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Tamarac

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Man Goes on Broward Asian-Food Burglary Spree (VIDEO)

    A rock-wielding burglar broke into five Chinese restaurants in one night, according to police, who suspect him in "at least" 15 other burglaries.Surveillance footage shows the man using a rock to smash the restaurants' glass doors, then taking all the cash (and coins) out of the registers and, in tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Tamarac Traffic Lights Aren't Working; Try Not to Crash

    Just a heads-up for those of you venturing west -- police say a power outage has knocked out traffic lights along North University Drive in Tamarac.Busted traffic lights should be treated as a four-way stop, though don't count on everybody to do it -- between texting, grubbin' on McDonald's fries, a ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 12, 2012

    "Snow White Trash" at Infinite Abyss: A Grimm Fairy Tale Gets a Tawdry Face-Lift in This Uninspired Comedy

    Just a heads-up for those of you venturing west -- police say a power outage has knocked out traffic lights along North University Drive in Tamarac.Busted traffic lights should be treated as a four-way stop, though don't count on everybody to do it -- between texting, grubbin' on McDonald's fries, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Tornado Spotted in Broward County (Video)

    southernhoopty.comNo tigers were involved in the tornado.​A tornado -- yes, a tornado -- touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Laud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    South Florida Cops Have Been Looking for Credit Card Thief for Nearly a Decade

    Coral Springs PD​If you've had your credit card stolen in the past nine-or-so years, it's possible that it's the guy cops across South Florida are looking for -- because he's apparently been doing it and evading police for nearly a decade.Coral Springs police released a new surveillance photo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Democrats Honor Criminally Charged Politico With "Emeritus" Position

    The Kings Point Condos have long been a tumor on Broward County's body politic. The Democratic-voter-packed condo complex for the elderly is in the heart of Tamarac -- and Tamarac, of course, is a nest of bribe takers that has recently become the corruption capital of not only Broward but also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Why Did Stacy Ritter Appoint Les Stracher To Powerful Planning Council?

    Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter, shortly after voting in favor of the controversial housing project being pushed by dirty developers Bruce and Shawn Chait, appointed the husband of  the Chaits' chief political consultant to the Broward County Planning Council. In early 2007, Ritte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2011

    70-year-old Woman Charged With Stalking Priest

    Broward County Sheriff's Office​When you think of stalkers, generally it conjures images of creepy, perverted men, potential serial killers and the occasional lovelorn teenager - but certainly not grandmas.That's why you might be surprised to hear about the 70-year-old woman from Tamarac who was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Rick Scott Does Something Good. Yeah, I Said It

    Model Citizen Scott deserves a hand today. ​Rick Scott's move to force government employees to contribute to their pensions (like everyone else) and drop the horrid DROP triple-dipping program is flat-out wonderful. It's high time someone derailed the gravy train that government ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Red, White and Kosher Wine Pairing at Temple Beth Torah

    Flickr/Isante Wine Dinner​If childhood memories of tasting Maneshewitz Concord Grape at Passover Seder have tramautized you for life against kosher wine, give them another chance. Both you and kosher wines have grown up since your Bar Mitzvah. Just about every kind of wine, from Chardonnays ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Dirty Developers Sue City; Ritter on Diplomat Tab: "I Don't Remember"

    Bruce and Shawn Chait paid off a who's who of Broward County public officials to get government approvals for their controversial housing development on two golf courses in Tamarac. ​The father-and-son team bought since-imprisoned Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion a golf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2010

    Fail Ceasar!

    Mitch Ceasar's political palace is falling apart. The Democratic Chairman lost big on Election Day. Broward laid down for the Republican push on Tuesday, with voter turnout in the supposed Democratic powerhouse county a meager 40 percent -- eight point under the state avera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Little Guys Beat Wayne Huizenga

    If you seen Wayne Huizenga this weekend, be nice to the guy. Our local mogul took a bad beating on Election Day. ​No he wasn't backing Alex Sink -- he put a lot of money into helping to elect Rick Scott to the governor's mansion, including $100,000 into Scott's PAC, Let's Get To Work (I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Trapeze Swingers Club Needs Judge for What's Sure to be Fairly Sexy Costume Contest

    Sorry, not sexy enough.​If you like the swingers lifestyle, if you've got an eye for costumes, and if you're kind of a big deal, then you might just be the person Trapeze is looking for.The swanky Tamarac swingers' club is looking for a judge for its 12th-annual costume contest Friday night. The o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2010

    Commissioner Ritter's Bunker Mentality

    Stacy Ritter seems to be retreating deeper and deeper into perhaps the only place that takes her seriously as a politician anymore. No it's not her bedroom closet, but a place even more suspended from the real world, a place where voter ignorance isn't a problem but a path to victory.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Morning Juice: Probation for Stacy Ritter's Pop; Prosecutors Wary of Traveling Salesman

    ​The local news for Friday morning:Five years of probation is the sentence for Ed Portner, former Tamarac commissioner, for pulling a gun on his daughter, Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter, at her Parkland home last October. That whole episode seems to me like it was some bizarre dream that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Riverwalk Trust Reveals Burger Battle Trophy

    Photo by Scott Barfield​It would've been easy to assume that the trophy for Riverwalk Trust's Burger Battle on June 4 would be a simple trophy-store special, with a baseball player replaced by a plastic hamburger. Yeah, no. Instead, the Riverwalk Trust commissioned Tamarac artist George Gadson to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Tamarac Resident LeRoy Browne: You CAN Fight City Hall

    The potential view from Paradise?​Tamarac homeowner LeRoy Browne moved from Washington D.C. to Paradise Estates in the 1980s because he was looking for, well, Paradise. But now his heavenly retreat is threatened: Browne's house sits directly on a golf course that the city wants to rezone. The plan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Morning Juice: Positive Prognosis for Deerfield Girl; Corruption Trial Begins for Salesman

    ​Let's see what's happening this week in South Florida:Doctors are sounding an optimistic tone about the condition of Josie Lou Riley, the 15-year-old girl who was beaten nearly to death last week by a classmate at Deerfield Beach Middle School. [Miami Herald]Fitzroy Salesman goes to trial for wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Morning Juice: Mysterious Backpack in the Novack Murder Case; Trash Clash Tonight in Sunrise

    ​Here's what's happening this Tuesday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:John Goodman, the Wellington polo patron who ran a stop sign earlier this month and killed another driver, had a cocaine habit, according to the divorce filings by his former wife. [Palm Beach Post]Narcy Novack, widow of slain ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    Broward County Commissioners Face Questions About Shady Deals

    ​Here's what's happening this Tuesday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:John Goodman, the Wellington polo patron who ran a stop sign earlier this month and killed another driver, had a cocaine habit, according to the divorce filings by his former wife. [Palm Beach Post]Narcy Novack, widow of slain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Anticuchos From Taurus Steakhouse

    ​ As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Scamster Strikes in Tamarac

    Sketch courtesy Broward Sheriff's Office​On January 14, Barbara Patrick of Beechfern Circle in Tamarac heard a knock. She opened the door to see a polite, well-dressed stranger -- he looked like the guy in the drawing on the right. We'll let the BSO release take it from here.The tall, slender visi ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    The Most Offensive People of 2009: Scott Rothstein, Dalia Dippolito, and Jimmy Buffett

    Sketch courtesy Broward Sheriff's Office​On January 14, Barbara Patrick of Beechfern Circle in Tamarac heard a knock. She opened the door to see a polite, well-dressed stranger -- he looked like the guy in the drawing on the right. We'll let the BSO release take it from here.The tall, slender visi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Morning Juice: Crist Talks Rothstein; Cops Charged in Riviera Beach

    ​It's Friday. If you are not hung over from your holiday party, then I offer my grudging congratulations. Here are the headlines:Those of you who suspected Scott Rothstein was a crook before he got busted, well, you must have a "crystal ball." So says Gov. Charlie Crist, who would like to borrow t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Bad Breath Bandit in Broward

    Photobucket Take a swig Broward bandit... for our sake, please.​Broward police are looking for a bandit with "notably bad breath" who stuck up a bank in Tamarac Monday. The man, definitely not armed with Listerine, robbed the TD Bank, asking a teller to fill a trick or treat bag, while mot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Victim Identified in Deadly Tamarac Fire

    Daniel Arnodo, a 26-year-old from Coral Springs, was one of the two people killed Sunday morning in a fire that erupted in his home in the Shaker Village subdivision just north of Commercial Boulevard.The other fatality is a woman, but Broward Sheriff's Office investigators aren't going to name her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Free Rider Problem: Will Tamarac Program Succeed Where Paris' Failed?

    Flickr: aptronymRental bikes in Paris​This Thursday, Tamarac residents will be able to hop on a bike for free, then take it for a spin, all at the expense of Humana, a health-care corporation that's out to encourage bicycle riding as an alternative to driving cars. But "Freewheelin," a program tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Another Lazy Bank Robber; Nickname Needed

    Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's Office​Fortunately, they're enabled by very lazy bank tellers. Just when we finally nab the withdrawal bandit, South Florida has a new and even more complacent serial thief, who has yet to be formally nicknamed. Above, that's him from his Halloween heist. We'll wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Morning Juice: Adventures in Bad Parenting

    Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.​Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Another Reason You Should Visit Grandma More Often

    Photo by jessicafm​So the sweet old lady can call bullshit on the Canadian con men who have been targeting Tamarac seniors, according to Broward Sheriff's Office:Scam artists working out of Canada are contacting seniors and pretending to be their "Grandchildren". These scammers state that they are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Tamarac Woman Takes Her Own Life to Avoid Eviction

    Heather Newnam's photo from her Twitter account.Here's a story that brings home just how morbid this housing crisis can be: Heather Newnam of Tamarac shot herself yesterday instead of letting cops evict her for failing to pay her rent.It's a depressing tale, but perhaps what's more depressing is rea ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    The State Investigates Broward Commissioner Joe Eggelletion's Country Club Membership

    Heather Newnam's photo from her Twitter account.Here's a story that brings home just how morbid this housing crisis can be: Heather Newnam of Tamarac shot herself yesterday instead of letting cops evict her for failing to pay her rent.It's a depressing tale, but perhaps what's more depressing is rea ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 14, 2009

    Hong Kong City BBQ

    Heather Newnam's photo from her Twitter account.Here's a story that brings home just how morbid this housing crisis can be: Heather Newnam of Tamarac shot herself yesterday instead of letting cops evict her for failing to pay her rent.It's a depressing tale, but perhaps what's more depressing is rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    One-Minute Review: Hong Kong City BBQ

    Reopened under the aegis of a new family and staff last year after the previous owner, Ray Ng, was shot during a robbery, this 18-year-old Hong Kong-style restaurant in a Tamarac strip mall remains essentially unchanged, much to the relief of local foodies addicted to their pan-fried noodles. The au ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Sun-Sentinel Reporters Cut Off At Courthouse

    Things are tough all over at the Sun-Sentinel. Fresh off the Pulp transom (dailypulp@yahoo.com) is an email sent from the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts to Sun-Sentinel reporters. Apparently the bankrupt Tribune Co. hasn't been paying for court records, so the clerk had enough. Until th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Lauderdale Votes for Non-Obama Candidates, Democracy Ignored in Non-Twitter Format

    Voters in Fort Lauderdale will elect a mayor and an entire city council today, while over in Fort Myers, President Obama is speaking. Approximately four dozen or so Fort Lauderdale residents are expected to turn temporarily away from their Twitter accounts to vote, and, oh, over on the west coast, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Recession-Proof Job: Lawyering for Plaxico Burress

    A wide receiver adept at catching passes in traffic isn't very good at driving a car in it. At least not according to a Tamarac woman who says the suspended New York Giant and Lighthouse Point resident Plaxico Burress rear-ended her while he was driving on the Florida Turnpike. Compared to Burress' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Morning Juice: Kids Forced to Buy Beer at Gas Stations, Rare Woman with Two Homes Found, Box Home Better Than Condo

    Banned from Clubs, Kids Buy Beer Again in front of HessPalm Beach County has made it illegal for anybody under 21 to get into alcohol-serving night clubs. Now I know what you're probably saying, "Get your hands off my Bud Lite Lime, old man." But this new ordinance passed yesterday is actually good ... More >>

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Letters for April 26-May 2, 2007

    Banned from Clubs, Kids Buy Beer Again in front of HessPalm Beach County has made it illegal for anybody under 21 to get into alcohol-serving night clubs. Now I know what you're probably saying, "Get your hands off my Bud Lite Lime, old man." But this new ordinance passed yesterday is actually good ... More >>

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Dolphin Silver Linings

    That 1-6 Record Is Not So Bad. Think Positive!

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Driving While Demented

    A black man is killed by an 81-year-old white driver, and she's pretty happy about it.

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    That Fishy Smell

    Slooow Wins the Race in Boca

  • Culture

    June 10, 2004

    Now Showing

    Slooow Wins the Race in Boca

  • Culture

    June 3, 2004

    Stagebeat

    Slooow Wins the Race in Boca

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 13, 2004

    Best Bowling Alley

    Don Carter University Lanes

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Letters for March 7, 2002

    Lighten up, Jeff

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Letters for January 10, 2002

    Under the Microscope

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2000

    Courtroom Dramatics

    Shear Madness

  • Foodstuffs

    March 11, 1999

    Best Expensive Italian Restaurant

    Antonello

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