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Pine Crest School

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Local Porn Exec Fills Mitt Romney's Coffers

    bagnewsnotes.comPorn corporations are people, my friend.​Most (male) Mitt Romney supporters have probably stumbled across an ad for AdultFriendFinder.com (NSFW) at one point or another, though they might not admit it. But now there's another connection between Friend Finder Networks and the likely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    New Pine Crest President Declines New Times Interview Through Newly Hired PR Firm

    Pine Crest SchoolDana Markham​Pine Crest School has made a valiant effort to move forward ever since the abrupt termination of former President Hank Battle, who reportedly sealed an enormous contract with the school and instituted controversial changes during his tumultuous 99-day tenure.Dr. Dana ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Losing Battle: Administration Before Hank Battle Needs More Scrutiny, Reader Says

    ​Our feature story last month about Pine Crest School continues to generate discussion and feedback from people who are concerned about the school's future. Lately, two recent graduates came forward to talk about the secretive student groups that met with Hank Battle, the president who served for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Pine Crest Alumni Describe Hank Battle's Feared Group of Student Advisors

    ​In last month's cover story about Hank Battle, the former president of Pine Crest School who was placed on administrative leave after a tumultuous three months, we mentioned a growing sense of fear among the teachers who thought that Battle might take away their jobs. One of the things they worri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Losing Battle: More Details on Discrimination Complaints From Pine Crest Faculty, Staff

    ​A controversial shakeup at Pine Crest School, detailed in this week's feature, started shortly after Hank Battle took the helm as president in January of this year. Teachers were leaving, and those who remained were worried for their jobs. Battle dispatched his deputy, David Bowman, to inform som ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Losing Battle: Fort Lauderdale's Most Elite School -- Pine Crest -- Reels From 99 Days of Ill-Fated Leadership

    ​A controversial shakeup at Pine Crest School, detailed in this week's feature, started shortly after Hank Battle took the helm as president in January of this year. Teachers were leaving, and those who remained were worried for their jobs. Battle dispatched his deputy, David Bowman, to inform som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Losing Battle: Lessons From Pine Crest School Founder Mae McMillan

    ​It is a universal condition among the alumni of private schools and colleges, perhaps more prevalent among those whose families have invested substantial time, money, and faith in the school, that everything that happens after the moment one graduates appears misguided, tragic, and symbolic of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Mendelsohn Talking To State; Klenet And Ritter Remain Under Criminal Investigation

    When convicted political operative Alan Mendelsohn was recently debriefed regarding his knowledge of corruption in Florida, it wasn't just federal officials at the table, according to multiple sources. Still on the hot seat​State prosecutors working under Michael S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Judge Larry Puts on the Ritz

    Boy, was former Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin living high off the widow. Seidlin ​ A civil suit filed by Bill Scherer alleges that Seidlin -- who gained notoriety as the judge in the Anna Nicole Smith hearings and reportedly has a TV show in the works -- basically ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Daybreak

    Flickr: State Library and Archives / Roy EricksonA student at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale swings into the water, roughly 30 years ago.​

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Superstar Pine Crest Hoopster Sparks Controversy With "Pseudo-Commitment"

    Flickr: Ganon Baker BasketballKnight (center) at a basketball skills camp in Dallas.​When Brandon Knight committed to the University of Kentucky earlier this month, he did not do so in the usual way that high school athletes do, by signing a letter of intent. Rather, the Pine Crest School point gu ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Witness: Judge Larry Seidlin Schemed for Widow's Cash

    Flickr: Ganon Baker BasketballKnight (center) at a basketball skills camp in Dallas.​When Brandon Knight committed to the University of Kentucky earlier this month, he did not do so in the usual way that high school athletes do, by signing a letter of intent. Rather, the Pine Crest School point gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Judge Seidlin's Clan Removed From Widow's Will

    Finally, justice. Or at least a taste of it. Larry Seidlin, the weeping Anna Nicole Smith judge who has chiseled more than a half million dollars from an elderly widow in his condo building, has been removed from the woman's will. Or I should say Seidlin's wife and daughter are off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Judge Larry Seidlin Slithers Away

    Well, former Judge Larry Seidlin solicited gifts from an attorney in his courtroom and chiseled an elderly widow living in his condo building out of nearly half a million dollars -- and it looks like he's going to get away with it. The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, while not exactly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    The Afternoon Pulp

    Remember when newspapers were doing so well, that some towns had a newspaper for the morning and afternoon? Well, I'm going to relive those halcyon days here with a tilt on this morning's Sun-Sentinel. After declaring South Florida's lust for a GM bailout a couple days ago, the Sentinel's front pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Legendary Heist

    Remember when newspapers were doing so well, that some towns had a newspaper for the morning and afternoon? Well, I'm going to relive those halcyon days here with a tilt on this morning's Sun-Sentinel. After declaring South Florida's lust for a GM bailout a couple days ago, the Sentinel's front pa ... More >>

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    Broward´s No-Love Triangle

    Judge Larry´s friends fall out

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    In the Bag

    Judge Seidlin heads off to la-la land with collateral damage to his image

  • News

    March 29, 2007

    Wet Curtains

    Match Me Up

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    After Baghdad

    Farris Hassan, not done with his 15 minutes of fame, is up to his old tricks again.

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    "I Created the World in Six Days and All I Got Was This Lousy Billboard — God"

    The strange saga of a religious advertising campaign begins and ends in Fort Lauderdale.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Victory Varmint

    From Boca Raton to Baghdad, this squirrel may be the key to winning the War on Terror.

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Hospital Index

    Want to play free golf and stay at the finest hotels in the country?

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Emerging Elitism

    American Heritage School survives despite near financial collapse, angry neighbors, and a questionable relationship with a Plantation politician

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Play That Funky Music, White Boys

    American Heritage School survives despite near financial collapse, angry neighbors, and a questionable relationship with a Plantation politician

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