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The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm.  

It's Daylight Savings: Lose an Hour, Get a Free Krispy Kreme Doughnut

Forget what the calendar says -- spring has sprung. Well, at least daylight savings time is back. That means the on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. you're going to lose one hour of much needed sleep when you move your clocks forward. We suggest taking your bleary, tired self to Krispy Kreme in Tamarac ... More >>

Tampa Bay Brewing Company Tap House Grand Opening Party Tonight in Coral Springs

There is a new brewpub in Broward, the Tampa Bay Brewing Company Tap House in Coral Springs, and they are hosting their grand opening party tonight.The festivities begin at 7 p.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by the Celebrity Mug Club auction, where staff will be auctioning off mugs and ... More >>

Rick Scott and Joe Abruzzo Challenge the NCAA to Arm Wrestling Match

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e. picnic, lightening.)

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Power Rank Friday: DUI Busts, Crank Profs, and More Anus Tattoo, Please

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., walking down South Beach last Monday night, calculating the ratio of weeping Irishmen compared with redneck testicl ... More >>

Free Doughnuts at Krispy Kreme Tamarac Grand Opening

Tamarac has something hot and sweet to look forward to when Krispy Kreme opens this Wednesday, November 14.The bakery/doughnut shop turns on its "hot light" at 6 a.m. Wednesday at Sunshine Plaza (4299 West Commercial Boulevard). Make plans to get there early for some great giveaways.

Early Voting Places in Broward County and Palm Beach County

Voting. It's your civic duty. It's your right as an American. It's a big pain in the butt in your busy life. The good news is early voting got kicked off in Florida over the weekend, and runs through November 3rd. Which means, you can now stop complaining about politicians on blog comment boards a ... More >>

Krispy Kreme Opening in Tamarac, Hiring For 50 Full- and Part-Time Jobs

There are few scents more seductive than that of fresh donuts coming into being. Chanel should think about bottling it.Soon that scent will be coming to Tamarac in the form of a new Krispy Kreme location. Not every Krispy Kreme shop actually makes its doughnuts. In fact, in South Florida, only two l ... More >>

Robert Budhoo, Electrical Worker From Tamarac, Missing After MDC Garage Collapse

According to Miami-Dade Police, a third person has died following yesterday's horrific collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College's West Campus in Doral.Police say their mission is now a recovery effort and report that a construction worker, Robert Budhoo of Tamarac, is missing beneath the r ... More >>

On Strike at the Pajama Factory

Three Broward County Charter Schools Close Their Doors

According to the Broward School District, three charter schools will be permanently closing, leaving a whole lot of kids in the lurch. Eagle Charter Academy and SMART Charter School in Lauderdale Lakes say that their governing boards had voted to voluntarily terminate charter contracts with the Sch ... More >>

Pho Vi Brings the Vietnamese Craze to Pedestrian-Friendly Downtown Hollywood

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Pho Vi Brings the Vietnamese Craze to Pedestrian-Friendly Downtown Hollywood

This week's restaurant review is about Pho Vi, a Vietnamese restaurant that opened in March in downtown Hollywood. In the past few years, Vietnamese cuisine has exploded on the contemporary food scene, thanks in large part to a filling and fun-to-eat dish called pho -- beef broth and noodle soup th ... More >>

Kenneth Goldstein, 86, Kills Wife, Himself in Tamarac

Police are still investigating the details, but they said yesterday evening that an "ailing" 82-year-old woman found shot to death in her Tamarac home was killed by her 86-year-old husband, who then killed himself.Someone police described as "the couple's caretaker" heard gunshots shortly before 6 a ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Broward County Commissioners Face Questions About Shady Deals

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Hong Kong City BBQ

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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