You know those Salt Life stickers you see everywhere? The idea for them, and the multimillion-dollar company apparel company they created came from Jacksonville. Salt Life, the company, began in the early 2000s with a group of friends with a passion for fishing, surfing, diving and anything involvi ... More >>
Lake Worth has long been a hotbed for civil disobedience and a mecca for activists, and this weekend some locals are helping organize a group of "womyn (transgender or cisgender), transgender men, and genderqueer & gender-variant people" (but no cisgendered men please!) from across th ... More >>
You've probably never seen North Atlantic Space Company live, considering they've only performed one and a half shows thus far. That small number totally doesn't mean that there aren't many more to come. When their group Sweet Bronco disbanded, guitarist Chris Horgan and drummer Steven ... More >>
Jose Fores said it perfectly when he wrote that The Dewars' "Toys Boise The Noise" makes us miss those two weirdos so much. St. Augustine is but a road trip away, but that's still about 272 miles from being able to watch their next move.Luckily, we already know the Pent Up Joy is still in the w ... More >>
St. Augustine Police DepartmentAmanda Rice Stevenson, 96, is charged with murder.Amanda Rice Stevenson is 96 years old.She also allegedly shot and killed her nephew last night by firing a round from a .357 Magnum into his chest.St. Augustine Police Department spokesman Mark Samson says the co ... More >>
Courtesy Walk for Tibet FloridaNorbu at the beginning of the walk in St. Augustine.It's no coincidence that Jigme Norbu was on his way to West Palm Beach when he was killed last week on State Road A1A. Norbu, nephew of the Dalai Lama and an activist for Tibetan independence, visited West Palm Bea ... More >>
Walk for Tibet FloridaNorbu at the start of the walk in St. Augustine.After a car accident killed Jigme Norbu as he walked down State Road A1A last week, his friends and supporters have continued their 300-mile walk for Tibetan independence along Florida's east coast. The group, which has been jo ... More >>
Youth Services InternationalLast year Thompson held a "Keep the Peace" event.Youth Services International, the for-profit operator of the juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines where teenagers allege they have been physically and sexually abused, has faced similar complaints at a lockup in S ... More >>
Before he was killed last night in the gathering darkness on State Road A1A, Jigme Norbu had walked or biked 7,800 miles to support his people in Tibet.Norbu, 45, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, lived in Indiana but traveled all over the country raising awareness about the suffering of the Tibetan p ... More >>
Nicole DannaRuth Berman and Mike Arra love beer. So much so that the two busy Boynton Beach-based chiropractors decided to make a second living out of it.How? By organizing beer vacations, of course.
Courtesy of Greensource Power Systems Inc.Shawn Hiester's companies have already earned millions from Pines.The founder of the private firm set to receive a controversial, no-bid outsourcing contract in the City of Pembroke Pines has a long history of raking in millions of dollars in business fro ... More >>
Free Video HostingCynthia Morrison may seem a typical 50-year-old woman; she lives in West Palm Beach and for 21 years she's worked in the automotive services industry. But Morrison has an alter ego with a taste for danger. The Great Cindini, as she calls herself, has lately enjoyed a fascination w ... More >>
Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>
Flickr: simplelogikThat's the kind of arsenal you need to get a jaw-full of Florida corruptionThe political scandals in Broward County have roused the Florida Commission on Ethics from its comatose state. An outfit derided as "toothless" is asking the Florida Legislature to give it a new set of c ... More >>
Let's look at the news on this Wednesday morningA terrifying number of references to "unidentified co-conspirators" in the information filed yesterday by the U.S. Attorney's office against Scott Rothstein. There's little question that he and his friends in the political, banking and legal communi ... More >>
Sheree Silver is the psychic who, for an episode of the TV series "Wife Swap" left Florida for a week to live with the Heene family in Colorado earlier this year. In that episode, which originally aired in the spring, Silver remarks on camera that the show will be her destiny. Still, she di ... More >>
Okay, St. Augustine is pretty damn far from here. And half of the bands on the Harvest of Hope festival bill, well, we've never heard of them. However, if you overwhelmed with a sense of loss after Langerado's cancellation, or just feel like a road trip, this one may be worth a look. A three-day pa ... More >>
Spanish roots go deep
What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.
What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.
Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.
Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.
Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.
Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.
Nine Inch Nails' latest is a breakthrough in Trent Reznor's personal therapy, but don't expect it to take you to his happy place.
Photographs by Harry Benson
Brief sketches of what's happening in the Broward art scene.
The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?
We really knew ya
Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! teaches female fisherfolk the basics
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
The Southwest Florida Folk and Blues Fest
The NRG 2000 East Coast Summer Tour
June 18 - 24, 1998
With politicians in its pocket and more than a few violations under its belt, SunCruz sails into a port near you
