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Broward's Homebrew Craft Beer Scene: Can Brewers Turn a Hobby Into a Business?

Florida Beer Company Took Over Riverside Market, Beer Lovers Drank Local

Tucked into the center of deeply residential Fort Lauderdale, Riverside Market has made a name for itself in the past years as the place to go if you're looking for craft beer from around the world and want to enjoy it in the most casual of settings, outside the stereotypical tiki hut. The eclectic ... More >>

Seismic Airgun Testing Will Kill or Injure 138,500 Whales and Dolphins If Allowed

If companies are allowed to use seismic airgun testing to search for and study oil and gas deposits in the Atlantic Ocean, 138,500 whales and dolphins will be harmed or killed -- and that's according to the government's own estimate. In addition, thousands of animals could have their hearing impaire ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Teen Attacked by Shark, Tweets About It

A Fort Lauderdale teen was surfing the sweet waves of Melbourne, Florida, when the good times suddenly came to a gnarly end after he was attacked and bitten in the leg by a shark. Michael Adler, 16, who is an experienced surfer, wiped out on a wave. As he swam to get back onto his board, he felt a ... More >>

Florida Man Guilty of Multiple Facebook Threats on Obama's Life

Back in November, we told you about how Christopher Castillo of Melbourne, Florida, was so mad at President Obama for wanting to implement a health-care law that he took to Facebook and threatened to hunt down the president and watch him die. See also: Florida Man Arrested for Multiple Threats on O ... More >>

Five Fall Brews to Try

Fall is in the air, and all you alcoholics know what that means: fall beer time!OK, let's get real -- fall is never in the air in South Florida. However, it's fall beer time anyways, damn it, and we're going to enjoy the frothy goodness of crisp pumpkin and pecan just like any Northerner. The b ... More >>

Obama: "We Win Florida, We Win The Election"

President Obama was in Florida yesterday during a bus tour, hitting up Melbourne, West Palm Beach, and inexplicably getting a bear hug from a pizza guy. Obama spoke to roughly 6,000 people at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, telling them that if he can win Florida, he will win the election. ... More >>

Topless Babysitter Found Passed Out in Parking Lot

A 47-year old woman was found lying topless in a hotel parking lot where she was supposed to be babysitting a boy whose mother had gone gambling. That is the saddest sentence you'll ever read in your entire life.Police were called in to the River Palm Hotel, located at 420 S. Harbor City Blvd. in Me ... More >>

Staff Shakeups Hit Museums in Broward, Palm Beach, Across Country

Nova Southeastern University Ranks Third in the Nation in Student Debt Burden

​Yet again, some place in South Florida ranks high on a nationwide list of some sort of crappy economic indicator.This time, it's Nova Southeastern University ranking third-highest in the nation based on the average amount of student debt the class of 2010 had upon graduation.According to statisti ... More >>

Veterans Hunt Gators to Heal War Wounds (Video)

In honor of Veterans Day and the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, New Times went alligator hunting with combat-wounded veterans in Melbourne. This video, produced by talented photographer Colby Katz, provides a taste of the action. Narrated by retired Army Sgt. Gary Horn, ... More >>

In the Heart of Darkness: Veterans Hunt Alligators to Heal the Wounds of War

Dwarf Tossing Bill Filed to Repeal Florida's Job-Killing Ban on Flying Little People

Since 1989, Florida's dwarfs looking for work as human shot puts for bar-goers have been out of a job due to a ban by the state legislature.Rep. Ritch Workman, a Melbourne Republican, wants to repeal that freedom- and job-killing law.House Bill 4063 was submitted by Workman on Monday, and would repe ... More >>

Our Top Picks for Florida-Brewed Craft Beers

Nicole Danna​Beer. Floridians love it. We may not be California or Colorado, where craft breweries reign on high. But we do have a growing craft scene, and a population willing to guzzle it all down. Here, our list of the top Florida brews available in Broward and Palm Beach countie ... More >>

Interview with Australian Celebrity Chef and Author Pete Evans, Part One

Pete Evans - set to invade America ​Pete Evans is a major celebrity chef in Australia, but if you don't know his name yet don't worry...you will because Pete is poised to take over the U.S. His first American book, My Grill, has just been released (at over 200 pages, this is the ultima ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Swamp Ape IPA at The Office in Delray Beach

Nicole DannaA pint of the Swamp Ape IPA at The Office​Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love ... More >>

Suite 100 in Fort Lauderdale Promotes Ted Inserra to Top Chef

Inserra is now top toque at Suite 100.​When Smith & Jones closed in July, nobody was more in the middle of the fallout than Ted Inserra. In this blog item, Inserra blamed a slowdown in business, but many commenters blamed Inserra, despite the fact that he was just a sous chef at the Las Olas r ... More >>

Happy Hour at Duffy's Sports Grill in Fort Lauderdale: WarGames

Photo by Pat Rothblatt​The place: Duffy's Sports Grill, 1804 Cordova Road, Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-713-6363. The hours: 4 p.m. to close every day. The deal: Everything is two-for-one (excluding shots, pitchers, and buckets of beer). The digs: Duffy's is the latest level in the ever-escalatin ... More >>

Poker Rooms Bringing in More Money Than Dog Racing at Some Florida Tracks

flickr.comThe future.​Even before Florida's new, expanded gambling laws took effect last month, more and more bettors in the Sunshine State were taking their cash to poker tables, and not to the wager windows at dog racing tracks, according to new statistics released by the Florida Department of B ... More >>

Four Kids From South Florida Led the World's Biggest Online Identity Heist

This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

You could theoretically travel around the world for twelve months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. Blackman: Getting wet at tomorrow's Pridefest​The big US celebrations, in New York and San Fransisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stone ... More >>

Florida Doesn't Have a Top 50 Craft Brewer

Source: Brewers Association​At least not according to the Brewers Association, the organization that advocates for the craft brewing industry. Out of the top 50 craft brewers in the country, Florida isn't represented by one. In fact, Florida is among the states with the fewest number of breweries ... More >>

Secret Service Receives Junk Fax; Phones Florida to Learn More About This Exciting Investment Opportunity

Flickr: Abhisek Sarda​A Boca Raton man has entered a guilty plea in a Kansas court to charges that he was part of a conspiracy to defraud investors across North America. The case against John Persaud started the moment that one of his firm's junk faxes arrived in the Wichita, Kansas, office of the ... More >>

Crist Leaves Floridians Feeling Dumped

KeepCharlieCrist.com: Sounds like a website for national Democrats who don't want a certain copper-toned Republican leaving Florida for Washington D.C. as a senator. But last week it was a popular stopping ground for Floridians anxious about the chorus of rumors surrounding Crist's next move. They w ... More >>

Brother Bean

Blowfly

Tales of a Traveling Troubadour

Shawn Snyder finds a perfect mix of move and groove

Heavy Pets

Borne in the U.S.A.

How they define the heartland on Broward Boulevard

Down Under DJ

Australia's Ean Sugarman finds dance-floor bliss in South Florida

SXSW So Far (I Think): Black Angels, Van Morrison, Roky Erickson, Cut Copy, Tough Alliance

Ean Sugarman

Muscles

Guns, Babes, Lemonade (Modular)

Timoney Does His Michael Vick

Naked Chef to Headline 2008 Wine & Food Fest

Err America

A plane crash in Afghanistan has a Florida company defending its mercenary profits in court

Launching the Legend

Fabulous ShuttleLOUNGE fights to elevate the tacky to the sublime

Letters for August 11-17, 2005

Letters for June 30-July 6, 2005

Earache

Holler at ya boy

The Life and Crimes of Bam Jones

Henry Lee Jones is accused of two murders. That's only the beginning.

Go Gotham

At this Delray Beach joint, you'll dine fine

In the Clear

Thanks to Native Noise, Clear Channel doesn't totally suck

Cashed

Labors to legalize bud in Florida have gone as sour as week-old bong water

Boiled Down

Something taste a tad Rancid to you? Welcome the Distillers

The Post-Catanese Wilderness

One of the nation's fastest-growing universities may be headed for hard times... or perhaps they're already here

Return of the King

B.B. King proves that the thrill isn’t gone just yet

AIMing High

16th Anniversary Florida AIM Conference

Folk Yourself

The Southwest Florida Folk and Blues Fest

When Love Is Impossible

Head On