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Pompano Beach

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Pompano Beach Seafood Festival is this Weekend

    Learn how many crab legs and lobster claws you can chow down on while dancing to live music and balancing a cocktail this weekend at the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival. The three-day event has migrated this year to the Pompano Beach Pier to allow for an easier-to-navigate layout and better beach acc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, Old School Beerfest, and other Food and Drink Events this Week in South Florida

    With wine competitions, wine festivals, beer festivals, and all manner of pairings on the docket, this is a busy week for food and drink fans in South Florida. In addition to the typical end-of-season flood of events, there are a few special observances this week. Tax day is Tuesday and if you need ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    A Fat Guy Is Stealing Purses in Pompano Beach (VIDEO)

    The Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for a man they say is connected to two muggings at the end of March -- they want you to know that he's six feet tall, gets around in an old, gold-colored Nissan, and is... fat.In an announcement headlined "Big Boy Wants a Purse," the BSO describes a "corpulant ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2012

    A Lovely Experience in an Unlikely Place

    The Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for a man they say is connected to two muggings at the end of March -- they want you to know that he's six feet tall, gets around in an old, gold-colored Nissan, and is... fat.In an announcement headlined "Big Boy Wants a Purse," the BSO describes a "corpulant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Broward County Tallies Four Drownings in Five Days

    Water mishaps aren't anything new for our special sweat-year-round corner of the country, but it's not every week four people die in the course of five days.The latest victim is 7-year-old Damien Tubbs, who died Sunday in an Oakland Park pool after it appears he wandered into the deep end and sank, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Man Like Meat!

    Water mishaps aren't anything new for our special sweat-year-round corner of the country, but it's not every week four people die in the course of five days.The latest victim is 7-year-old Damien Tubbs, who died Sunday in an Oakland Park pool after it appears he wandered into the deep end and sank, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    Gastronomy Gentrified

    Water mishaps aren't anything new for our special sweat-year-round corner of the country, but it's not every week four people die in the course of five days.The latest victim is 7-year-old Damien Tubbs, who died Sunday in an Oakland Park pool after it appears he wandered into the deep end and sank, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Pompano Beach Planned on Giving Away a House; Then City Commissioners Found Out

    thepoliticalcarnival.net​It looks like the folks in Pompano Beach are being ersatzgivers over their house giveaway.The city bought an $83,000 house that had gone into foreclosure in the Leisureville retirement community that it planned to hold a drawing for to give away to an income- and age-quali ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Broward Sheriff's Office Searching for "Rooftop Burglar"

    ​Just as a heads-up, if someone drops into your Pompano Beach business in the middle of the night through a vent or chimney, it probably isn't Santa Claus -- it's more likely to be the "Rooftop Burglar" the Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for.BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepción tells New Times t ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 21, 2011
  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Pompano Beach Seafood Festival Is Friday Through Sunday

    ​There's something comforting about being able to see -- and smell and touch -- the Atlantic when you're stuffing your face with something purporting to be the freshest catch of the day. Perhaps that explains much of the appeal of the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, celebrating its 27th year this ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Art Hearts Japan

    ​There's something comforting about being able to see -- and smell and touch -- the Atlantic when you're stuffing your face with something purporting to be the freshest catch of the day. Perhaps that explains much of the appeal of the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, celebrating its 27th year this ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Little Men, Big Beers

    ​There's something comforting about being able to see -- and smell and touch -- the Atlantic when you're stuffing your face with something purporting to be the freshest catch of the day. Perhaps that explains much of the appeal of the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, celebrating its 27th year this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    On the Eve of the Florida Bong Ban, Local Head Shops Hang Loose

    flickr.com​After months of public debate, legislation, a law suit, and the outgoing governor's stamp of approval, the Florida ban on bong sales takes effect tomorrow. So you'd guess every head shop in the state would be having huge blow out sales today, right?Not so much. It seems the smoke hasn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Arrest Made in 2004 Murder

    A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and killing of a tree-trimmer in 2004. The suspect, Michael Ange-Silien, is 22 years old, meaning that he had only recently turned 17 when, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office Ange-Silien murdered  his neighbor, 44-year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Food Events on the Radar

    Joe WoolfTaverna Opa's gone wild...​• Lirim Jacobi's chain of raucous Greek eateries, Taverna Opa, is debuting its newest location tonight at the Dolphin Mall in Miami (11401 NW 12th St.). With it comes belly dancers, napkin tossing, and a sound-system that would make any MIA nightclub jealous. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Daybreak

    Flickr: Chad BrackeenPompano Beach; the photographer swears that the figure at the end of the pier isn't a setup.​

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Bons Temps to Roll Into Pompano With French Quarter Bar & Grill

    ​The bons temps will roll into Pompano Beach come Monday, Dec. 7, with the opening of The French Quarter Bar & Grill, a moderately priced N'awlins-style eatery from former Tarpon Bend general manager Gene Beach and local chef about town Michael Buterbaugh.  The Quarter adds to Broward's m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    In Overhaul of U.S. Immigration Facilities, More Will Resemble Broward's Facility

    Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Crowe Feast

    Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Band Number 12

    Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 18, 2009

    Latin Conga!

    Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    Paradise in Pompano

    Photo: geogroupinc.comThe Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach​The Obama administration has plans for kinder, gentler immigration holding centers to be located in nursing homes and hotels. This new generation of facilities will be less like a prisons, more like the immigration facility in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Times Article From Weekend About "Affordable Fun" in South Florida Already Outdated

    flickruser:hollyblablaThanks to the New York Times for nudging those suddenly budget-conscious East Coast and Midwest staycationers out of their stupor and toward South Florida. This weekend, the Gray Lady recommended a trip to the less celebrated tourist nooks of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Photo of the Week: Pompano Beach

    Photo by Flickr user Prince David of the South; shot on March 29, 2009 Photographer's Flickr stream can be found here.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Firebug on the Loose. May Dance Like James Brown.

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    O.A.R. Show Moved to Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Nonpoint Announces U.S. Headlining Tour, But Skips South Florida

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    Gore Hounds Unite!

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Dr. Philgoods

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Miami Herald Wrongly Reports Girl's Death -- UPDATED

    It seems an odd target of a violent crime, but a Pompano Beach party supply company called Rides, Slides, and Games was set ablaze by five arsonists -- or as the Broward Sheriff's office calls them, "firebugs" -- on Sunday night. Five males, all with their faces covered, poured gasoline over a bunch ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Dred Scott!

    Reggae Entrepreneur

  • Music

    December 7, 2006

    The Deep End

    Dance From Above

  • Dining

    August 10, 2006

    Samba by the Slice

    Dance From Above

  • Goods and Services

    May 12, 2005

    Best Automobile Accessories

    Ideal Automotive & Truck Accessories

  • Music

    March 10, 2005
  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Rick Springfield

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    No Jerry?

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    Shred for J.C.

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    Folk-Rock the Vote

    Self-righteous babe Ani DiFranco gets political in Pompano

  • Nightlife

    May 13, 2004
  • Dining

    January 8, 2004

    Crooning for Beef Balls

    The tune is only the start at this tomato-ey paradise

  • News

    January 1, 2004
  • Music

    October 30, 2003

    Whirlaway

    Pompano (self-released)

  • Music

    July 24, 2003

    Rancid

    Corporateering in the punk-rock wilderness of the Warped Tour

  • Nightlife

    May 15, 2003

    Best Venue for National Acts

    Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Scandal

    International Swimming Hall of Fame

  • News

    March 14, 2002
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