Subject: Pembroke Pines

• Claire Mitchel Tribute

  March 27, 2007

• The Miami Herald's Cold Front

  April 18, 2006

• Negligent Notification in the Pines

  September 4, 2007

• Note From The State Attorney's Office

  September 13, 2007

• The Great Voodoo Tiki Tequila Taste Test

  October 28, 2008

• Hangin' With Ace Hood

  Last night, South Florida's fastest rising rap star, Ace Hood, had a CD signing at the Best Buy in Pembroke Pines. The event was well attended and a lot of people came out to support the young rapper as he continues to climb the ladder of fame. There weren't a lot of celebrities on hand, but DJ Khaled was there broadcasting live for WEDR and Rick Ross stopped by for a bit to hang out along with Ball Greezy, and Grindmode. Ace sat atop an elevated platform signing CDs for at least 300 fans and

  November 19, 2008

• Newspapers As History

  When Joe Kollin began working in the newspaper business more than four decades ago, he began a routine. Every day the self-described pack rat had a story, he would snip it out of the newspaper and glue it onto a letter-sized piece of paper. Then he would staple it with the carbon copy version from his typewriter and the notes he took on the story. Sometimes he'd even clip on some raw documents for good measure. By the time he retired from the Sun-Sentinel afte

  December 5, 2008

• LOLZ! ROFL! ACLU! Lawsuit Defends Student's Bitchy Facebook Page

  Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as Katherine Evans, a Pembroke Pines High Charter School senior recently learned.Edit: For the record, the girl pictured above, posing menacingly (and a little seductively) in a classroom, is not the sa

  December 8, 2008

• All You Can East

  December 11, 1997

• Best Place To Ice-Skate

  March 11, 1999

• Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying

  March 11, 1999

• Best Liquor Store

  March 11, 1999

• Best Neighborhood Restaurant

  May 11, 2000

• Best Used-CD Store

  May 11, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  January 11, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  January 25, 2001

• Best Movie Theater

  May 17, 2001

• Letters for November 20, 2003

  November 20, 2003

• Best Mall in Broward

  May 13, 2004

• Daisy Dukes Saloon

  June 28, 2007

• Maybe I’m Crazy? Probably.

  February 21, 2008

• Here's a Festival For Hard Rock Fans Up North: The Buzz's Locofest

  South Florida's Nonpoint plays the Buzz's LocofestIf you loooove the kinds of bands that are played during "active rock" radio formats, you will loooove Locofest, a weekend shebang sponsored by the Buzz 103.1 on March 14. Held at the Palm Beach International Raceway, the bill sponsors a number of hard-rock acts with creatively spelled names. Headliners this year include Mudvayne, In This Moment, EOTO, (hed) p.e., and South Florida's own Nonpoint.A number of supporting and local bands are being a

  February 5, 2009

• The Divine Power of Peppers

  January 22, 2009

• Letters from the issue of December 11, 2008

  December 11, 2008

• Letters for May 29-June 4, 2008

  May 29, 2008

• Cash and Carry

  March 6, 2008

• It's a Small World

  February 2, 2006

• Rock-a-bye Baby

  May 31, 2007

• Beam Me Up

  February 22, 2007

• Bleubird

  Sloppy Doctor (Endemik Music)

  February 24, 2005

• Asian Array

  December 23, 2004

• In Search of the Elusive Boba

  December 2, 2004

• A Savior Out West

  September 30, 2004

• 'Burb Dogs

  Scarier than man-eating pit bulls is the felon who owns them

  July 8, 2004

• Dragon Flies

  It may be a strip mall, but the eats are almost perfect

  March 4, 2004

• Best Inexpensive Italian Restaurant

  Bruno's Italian Restaurant

  May 15, 2003

• The Jackass Whimpers

  Bush's war has sent the Democratic Party scurrying for cover

  February 27, 2003

• Close to Home

  If it wants to survive, Massimo's Grill needs to bring its solid-but-unspectacular fare to a higher level

  April 11, 2002

• A Frenetic Fest

  This year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Fest offers everything from terrorists to overamped adolescents

  October 25, 2001

• It Was the Worst of Times

  Our quest for the best always delivers some unpleasant surprises

  May 17, 2001

• Another Government Perk: Random Days Off

  Flickr user: hatter-incHow your local government spends its Fridays.It sure is sweet to be a government employee during the Great Recession. Wilton Manors just became the latest local city to announce it will save money by taking Fridays off, following the example of Pembroke Pines and the police departments in Coral Gables and North Miami. Granted, I see nothing wrong with a three-day weekend. (Here at New Times, the boss gives us beer on Fridays, which is almost as cool.) But do government emp

  May 15, 2009

• Hey, St. Jude

  May 21, 2009

• Salsa, Cantina, Iguana, Ole!

  April 2, 2009

• Final Fourth

  July 2, 2009

• Proof That Love Blooms in Theme Parks and That Happily-Ever-After Is in Pembroke Pines

  Photo: IcrazyaznlFor Pembroke Pines snowbirds love was born at the top of this ride 50 years ago.​No, I don't have evidence (yet) that this blog made a love connection between USF's star-crossed kicker and the dangerously distracting coed from Fort Lauderdale. But I have found real-world proof that theme park drama leads to storybook romance.Just listen to Edna Bloom and her husband, Mel, whose bond was forever forged during a terrifying encounter on Coney Island's "Parachute Jump." Edna Bloom

  July 28, 2009

• Planned Parenthood Opens Two New Clinics in Broward to Meet Growing Demand

  Photo by Judith Selzer Planned Parenthood CEO Lillian Tamayo makes it official in Pembroke Pines​Douglas Marshall, director of business development for Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, has no shortage of distressing accounts of patients he has helped. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday at the newly opened clinic in Pembroke Pines, he recounted a story about a 15-year-old girl who came in for a pregnancy test. The test came back positive, and Marshall

  August 19, 2009

• Bueller? Pines Leaders Fumble Tax Calculations

  Flickr user: HeneghanCan you calculate your tax hike?​Pack City Hall with more than 150 angry citizens and any governing body would get a bit anxious. But at Wednesday night's budget hearing, the Pembroke Pines city commissioners appeared to be auditioning for Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? And it wasn't going well.First, they faced the small problem of calculating exactly how a proposed tax hike would impact homeowners in the Broward suburb. Granted, your average citizen can't be expected

  September 10, 2009

• Conflict of Interest? Scandal-Plagued Goren Sees No Evil in Pembroke Pines

  Flickr user: clar@bellConflict? What conflict?​This summer, the Juice raised ethical questions about the City of Pembroke Pines' decision to outsource its building department to a private, Fort Lauderdale-based company, Calvin, Giordano & Associates. Because the firm also handles multimillion-dollar engineering projects for the city, it could face serious conflicts of interest when reviewing building plans by competitors or approving projects that could pad its own bottom line. But Pi

  October 6, 2009

• The Long Arm of Calvin, Giordano in South Florida

  Flickr user: doncon402Can you find a city where Calvin, Giordano is not working?​The private, Fort Lauderdale-base consulting firm Calvin, Giordano & Associates plays a big role in providing essential government services in Broward County. As the Juice has reported, the firm has a monopoly in the City of West Park -- doing everything from planning and engineering to running the city website -- and recently took over building inspection duties for Broward's second-largest city, Pembroke Pin

  October 13, 2009

• Retired Athletes Love Pembroke Pines

  Flickr: pnther60Former Dolphin and Chicago Bear Marty Booker postponed his Pines retirement to play for the Falcons.​What is it about Pembroke Pines that makes retired athletes flock there? We've told you about Kenny Anderson, the former New Jersey Nets star who recently invited a slew of his illegitimate children to the city, as well as Deon Thomas, the University of Illinois great who became a star in European basketball and retired to Pembroke Pines before taking a job to coach a community

  October 15, 2009