Margate

Food Truckers Form Alliance To Fight Possible Sunrise Ban

The City of Sunrise will hold a discussion today to determine the fate of food trucks at their monthly City Commission meeting. The meeting, held at Sunrise City Hall (10770 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise), held today, January 8  at 6 p.m., might just be a little more spirited than the ty ... More >>

Broward Requires Gas Stations to List Highest Prices; We Consult a Performance Artist

The Broward Commission has passed an ordinance to require gas station signs to advertise the highest prices they charge, not the lower, cash-only prices. That reminded us of an episode last year, when "the most expensive gas station in America," Sun Gas in Orlando, was fined $250 a day for not revea ... More >>

Eighty-One-Year-Old Man Admits To a Lifetime of Abusing Little Girls

The good news: Broward Sheriff's Office Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 81-year old Murray Snider, 81, yesterday at his home in Margate, and charged him with ten counts of lewd or lascivious molestation with a child under 12, relating to his sexual abuse of two victims. BSO has identified a ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Cancels Speech at Muslim Group's Annual Dinner

Involving Muslims in the American political process is a frightening prospect to guys like Joe Kaufman. Judging from a rant he wrote in February, Kaufman, head of the anti-Islam group Americans Against Hate, doesn't want Muslims to vote, work for the federal government, or get fair legal representat ... More >>

No New Leads in Case of Claudia Murphy, Missing Coral Springs Woman, Husband Says

​Police still have no idea what could have happened to 45-year-old Claudia Murphy, her husband Frank Murphy told The Pulp late yesterday.He rejected reports that she was suffering from amnesia, but did say she'd spent several weeks fighting off some kind of stomach problem that gave her "flu-type ... More >>

FBI Purges Anti-Islam Training Material

​A graph contends the more devout a Muslim is, the more likely he is to be violent. An instructional document saying that in Islam, "war is the rule and peace is only temporary." The paperwork sounds like propaganda produced by Joe Kaufman or U.S. Rep. Allen West. But the documents were used to tr ... More >>

Chrome Dick's Raphael Alvarez on Absolutely Everything

​Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Chrome Dick.It goes without saying, but "Chrome Dick" is a jarring phrase, image, and idea. The sounds Raphael Al ... More >>

Boca Raton Pastor Protesting Casino Proposal; Believes It'll Just Bring Hookers and "Evils"

gamefront.com​Mark Boykin, a pastor at Boca Raton's Church of All Nations, isn't too happy about Republican State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff filing a bill to allow Vegas-style casinos in South Florida.After citing hookers, crime, "evils," and some stuff he found on the Internet, he's planning to sho ... More >>

Che Grill Serves Argentine Fare at J.M. Lexus Food Truck Pile-Up Tonight

Photo courtesy of Che GrillChe Grill is serving up the meat at J.M. Lexus tonight.​In Argentina, "Che" pretty much means "hello buddy." It's typically used when greeting a friend, which is why Che Grill is such a fitting name for this friendly little food truck that serves authentic Argentine food ... More >>

Tornado Spotted in Broward County (Video)

southernhoopty.comNo tigers were involved in the tornado.​A tornado -- yes, a tornado -- touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Laud ... More >>

Sliding Glass Door Might Tear Margate Family Apart

Family Feudin'.​A recently filed lawsuit is all the more evidence that hanging out with family really does suck, because relatives can bankrupt you. Yolanda Dieppa, according to Broward County Civil Court filings, was hanging out at apparent relative Vilma Dieppa's Margate house in July 2007. Yola ... More >>

Margate Imam Arrested For Taliban Connection; But His Mosque Sure Seems Nice!

​Mufti and imam Izhar ul-Haq Khan has just been arrested for providing material support to the Taliban in Pakistan, planning the murder of Pakistani civilians, and plotting to overthrow the Pakistani government and replace it with a theocracy. But there's a lot more to the man! He's also "has a ... More >>

What About the Third Broward Queen?

Ritter, Lieberman, and Keechl during the power days.​I know that we have been accused of queening it up too much, you, me, and [Ilene] Lieberman, the three queens on the County Commission. But I can't really think of anybody I would rather queen it up with than you. -- Stacy Ritter to Ken ... More >>

Evil or Divine: A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio to Hit Culture Room

Immigration Raid Included Eight Broward Residents, But Details Are Hard to Come By

ICE​"Criminal Alien." That's the phrase that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses for anyone who has come into the country illegally and committed a crime, be it a DUI or aggravated murder. ICE makes it a top priority to remove "those who come to the United States to prey upon o ... More >>

Animal-Rights Activist Says Elderly Circus Employees Assaulted Him During Protest (Video)

Tara Nieuwesteeg​Last week, we told you about the animal-rights activists protesting the Cole Bros. Circus. They've followed the circus around South Florida, explaining with signs and megaphones that circus employees and patrons alike "support animal cruelty."Last weekend, though, the protest in M ... More >>

Ex-Priest and Alleged Pedophile Neil Doherty Back in Jail

Pedophile priest Neil Doherty​Father Neil Doherty -- whose long, sordid story was recounted in a 2008 New Times cover story -- was arrested last night in Palm Beach County. Doherty is an alleged serial abuser of children who has been walking free while awaiting trial since his 2006 arrest. Police ... More >>

Q&A With Chef Hans Huber From the Ambry German Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

Elsewhere on this blog, the ever-erudite eating machine John Linn proclaimed the Ambry German Restaurant his very favorite place to eat German food and drink German beer. It sure is a cool-looking place (who hasn't driven past it a million times?), and it has a dizzying array of food from the old co ... More >>

A Year in South Florida SoundsA Year in South Florida Sounds

Some top local albums from 2009.

Coral Springs Surgeon Takes Out the Wrong Thing

Flickr: carrierCan you find the gallbladder in this photo?​In June 2007, an 83-year-old man went to the Northwest Medical Center in Margate to have his inflamed gallbladder removed. The surgeon took out the man's kidney instead. Dr. Bernard Zaragoza told the Florida Medical Board that he was "comp ... More >>

This Pint-Sized Preacher May Be a Prophet, But Who's Profiting?

Chaos at Sunrise Middle School

Once upon a time, Sunrise Middle School had such a good reputation that some parents considered it better than private school. It is the only middle school around with a Montessori program.  It has a gifted program. There's an accelerated group called the "Golden Hammers" (like other school gro ... More >>

The Inspector - Tumi Restaurant's Imposter Fish

On December 5th, 2008 Tumi Restaurant in Margate (7926 W Sample Road) underwent a routine food inspection that resulted in 18 code violations, 7 of them deemed "critical." They were mostly run of the mill grease accumulations and food debris pile-ups, but one violation stood out. The willful de ... More >>

Local Rap's Last Stand

Electomachine

Note From The State Attorney's Office

Jared Cole

Virginiahead (Toker Productions)

In Cord Blood

Turning the miracle of birth into the banking of cold, hard cash.

Che's Revenge?

Don't Do It in Davie

The Long Fin of the Law.

Letters for March 9-15, 2006

Who's in Charge Here?

Inside the Broward Kremlin

Letters August 26-September 1, 2004

Peruvian Pluck in Pembroke

The Best of 2003

Ranking and filing our Local Top Ten

You're So Vain

Outsider art comes inside

Letters for March 20-26, 2003

Watered-down Praise

Boys Under the Hood

What makes fast-car enthusiasts furious? Cops, speed limits, and punk kids with loud mufflers and no brains.

Straw Man

A boiler-room denizen describes a hustling career

A Handy Dandy

Jeff Wright brings out the best in people

Letters to the Editor

Letters for August 9, 2001

Letters to the Editor

Letters for July 19, 2001

Bandwidth

Is Orbit, Boynton Beach's new nightclub, big enough for the egos of Ronnie James Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen?

Undercurrents

"Winners and Losers"

Good Sports

Gotrocks Bar & Grill

That's Condo-tainment!

The stars of South Florida's condo circuit may not be the most youthful performers, but oy can they sing

Doing It Their Way

Karaoke night

In the Pink

La Vie en Rose Café

The Band Played On

Fine Lines