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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    BREAKING: Portion of Fort Lauderdale International Airport Evacuated for "Unknown Substance"

    A section of Fort Lauderdale International Airport Terminal 2 has been evacuated and HAZMAT investigators are on the scene, according to Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella. At least three four victims have reported respiratory issues after being exposed to an "unknown substance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Riverwalk Burger Battle Changes: Downtowner Saloon Replaces Chef Allen

    With the third-annual Riverwalk Burger Battle at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale tomorrow, some major changes have been announced.The Burger Battle, held from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, has learned that chef Allen Susser has dropped out of the event. The owner of Chef Allen's Burger Bar in Palm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Yes, Those Are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Flying Over Fort Lauderdale

    We're not under attack -- those fighter jets you heard making all that racket yesterday in the skies above Fort Lauderdale are F-16s from the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration team, and I'm sorry if the noise woke up your infant or whatever, but this is the coolest thing ever, and that kid need ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    TSA Response to Viral Body Scanner Video Not Actually a Response

    ​An anti-TSA blogger from Miami Beach posted a YouTube video last night claiming he defeated Transportation Security Administration body scanners at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport by sewing an extra pocket onto the side of his shirt. His explanation is convincing (check out the ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    How to Sneak Guns and Razor Blades Straight Through TSA Body Scanners, According to Some Guy

    ​An anti-TSA blogger from Miami Beach announced yesterday that he'd defeated the Transportation Security Administration's controversial "nude body scanners" by simply sewing a pocket onto the side of his shirt -- and that he tested his terror-pocket at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Negotiations Are Under Way for Expansion of Fort Lauderdale Airport's Terminal 4

    We told you last week that Broward County has broken ground on a $791 million runway expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International that will send planes up a six-story ramp over Federal Highway and the FEC tracks.Broward County Aviation Department​In tandem with that project, Terminal 4 (ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Fort Lauderdale's Sky-High Runway: Looks Like They're Actually Going to Build This Thing

    Welcome back to "Holy Crap, That's Big," our blog series in which we look at humongous things going up in South Florida and the people behind them. Let this blog post serve as official notice that we are going to spend a lot of time puzzling over this huge pile of dirt for planes to drive on that al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2011

    Broward Crime Stories of the Year: From Dog Molestation to TSA Agents' Theft Habits

    keywordy.net​Crime in Broward -- sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's depressing, and sometimes it's just downright freaky. From a guy getting busted while fingering a Chihuahua to a TSA agent getting caught stuffing a passenger's iPad down his pants, crimes in Broward were anything but ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Broward Commissioner Stacy Ritter Gets the Lew Rockwell Treatment

    ​The Broward Commission voted yesterday to go through with its complaint to the Transportation Security Administration against the body scanners at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, but the conversation that took place before the vote apparently didn't quite satisfy some of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Fort Lauderdale Airport Has the Third-Cheapest Average Airfare in the Country

    airplanepicture.org​Hey, Spirit Airlines is good for something (probably) -- making the average airfare from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport the third-lowest in the country, at $266.The ranking was done by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which found that only the a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Google Maps Now Covers the Inside of the Fort Lauderdale Airport -- Why?

    ​Why you would need a map from Google of the inside of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is beyond us, but it now exists.The airport is one of a handful of locations now mapped on the indoors for the Google Maps application for Android devices, and we're still trying to figure ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Coral Ridge Ministries, Sodomy, and Death

    ​Imagine you are Jesus Christ and you're scuba diving. Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, you come upon a submarine. With your famed omniscience, you divine its nature, its contents, and its capabilities. This is the USS Florida, an Ohio-class vessel, fresh from the Libyan coast. It's almost 600 feet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Worst Spring Break Hordes Found Here

    Photo by Ian WitlenYeah, it's fun here. Now leave!​Maybe it's me, but spring break seems to be lasting an inordinately long time this year. Just when you think it's safe to walk around the block for a slice of pizza, you run smack into some spray-tanned co-ed in a wife beater, drinking green beer. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Birthday Party at the “Czar of All Dive Bars”

    Photo by Ian WitlenYeah, it's fun here. Now leave!​Maybe it's me, but spring break seems to be lasting an inordinately long time this year. Just when you think it's safe to walk around the block for a slice of pizza, you run smack into some spray-tanned co-ed in a wife beater, drinking green beer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    $610,000 for Courthouse Art? Better Be Good

    An example of public art at the Broward County Jail on the New River. It's a 32-foot high coral circle (or rice cake, as some call it). Cost to taxpayers: $480,000. ​So the Broward County Commission is going to discuss putting $610,000 worth of public art  ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2010

    Demonize Yourself

    An example of public art at the Broward County Jail on the New River. It's a 32-foot high coral circle (or rice cake, as some call it). Cost to taxpayers: $480,000. ​So the Broward County Commission is going to discuss putting $610,000 worth of public art  ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    R & R With DJ Sensitive Side

    An example of public art at the Broward County Jail on the New River. It's a 32-foot high coral circle (or rice cake, as some call it). Cost to taxpayers: $480,000. ​So the Broward County Commission is going to discuss putting $610,000 worth of public art  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Honey, I Rigged the Vote (Part II): With Wasserman-Rubin Charged, Time to Revisit the Juice's Corrupt Couples Watch-List

    ​Way back in October, this blog used the Tom Ridge terrorist threat chart to rank Broward County's power couples according to the threat they posed to the integrity of local government. The duo of Richard Rubin and Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin posed an "elevated" risk of committing corruptio ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    R & R With DJ Sensitive Side

    ​Way back in October, this blog used the Tom Ridge terrorist threat chart to rank Broward County's power couples according to the threat they posed to the integrity of local government. The duo of Richard Rubin and Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin posed an "elevated" risk of committing corruptio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    If You're Flying Spirit Air Next Month, Better Get to Flight School

    Flickr​Spirit Air pilots are threatening to strike, and so far, Spirit Air executives haven't blinked. The South Florida Business Journal is reporting that the airline gave notice that it's ready to lay off nearly 1,600 employees if the pilots head to the picket line June 12.Those workers would co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Space Oddity

    Flickr​Spirit Air pilots are threatening to strike, and so far, Spirit Air executives haven't blinked. The South Florida Business Journal is reporting that the airline gave notice that it's ready to lay off nearly 1,600 employees if the pilots head to the picket line June 12.Those workers would co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Broward Hires Consultant to Fix Airport Food

    Flickr user: DOliphantThis is caviar compared to airport food.​The lack of decent food at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been a fact of life in South Florida for years. Some residents avoid the airport altogether, happy to pay more to fly out of Palm Beach International, rathe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2010

    Super Bowl-a-Rama

    Flickr user: DOliphantThis is caviar compared to airport food.​The lack of decent food at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been a fact of life in South Florida for years. Some residents avoid the airport altogether, happy to pay more to fly out of Palm Beach International, rathe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Hey, Visitors: Here's Your Broward County Super Bowl Itinerary

    ​Welcome to South Florida, you delirious pigskin fans, you! Now that you're here, remember not to fixate on Miami pre-gaming: The party has been moving steadily northward for years, and anyway, you'll need to run things on the cheap to afford getting scalped on Super Bowl Sunday. For a complete gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Pasha's Comes to FLL

    ​Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport isn't Las Olas Boulevard or Delray's Atlantic Avenue just yet, but at least there are a couple rays of culinary hopes shining through the clouds of pre-fab sandwiches, microwaved crud and muffins made from the by-products of coal smelting.  Ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Morning Juice: Lantana Police Make a Deposit to Jail

    ​What's going on in South Florida? Well, this:As Juice insomniacs already know, our local obsession, the so-called Withdrawal Bandit, has finally been caught! Police believe it's Glenn Hooper, a 53-year-old Hollywood man who went to the well one too many times. Lantana police also busted Hooper's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale Flight Did NOT Crash in Puerto Rico... Or Anywhere for That Matter

    BNONews.orgThe explosion in question.​This article on a breaking news website claimed that Spirit Airlines Flight 837 originating in Fort Lauderdale crashed near San Juan, Puerto Rico, and that it was the source of an explosion that firefighters are still putting out.I just got off the phone with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Airline Chooses Lauderdale Airport Over Miami Because of Superior "Demographics"

    Flickr: F18E777​Now there's a word you want to be careful with when explaining an investment in Broward County over one in Miami-Dade. But that's the word that Virgin America CEO David Cush used to justify his airline's decision to make Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport a destination ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale's Post-9/11 Food Conundrum

    Flickr user: DOliphantThis is caviar compared to airport food.It was 6 p.m. the night before a long weekend, and so far my getaway trip was going smoothly. I'd made it through the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport security screening line with half an hour to spare before boarding time. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Bus Fuss

    No detail is too small to escape the unblinking eye of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin. Just before the adjournment of today's commission meeting, she spoke of something horrible that she saw recently at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while waiting for a ride ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Stacy Ritter Gets Her Mouth On

    No detail is too small to escape the unblinking eye of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin. Just before the adjournment of today's commission meeting, she spoke of something horrible that she saw recently at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while waiting for a ride ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    The Wrongway Expansion At FLL

    No detail is too small to escape the unblinking eye of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin. Just before the adjournment of today's commission meeting, she spoke of something horrible that she saw recently at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while waiting for a ride ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Judy Stern: All Clear For Profits

    No detail is too small to escape the unblinking eye of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin. Just before the adjournment of today's commission meeting, she spoke of something horrible that she saw recently at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while waiting for a ride ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Reporter Accused of Stealing Notebook

    No detail is too small to escape the unblinking eye of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin. Just before the adjournment of today's commission meeting, she spoke of something horrible that she saw recently at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while waiting for a ride ... More >>

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Bro 18F

    We Are Airborne Family

  • Culture

    July 27, 2006

    Escape From Sterility

    It ain't Florence or Oaxaca, but at least Broward has a few eye-catching pieces of public art.

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Madonna in Exile

    It's a big deal that Broward was chosen to debut Madonna's CD, isn't it?

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    On Main Street, Part 1

    Griffin Road, one of Broward's oldest byways, has it all

  • Goods and Services

    May 12, 2005

    Best Display of Wealth

    Design Center of the Americas

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best New Building in Broward

    Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport's new parking garage

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Energizer Con Man

  • Nightlife

    May 13, 2004

    Best Bar for Claustrophobics

    Flossie's Bar and Grill

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Correction Best Journalistic Restraint

    The Palm Beach Post, October 3, 2003 Sun-Sentinel Travel editor Thomas Swick

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    Dirty Dozen

    Here are the 12 Broward-Palm Beach newsmakers who will make you blush

  • Culture

    August 14, 2003

    Plop Art

    When politicians and bureaucrats play curator, the art stinks

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    The Two-Arena Circus

    Two greedy billionaires, two publicly funded arenas, two crappy teams, one burning question — why?

  • News

    November 15, 2001
  • Calendar

    February 24, 2000
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    August 6, 1998

    Planespotting

    Boaters Park

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Boaters Park

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