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Port Everglades

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Kate Gosselin At Sea: Buffet With Kate Plus Eight?

    ​Here's a suggestion for those of you wondering where you should spend your summer vacation -- how about a wonderful cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas?  This mega-ship sails out of Port Everglades and boasts Top Chef Texas alum Molly Brandt as chef de cuisine of its exclusive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Express Ferry Offering High-Speed Boat Trips to Bahamas From Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades

    Hate flying? Lost your yacht in the recession? But sure as hell would love a decent rum runner and a handmade straw hat?If so, you are so in luck, because a new boat called the Bahamas Express Ferry is about to start high-speed service from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas. A massiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    BSO Corruption Case Ends With Slap on the Wrist, Despite Continued Danger at the Port

    Firefighters at Port Everglades need a new hose and pump system to fight potential oil tank fires like this one, but the purchasing of the system has been plagued with problems.​If you're like most people and you don't watch a lot of local TV news, then you probably missed Carmel Cafiero's fine re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    The Maltese Falcon, the World's Largest Floating Metaphor for the Financial Collapse, to Sail Into Port Everglades

    The Maltese Falcon stands for something, and it's something you can't afford.​Sometime this week, a giant, floating, three-masted metaphor will arrive in Port Everglades. Specifically, it's the Maltese Falcon, one of the world's largest and most expensive private boats. The 289-foot ship is every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Embattled Stacy Ritter Back on the Fundraiser Trail

    Cal Deal Wild Art: Sheriff Al Lamberti at a pill mill protest Friday at the Galleria in Fort Lauderdale. Also pictured: Broward Commissioners Chip LaMarca (left of Lamberti) and Kristin Jacobs (far right). Thanks to Cal Deal for the photo. ​Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter may be in t ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2011

    Shroud Eater Beats the Hell Out of Metal's Female Stereotypes

    Cal Deal Wild Art: Sheriff Al Lamberti at a pill mill protest Friday at the Galleria in Fort Lauderdale. Also pictured: Broward Commissioners Chip LaMarca (left of Lamberti) and Kristin Jacobs (far right). Thanks to Cal Deal for the photo. ​Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter may be in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Allure of the Seas Crew Member Murdered on Stopover in Mexico

    ​In mid-November, the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home in Port Everglades to throngs of cheering fans. Soon it embarked on its maiden voyage, a cruise of the Caribbean -- including a stop at Labadee, Haiti, an isolated hamlet just miles from the cholera and destruction of Port-a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    All Aboard Dania's $13 Million Freight Ship Simulator

    Entering Ketchikan at daybreak.​The most exciting thing in Dania Beach -- not counting jai-alai -- is probably the officers' training facility at the headquarters of American Maritime Officers (AMO), a merchant marine union providing the crew for freight and military ships around the world.In 1991 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Burial at Sea Backfires After Corpse Surfaces

    FlickrBurial at sea: One of those things the Navy's better at.​Daniel Lasky's dead body was dumped in the sea, but not because he was murdered -- though that's what investigators first feared.Rather, the 63-year-old Lasky died of Lou Gehrig's disease last week and was given a burial at his sea by ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 29, 2009

    The Art & Culture Center's Exhibition of Public Art May Piss Off More People Than It Pleases..

    FlickrBurial at sea: One of those things the Navy's better at.​Daniel Lasky's dead body was dumped in the sea, but not because he was murdered -- though that's what investigators first feared.Rather, the 63-year-old Lasky died of Lou Gehrig's disease last week and was given a burial at his sea by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2009

    Amid National Recession, There's Nothin' Like Titanic Luxury

    Don't call it the Titanic, but there's a new history-making ship soon to make a posh premiere in Fort Lauderdale. On December 1, Royal Caribbean's $1.2 billion, 5,400 passenger Oasis of the Seas will cruise out of Port Everglades. Nearly four football fields long, boasting 18 decks, with a crew of 2 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Broward, You Photograph Well

    Don't call it the Titanic, but there's a new history-making ship soon to make a posh premiere in Fort Lauderdale. On December 1, Royal Caribbean's $1.2 billion, 5,400 passenger Oasis of the Seas will cruise out of Port Everglades. Nearly four football fields long, boasting 18 decks, with a crew of 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Lighthouse Point Man Survives, Thrives in Thrillsport at Age 55

    That's the view from within the cockpit of Steve David's hydroplane. And that flying yellow thing at the three-second mark is a near-death experience: another hydroplane that flipped right over him. That happened at a race on Washington state's Columbia River in 2006, which is the fastest hydroplane ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Sheriff Makes Questionable Purchase from Campaign Contributor

    Photo courtesy Mike Jachles/Broward Sheriff's OfficeBroward County Sheriff Al Lamberti held a press conference yesterday to show off his department's newest and trendiest purchase: four tiny Smart cars that will zip around Fort Lauderdale International Airport and Port Everglades. TV stations and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Dubious Port Tank Deal A Bernie Friedman Special?

    A county selection committee today chose a Brazillian firm called Cepemar Environmental Services to take over the tank field at Port Everglades. It's a big deal -- and already reeks of undue influence by a key lobbyist.      The firm, represented by lobbyist Bernie Friedma ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 15, 2008

    Black Beans and Rice

    MOA's Cuban show is an edgy but comfortable mix of Calle Ocho and New Havana

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    See Cows?

    Somebody Bad Stole the Manatees

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Note From The State Attorney's Office

    Somebody Bad Stole the Manatees

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    Ten Seconds to Eternity

    Can Jack Bauer escape certain death from an oncoming tanker?

  • Culture

    July 27, 2006

    Escape From Sterility

    It ain't Florence or Oaxaca, but at least Broward has a few eye-catching pieces of public art.

  • Culture

    May 4, 2006

    Lauderpocalypse Now

    The script of "Invasion of the Beach" passion play is getting a little worn around the edges.

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Smokin' Hot

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Out in the Styx

    Aging bands + offbeat venues = interesting concerts

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2005

    Seal the 7th

    Aging bands + offbeat venues = interesting concerts

  • Nightlife

    May 12, 2005

    Best Place to Meet Single Men

    Fort Lauderdale Beach During Fleet Week

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Sweethearts on Parade

  • Dining

    September 2, 2004

    Manila Thrilla

    Sweethearts on Parade

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Passing Gas

    Planned pipelines threaten fragile coral formations

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    A Hill of Beans

    Planned pipelines threaten fragile coral formations

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    Part and Particle

    Space-rock soloing can't detract from Particle's dance-party bliss

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Poontang Ahoy!

    Sailors seek, um, companionship on Himmarshee

  • Culture

    August 14, 2003

    Plop Art

    When politicians and bureaucrats play curator, the art stinks

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    No Fare

    A crusading cabbie, an ambiguous law, capitalism at work

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 15, 2003

    Best Boating

    Hillsboro Inlet

  • Music

    May 1, 2003

    Simone Says

    Remembering Nina's last South Florida stand

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    Retrograde Orbit

    Once a Winn-Dixie, always a Winn-Dixie?

  • Foodstuffs

    May 17, 2001
  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Undercurrents

    A nightclub in the fast lane, a newspaper in the slow one, and a Brazilian with his thumb out

  • Best of BPB

    May 11, 2000
  • News

    March 30, 2000

    A Fishy Bit of Environmentalism

    Local fishermen say a proposed ban on fishing around Broward's coral reefs is a ploy by diving promoters to build business

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Having a little pun

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    An Inflamed Defection

    Port Everglades firefighters say they have no intention of joining Broward County's larger force

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Port Everglades firefighters say they have no intention of joining Broward County's larger force

  • Best of BPB

    March 11, 1999

    Best Political Battle

    John Rodstrom vs. Scott Cowan

  • Dining

    January 21, 1999

    Welcome to the Club

    John Rodstrom vs. Scott Cowan

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Loose Lips Sell Ads

    A salty new magazine, Dockwalk, tells the real stories about life in Broward's booming yacht business

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Undercurrents

    A salty new magazine, Dockwalk, tells the real stories about life in Broward's booming yacht business

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Waging War Off the Port Bow!

    Port Everglades pilots are fighting to retain power and a first-class wage

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Letters

    Port Everglades pilots are fighting to retain power and a first-class wage

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 2-8, 1998

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