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Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: JA World Uncorked, Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop, and More

This is a great weekend for bacchanalian exploits in South Florida. Not only does South Florida Beer Week begin on Saturday, but big ticket events like JA World Uncorked and the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop are set to pop. After the jump, find details on five food- and drink-related events this weekend ... More >>

Scott Israel's Lousy Start: Stop the Fire Department Purge

New Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel whacked Fire Chief and Executive Director Neil de Jesus and two other top fire guys, Division Chief Robert Arrighetti, and Division Chief John Holgerson, who was in charge of fire and rescue training.  Nothing against new chief and Margate vet Anthony S ... More >>

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Pho Vi Brings the Vietnamese Craze to Pedestrian-Friendly Downtown Hollywood

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Skeleton of Claudia Murphy Found in Coconut Creek

Officials have confirmed that a decomposed body discovered by hikers in Coconut Creek's Tradewinds Park yesterday is 45-year-old Claudia Murphy, who was last seen wandering away from a Margate restaurant in March, according to NBC Miami.Murphy's family spent weeks passing out flyers and searching fo ... More >>

South Florida's Best Specialty Food Stores

As part of the countdown to the Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, we've assembled a list of ten of the best specialty food markets in South Florida. These are the places to turn when Publix, Whole Foods Market, and even Fresh Market simply won't do. Did we miss your favorite source fo ... More >>

May is National Hamburger Month: Here's How to Celebrate in South Florida

With all of the love burgers have gotten in the last year in South Florida, it seems superfluous to point out that Tuesday, May 1, is the start of National Hamburger Month. Do burgers really need any more veneration than they already receive?  While there has been some debate lately -- includin ... More >>

Broward Brady List Includes 137 Current and Former Cops, 57 of Them BSO Deputies

​The Broward Bulldog's Dan Christensen obtained Broward's "Brady list" -- a laundry list of cops who are being investigated for any number of reasons, ultimately to be used by defense attorneys to question the veracity of a cop's testimony.The list is the result of a 1963 Supreme Court case involv ... More >>

Muslim Nezar Hamze Kept Out of Broward GOP Committee Amid "Pit of Discrimination"

Photo by Mike RiceNezar Hamze (left) across from local radio host "Joe Citizen" in a July protest outside a Margate mosque.​Nezar Hamze -- a Muslim and executive director of Florida's Council on American-Islamic Relations -- is no stranger to taking heat from right-wing politicos in Broward County ... More >>

Suntrust Forecloses on Condo, Then Doesn't Pay Bills, Court Filing Claims

All about the Benjamins​Two groups which typically spend their time competing for the most-likely-to screw-over-a-homeowner title  -- a bank and a condominium association -- are now fighting each other in court over an empty condo. 

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Former Accused Cop in Heavily Contested Judge Race

John Fry is facing John Howes in a runoff for a Broward County Judge right now, but ten years ago, that must have seemed like an impossibility. He had lost his job as a Margate cop and was facing criminal charges for, as the Miami Herald put it at the time, participating in an arrest ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Restaurant Openings and Closings

Looks like D Wade's is finally getting traded.​• The former Dogma Grill spot on Federal (900 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale) has been boarded up and empty since the hot dog joint closed early last year. But the place seems to finally have new tenant: Domino's Pizza. A trademark Domino's sig ... More >>

Side Dish: Anny's Thai and Sushi

​There are so many Thai/Japanese restaurants around Broward and Palm Beach counties serving the same exact menu that they may as well all be photocopies. With nothing to differentiate them but their cutesy names (Too Too Thai or Bo Thai or Thai One On, etc.), there's little to draw you into one ov ... More >>

Skarhead Holds Nothing Back at Ballers Rock Bar

Best Mother's Day Brunches in Palm Beach, Broward

​Check out the deals around town for those obligatory omelets and mimosas! :Free night's stay at the five-star Omphoy Hotel for Mom if you book 3 people at Michy's (Michelle Bernstein) Mom's Day brunch. Brunch comes with a fashion show at Bogart's in Boca with free makeovers, etc. - a very girly M ... More >>

The Bubble Plans Three-Show Bash for First Anniversary

Lauderdale Lakes Man Killed After Teen Driver Runs Red

Taj Michael Harris, a 28-year-old man from Lauderdale Lakes, was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by an Infiniti that ran a red light at the intersection of Rock Island Road and Forest Boulevard in North Lauderdale.The driver of the Infiniti has been identified as Markita Bynes, an 18-year-old ... More >>

There are Midwest Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches in Margate, Doncha Know

John Linn​I had no idea what a Midwest pork tenderloin sandwich was until I tried one at Roosters in Margate a few weeks ago. But man, was I pleasantly surprised when I received it. The sandwich was carefully wrapped in foil to look like an oblong sub. But when I opened it, what I saw was a single ... More >>

John DeGroot Digging Into Case of Gabriel Myers, the Foster Child Who Hung Himself

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Alligator Alley Says Goodbye

Owner of the Oakland Park bar promises a new music-only version next spring.

Happy Anniversary, Radio-Active!

The Fort Lauderdale record shop celebrates its eighth with a b-day blowout.

Goon to a Goblin

Why J. Hexx is the scariest rapper you'll ever meet

Jay-Z Adds Second Free Show at Bayfront Park Monday

Letters for July 31-August 6, 2008

Lambs to Slaughter

Again and again, local claims of abuse point to one priest, the Rev. Neil Doherty, and the Catholic archdiocese that protected him

Letters for March 13-19, 2008

Bleubird, Astronautilus and DJ Immortal at Central Pub Tomorrow Night

Jesse's Xtreme Sports Bar

Letters for December 20-26, 2007

Odds and Trends

Maniac on the Floor

Letters for November 9, 2006

Eat My Meat

Most Uruguayans chomp down that stuff grilling on the parrilla — and little else.

Letters for February 23-March 1, 2006

Thunderous Rawk

Thor the Rock Warrior brings us the greatest show on Earth

Letters for April 21-27, 2005

Báhn Mi, Baby

Fast food with flair

Letters for February 10-16, 2005

Letters for February 12, 2004

We Double Dare Ya!

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Letters for August 22, 2002

Well-traveled and fundamental truth

Letters for July 18, 2002

Lefty puppets

Beat Floetry

DJ Immortal marries classic rock to new-school hip-hop

Greed Huber Alles

Five years ago Lee Crompton was nearly killed in a car accident. He got a fat settlement, which has been dwindling ever since.

Some Safety Net

All Vicky Lynch wants is to get her husband the neurological rehab he desperately needs. So what's the problem? Everything.

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