Deerfield

The Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Festival is Today: Get There Fast if You Want Tickets

The Deerfield Wine & Food Festival kicked off last night with a Grand Tasting Launch Party, and will continue today with two events in Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach.If you're an early riser, the Jazz Blues Brunch is 10 a.m. to noon with the typical brunch offerings: scrambled eggs, fruit, ... More >>

Round Two: Delray Versus Lauderdale and West Palm/Lake Worth Versus Western Broward

​We pitted the eight of our best food areas against one another last week, and a whole lot of you weighed in on your favorites. More than 1,600 votes were cast in our first Food Town Throwdown. And now it's on to the final four. It just so happens that the two best food towns from Broward County n ... More >>

Food Town Throwdown: Vote Early and Vote Often (Results So Far)

​If you think the pinnacle of games is this Sunday, then maybe you haven't heard about Clean Plate Charlie's Food Town Throwdown.Clean Plate Charlie is talking smack and taking names -- pitting our favorite food neighborhoods against each other in a raging death match of wits and eats.  OK - ... More >>

Can Pompano/Deerfield Knock Off Number-One-Seed Delray Beach in Our Throwdown?

​Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we'll crown a winner -- an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on number-one-seeded ... More >>

EPA Makes Toxic Releases In Broward Easier To Find Than Ever

​Copper in Coral Springs. Lead in Deerfield. Styrene in Dania Beach. These are just a few of the cases that turn up with a quick search of the Environmental Protection Agency's new Toxic Release Inventory database.The database, consisting of toxic disposals from 2010, allows users to search by zip ... More >>

Hiring All Positions: Chef Allen's Burger Bar, Caliente Kitchen, Tap 42, a New Organic Brewery, and a Butcher Shop-Restaurant Combo

​Chef Allen's Burger Bar in Palm Beach Gardens is hiring for all positions: line cooks, servers, hosts, and bartenders. Come by from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays to apply. For more information, check it out here. An organic brewery that's opening in Hollywood is looking for ba ... More >>

Barbacoa Tacos at El Jefe Luchador in Deerfield Beach

​Even if it's a quiet hour between lunch and dinner, inside Deerfield's El Jefe Luchador, it's as animated as a Mexican streetfest. Tables and chairs wear primary colors like a box of fat crayons. Against one wall, flamboyant masks stare from empty eyes: a reference to its "chief fighter" nam ... More >>

Spate of SoFla Bank Robberies is Dramatic, but Not Unusual

​This past week saw a series of headline-friendly bank robberies in South Florida. Two of them involved bomb threats scribbled on notes, in which the offenders were arrested within minutes of the attempted robberies. The most recent, at the BankAtlantic branch on Fairway Drive in Deerfield, was mo ... More >>

Corruption Hunter Starts This Week in Pompano

Photo: Pompano BeachDennis Beach has concerns about Pompano's housing office.​Kessler International is developing quite a franchise in South Florida. The New York City-based forensic auditing firm is in the midst of its second contract to audit Deerfield Beach. And this week, it will begin a simil ... More >>

Rattlesnake Jake's in Deerfield: Cold Brews and Fish Tacos

Photo: Pompano BeachDennis Beach has concerns about Pompano's housing office.​Kessler International is developing quite a franchise in South Florida. The New York City-based forensic auditing firm is in the midst of its second contract to audit Deerfield Beach. And this week, it will begin a simil ... 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 >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

C. StilesA lomo saltado sandwich from this week's Behind the Line slideshow of Bravo Gourmet Sandwich Shop.​This week on the blog:A fish wagon-turned-shack makes the best burger in Key West.You say banana, I say banana pancakes.We roll through six more of our 100 Favorite Dishes this week, startin ... More >>

Mayor Noland to Colleagues on Deerfield Beach Commission: "We Look Like a Bunch of Idiots Up Here"

Thanks to Chaz Stevens for uploading this amazing video of last evening's meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, in which it finally awarded a winner in the bid for the restaurant space on the end city's pier. But not without high drama. After the commissioners ranked the bidding restaurat ... More >>

At Charm City Burgers in Deerfield Beach, Getting Messy Is Half the Fun

Thanks to Chaz Stevens for uploading this amazing video of last evening's meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, in which it finally awarded a winner in the bid for the restaurant space on the end city's pier. But not without high drama. After the commissioners ranked the bidding restaurat ... 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 >>

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 >>

UPDATED: Herald's McClatchy To Cut 15 Percent, Candidate's Son Arrested For Stealing Capellini Signs

-- The Deerfield Advocate, which is very quick to post news favorable to disgraced ex-mayor Al Capellini, is reporting that mayoral favorite Peggy Noland's son, firefighter Thomas Noland, was arrested at 3 a.m. for stealing Capellini's campaign signs. And you thought Deerfield couldn't get anymore ... More >>

Investigate Deerfield Beach Fire Department Now

In light of the reported arrest of Peggy Noland's 19-year-old firefighter son, Thomas, for stealing campaign signs in the middle of the night, I think it's time for an investigation of the political activity being done at the fire station.      I refer you to Deerfiel ... More >>

Congratulations Gators, God Loves You Most

I bet on Florida (-3) in the national championship game. That's right, I actually sort of like the Gators now that Spurrier long gone, and I've always been partial to the SEC. It was just a friendly wager with a friend, though, and by the middle of the game I was sort of pulling for Oklahoma. Why? ... More >>

Gadfly Chaz Stevens brought down a couple Deerfield Beach politicians

I bet on Florida (-3) in the national championship game. That's right, I actually sort of like the Gators now that Spurrier long gone, and I've always been partial to the SEC. It was just a friendly wager with a friend, though, and by the middle of the game I was sort of pulling for Oklahoma. Why? ... More >>

Mayor Al Capellini Charged With Criminal Corruption

A government source just informed the Pulp that Deerfield Mayor Al Capellini has been charged right now with crimes of corruption by the State Attorney's Office. His mug shot, taken hours ago, is pictured at right. UPDATED: The charge is unlawful compensation, a third-degree fel ... More >>

Satz Must Act Now On Deerfield

So rumors are out there about the State Attorney's Office investigation of Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini. Word is that an FDLE probe of his political nemesis and challenger for the mayor's chair, Commissioner Steve Gonot, has also been forwarded to the State Attorney's Office for a decision. T ... More >>

Is Deerfield's Capellini Stepping Down?

The deadline for filing to run in the March election is January 9 -- and Deerfield Mayor Al Capellini, who has filed early and often during his two-plus decades in office -- has yet to open his campaign. This is highly unusual and rumors abound that ... More >>

To Err Is Pulpish

The deadline for filing to run in the March election is January 9 -- and Deerfield Mayor Al Capellini, who has filed early and often during his two-plus decades in office -- has yet to open his campaign. This is highly unusual and rumors abound that ... More >>

Pay Tribute to a Legend

The deadline for filing to run in the March election is January 9 -- and Deerfield Mayor Al Capellini, who has filed early and often during his two-plus decades in office -- has yet to open his campaign. This is highly unusual and rumors abound that ... More >>

This Ain’t No Cream of Wheat, Baby

The deadline for filing to run in the March election is January 9 -- and Deerfield Mayor Al Capellini, who has filed early and often during his two-plus decades in office -- has yet to open his campaign. This is highly unusual and rumors abound that ... More >>

Looking for Lucifer

Authorities use high-tech tactics to try to stop cyber critics bedeviling a city

Deerfield: Seminoles Owe For Traffic Woes

Authorities use high-tech tactics to try to stop cyber critics bedeviling a city

Billingsley To Run Against Eggelletion

Authorities use high-tech tactics to try to stop cyber critics bedeviling a city

Gang Tackled

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

Sun-Sentinel Site Evolves to Brazilian-Bashing

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

Letters for February 22-28, 2007

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

Dead End

Bullets are flying and young men are dying in Deerfield's street war between Haitians and African-Americans

Gonzo Gets Noticed

Bullets are flying and young men are dying in Deerfield's street war between Haitians and African-Americans

Deerfield Editor Resigns

Bullets are flying and young men are dying in Deerfield's street war between Haitians and African-Americans

Hey Brother, Can You Spare 20 Grand?

Bullets are flying and young men are dying in Deerfield's street war between Haitians and African-Americans

For Sale: Keys to the City

In Deerfield, when you're in, you're really in. And the mayor is really in.

Oh, Say Can You Sea

Unlike some, this restaurant on the water makes a splash.

Fire and Surf

Firefighters and lifeguards, woo hoo!

Best Beach in Broward

Deerfield Beach

Earache

The sex-obsessed Gravy Train!!!! answers question about sex!!!!

Best Raw Bar

Whale's Rib

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Whale's Rib

Best Place to Ride a Bicycle

From the Deerfield Pier to the Lake Worth Pier

Readers Choice: Quiet Waters Park

This week's Day-by-Day

The Mercury Program

Best Cheap Thrill

Tri-Rail on Weekends

This School May Cause Cancer

The stalled reconstruction of Deerfield Middle School has littered the campus with a carcinogen. So why are students still there?

Night & Day

The stalled reconstruction of Deerfield Middle School has littered the campus with a carcinogen. So why are students still there?

Deep in the Heart of Deerfield

The stalled reconstruction of Deerfield Middle School has littered the campus with a carcinogen. So why are students still there?