement below arrives courtesy Deerfield Beach blogger Bett Willett, a co-president of the Original Save Our Beach Committee, which has closed ranks to oppose the city commissioners' appar ... More >>

Capellini Case Continued

Capellini​Former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini was in Broward County Circuit Court this afternoon to present his motion to dismiss the felony corruption case against him. He was represented by the ubiquitous David Bogenschutz. Two weeks till the judge rules on the motion.This report brought t ... More >>

Confirmed: Motion to Dismiss Felony Case Against Al Capellini Denied

Capellini​Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen has dismissed a motion by former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini to dismiss the felony corruption charges against him, a spokesman for the prosecutor told Juice a moment ago.We reported on Cohen's order yesterday, based on hearing of it from a so ... More >>

In Overhaul of U.S. Immigration Facilities, More Will Resemble Broward's Facility

Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

Daybreak

A video version this morning. That's Deerfield Beach at dusk, from this past weekend, courtesy MrDspee.

In Deerfield, Tonight's Multi-Million Dollar Question: Who Should We Sue?

By the end of tonight's meeting of the Deerfield Beach Commission, local lawyers will be licking their chops. That's because the city appears to be on the brink of filing lawsuits against a number of nonprofit agencies who have been slow to give the city a better look at the accounts.Arlington Park ... More >>

HUD Sucker Proxy: Deerfield Officials Reveal Past Violations in Housing Program

Looks like Deerfield Beach forgot to tell its taxpaying citizens that in early 2009, it paid nearly $100,000 to the feds to make up for its misuse of public housing dollars. In fact, those city officials nearly forgot to mention this to the forensic auditing firm specifically investigating how Deerf ... More >>

Daybreak

Flickr: MattShermanThe Deerfield Beach Pier.​

Morning Juice: Perp Walk Coming for Rothstein Cohorts; Heat Playoff Run Gone in a Flash

​Let's see what's in the headlines this morning in South Florida:Six weeks after she was beaten nearly to death at a Deerfield Beach school bus stop, 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley has been released from the hospital. She now heads to a rehabilitation facility to get physical therapy and speech ther ... More >>

It Was a Good Day for Ethics in Broward County (Especially Deerfield Beach)

Slowly, the county's darkest, most ethically challenged corridors are allowing the light in. The Broward County Commission's giving grudging support Tuesday to an ethics reform package may have the most far-reaching impact on Broward residents. But right now, the city that's a shining example of how ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Key West Dolphin Sandwich From The Whale's Rib

John Linn​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 13: Key West Dolphin Sandwich From The Whale's RibAs featured on D ... More >>

Order Up: A Guide to Florida's Divey Seafood Joints

​Get ready to shuck, peel, and slurp -- our Dish column this week is on South Florida's cheap seafood dives. These joints are the types of places where you can soldier up to a worn bar top and order Gulf oysters by the dozen, slurping down briny shellfish with pints of frosty beer. They're the las ... More >>

Morning Juice: Spirit Pilots Have a Deal; Final Arrest in Shootout With Boca Police

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Thursday morning:On the jailhouse phone, 15-year-old Wayne Treacy talks to his parents about living in Key West after serving time for nearly beating to death Josie Lou Ratley at a Deerfield Beach school bus stop in March. [Sun-Sentinel]Hollywood eye ... More >>

Tropical Storm Bonnie Update From Idiot Who Decided to Drive South

by Lisa RabThe soggy scene at W. Hillsboro Boulevard and S. Dixie Highway in Deerfield Beach.​Brilliant idea to drive south from Lake Worth to Fort Lauderdale, straight into the path of the season's first real tropical storm. But hey, I had a haircut appointment that couldn't be missed.Things star ... More >>

Mark Militello Resurfaces Again in Deerfield at Cabo Blue

Militello​Chef Mark Militello, most recently of Trina in the Atlantic Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, is steering an upscale "authentic" Mexican (his descript) in Deerfield Beach.He'll open Cabo Blue: a Grill and Tequila Bar within the next few weeks. It's on the property of the new Wyndham Deerfield Be ... More >>