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Wellington

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Tupac Shakur and Other Rich Felons Who Bonded Out While Appealing Convictions (UPDATED)

    UPDATE 5/18: Goodman was released from jail this morning and is now home in Wellington.5/17: When polo mogul John Goodman goes home to Wellington to serve house arrest while appealing his conviction for DUI manslaughter, he will join a prestigious group of felons who had a similar luxury. As we note ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    Marco? Polo! (And Schwinn)

    UPDATE 5/18: Goodman was released from jail this morning and is now home in Wellington.5/17: When polo mogul John Goodman goes home to Wellington to serve house arrest while appealing his conviction for DUI manslaughter, he will join a prestigious group of felons who had a similar luxury. As we note ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Opens New Palm Beach County Clinic, Aims to Help Florida Teens Get a Clue

    Time to start dusting off those protest signs -- Planned Parenthood opened new digs in Wellington on Monday, and they want to bring your kids -- gasp! -- sexual education.Palm Beach County will have a total of three Planned Parenthood facilities after one in Lake Worth closes this summer, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    PBSO Deputy Patrick Burt Stalked His Ex With GPS, Police Say, and You Can Too

    Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Burt was arrested Monday and accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend by putting a GPS tracker on her car and hanging up signs at her workplace that call her current beau a "home wrecker and a cheater," according to the Sun-Sentinel.Police say he was on duty in Welli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Two 23-Year-Olds Die in Wellington Wrecks

    ​UPDATE, 3:41 p.m.: The original post had incorrect information about the first crash. It's been fixed, and comment from the PBSO has been added.Two 23-year-old men were killed in Wellington less than 12 hours apart, according to police.The first happened at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday -- James Duemi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Breaking: John Goodman Guilty on All Counts (UPDATED)

    ​A Palm Beach County jury this afternoon found Wellington polo mogul John Goodman guilty of DUI manslaughter, failure to render aid, and vehicular homicide. The conviction comes two years after Goodman sped through a stop sign in Wellington, causing a car crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Jury Expected to Begin Deliberating in John Goodman DUI Trial Today

    ​The jury has just received instructions for deliberating the fate of John Goodman, the Wellington polo mogul charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in the car accident that killed Scott Wilson two years ago. Closing arguments will take place this afternoon, and the jury will begin d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    John Goodman Trial: Some Reading Material While You Wait for the Verdict

    ​The jury in the murder trial of Wellington polo mogul John Goodman began deliberations earlier today. There's no telling how long it will take them to decide whether Goodman is guilty of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the car accident that killed Scott Wilson two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Opening Statements in John Goodman Trial Raise Important Questions About Getting Drunk

    ​Drinking games. They're superfun until you're sitting in a courtroom on trial for DUI manslaughter, trying to explain why you blew through a stop sign, slammed into another car with such force that it flipped into a drainage ditch, and left the driver to drown.But Wellington polo mogul John Goodm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 40 -- Chivito From Cilantro's

    As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 40: Chivito From Cilantro'sCalling the chivito a mere sandwich is like ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Woman Bashes Husband With Remote Control: Charged With "Battery With a Deadly Weapon."

    A would-be killer?​Massive props to to Cynthia Roldan, of the Palm Beach Post, for her courageous stoicism in the face of hilarity. Today, she straight-facedly reported the sad story of Rita Sharon Counts, a Wellington woman arrested Tuesday for assaulting her husband.Wait -- is that not funny? No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Inside the Smart for Life Baking Facility

    Photo by Devin DesjarlaisDr. Sasson Moulavi​​Ever wonder what it smells like standing outside of a diet-food-product facility? Right, neither did I. Until I was invited to take a tour of one. I figured it would probably smell a lot like plastic with a bit of money scent and a whiff of sadness. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Restaurant News: Total Wine To Open in Wellington, Marcello's La Sirena Reopens, Tokyo Blue Does Dinner Deal

    ​•    The 15th Total Wine & More in Florida should debut sometime late this year or early next in the space soon to be vacated by World Market in Wellington's Shoppes at Isla Verde. The gigabooze warehouse joins brethren in Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Fort L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Polo Mogul John Goodman, in Happier Times

    This week's New Times feature story is an in-depth look at John Goodman, the multimillionaire polo mogul accused of causing the fatal car accident that killed 23-year-old Wellington native Scott Wilson.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Weeks After Fatal Crash, John Goodman Attended Lakers Game in Miami

    Flickr user: Paolo CameraGoodman and his polo pals had a night out in Miami.​After allegedly causing a fatal, drunken car crash in February that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson, polo mogul John Goodman disappeared from Wellington for awhile.For three months, the multimillionaire founder of the Int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Morning Juice: John Goodman Jailed; West Palm Stripper Busted for Armed Robbery

    ​Here's what's news this morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Wellington polo mogul John Goodman is in a Palm Beach County jail this morning, charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the February crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. [Palm Beach Post]Construction ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Warren Newell Released to Local Halfway House, Looking for Honest-ish Work

    Newell's official county commissioner headshotLook out, workforce. He's back.​Warren Newell has made yet another awful, awful mistake.First, the former Palm Beach County commissioner pocketed half a million dollars in secret land deals. That's a no-no. In 2007, he pleaded guilty, earning himself f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Suit: Polo Owner Was Falling Down Drunk Night of Fatal Crash

    Lisa RabFlowers mark the site of the crash where Scott Wilson died.​John Goodman, the multimillionaire owner of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, was so drunk the night of a fatal car crash this February that he "fell down for no apparent reason,"  according to a lawsuit filed in Palm B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Vanilla Ice's New Venture: Condos for Car Junkies

    ​When we last left Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle, he was jumping a motorcycle over a monster truck filled with drunken fans. Now the man known to the world as Vanilla Ice is embarking on a quintessential South Florida venture: real estate. Always a lover of vintage cars -- he owns the '67 Cad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Morning Juice: Belle Glade Guards Snared in Federal Sting; Rothstein Partners Feeling Heat

    ​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach:It appears that yet another group of public employees walked right into a federal sting. This time, the suits were back in Palm Beach County, where the U.S. Attorney's office revealed that state corrections officers in Belle Glade agreed to transp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    There's No Cutting Back at Jason's Deli

    Photo by Riki Altman​It really sucks to have to scrimp and save. Let's face it -- the economy has made all of us cut back on our regular indulgences, and at least what I'm finding is that even when we don't aim to get less, we do anyhow. The same dishes I'm used to ordering now don't come with any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Morning Juice: Newly Released Evidence Adds to Intrigue to Two Unsolved Murder Cases

    ​The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday:Police in Rye Brook, New York, say that an anonymous letter they received in July contains details of the Ben Novack murder case that, during the subsequent investigation, have proven accurate. Among the claims: that the death of Novack's mother in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Morning Juice: Senseless Deaths in Both Counties; Colts Star Carries Haitian Flag

    ​A look at what happened over the weekend in South Florida;Neal Jacobson, the Wellington man who on Saturday admitted to murdering his wife and two sons, was still hospitalized Sunday, either from the complications of swallowing a bunch of pills or from the car crash that occurred after the murder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Wellington Man Dies in Van Accident on Day Before 21st Birthday

    The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office has just released the name of the man who was killed this morning in a one-vehicle accident on Perimeter Road in West Palm Beach. His name is Kyle Reese Chiet, a 20-year-old from Wellington who would have turned 21 tomorrow.According to the incident report, Chiet was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Wellington Man Dies in Car Accident, One Day Before 21st Birthday

    The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office has just released the name of the man who was killed this morning in a one-vehicle accident on Perimeter Road in West Palm Beach. His name is Kyle Reese Chiet, a 20-year-old from Wellington who would have turned 21 tomorrow.According to the incident report, Chiet was ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    Now Making Salsa: West Palm Mayors

    The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office has just released the name of the man who was killed this morning in a one-vehicle accident on Perimeter Road in West Palm Beach. His name is Kyle Reese Chiet, a 20-year-old from Wellington who would have turned 21 tomorrow.According to the incident report, Chiet was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2009

    Five Things Lou Dobbs Will Do With His Time In Florida

    flickr.comCNN's loss is probably NOT Florida's gain.​This week Lou Dobbs the last of the original CNN anchors, announced he was leaving the station and ending his show on that network to "go beyond the role here at CNN" and "engage in constructive problem solving."While this could mean many things ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2009

    Vanilla Ice Jumps a Monster Truck On a Motorcycle

    Yesterday morning, in a dirt lot off Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, I witnessed Vanilla Ice (real name Rob Van Winkle) jump over a jacked-up Monster Truck with about 10 people in the bed. Ice, who lives in Wellington and has ridden professionally, was on a buddy's dirtbike.This is not foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Pro Football Player From Pompano Beach Weathers Hardship in Home

    Flickr: hbs34Tyrone Carter, celebrating the Steelers' 2009 Super Bowl victory over the Arizona Cardinals​Where do you start with the Tyrone Carter story? Probably in Pompano Beach, where he was one of five children in a three-bedroom home, raised by his grandmother because his parents had drug pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Morning Juice: Cancer Cluster Claims Pet Lives; Foreclosures Mire the Courts

    ​On a chilly Monday morning, here's what's in the news in South Florida:A family that lives in The Acreage, where experts have been seeking to explain a cancer cluster, report that three different pets died of the same kind of cancer, hemangiosarcoma. [Palm Beach Post]Homicide detectives are inves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Virtual Reality Bites: SEC Files Suit Against Palm Beach County Company

    If you think about it, the investment scam is the ultimate virtual reality game: It gives its customers the extremely life-like sensation of getting rich, albeit at considerable cost. So why not offer virtual reality itself as an investment scam? Too late. Someone's already thought of it.The SEC is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    In Muslim Drag, Wellington Man Makes Escape From Dubai

    Flickr: gmdhHerve Jaubert (middle) was once the toast of Dubai's high society.​Sometimes you have to abandon questions of guilt and innocence and just admire the sheer audacity of a criminal suspect. Herve Jaubert is one of those cases.We told you about Jaubert, a resident of Wellington, a few wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Soul Food for Potential Soul Mate at Tom Jenkins' Bar-B-Q

    Photo by Flickr user Marshall Astor Food PornographerBarbecue: the perfect date tester.When it comes to both dating and dining, I generally try to keep an open mind. But there are some tenets I stick to like paper on a slightly melted Blow Pop.With regards to dating, I stay away from guys still marr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    South Florida Skunked on Best Towns List

    Flickr User: steve_barryThe sugar stacks skyline in Belle Glade did not impress Money Mag list-makers.Someone please tell Money Magazine that South Florida has not been swallowed by the ocean (yet). How else could the editors not name a single town in this region to its list of the best towns to liv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Man and Beast: Temps Rise, Tempers Flare

    Kitten terrorizes Wellington teensThe heat index climbed over 110 last month and we've had more rain than you could shake a wet cat at -- two factors likely to get everybody feeling ornery. Judging from the number of weird animal incidents this week, that includes our furry, feathered, and scaled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Will It Ever Stop? Yo, I Hope So.

    Now that MC Hammer has his own reality show, you just knew the Vanilla Ice cameo was soon to follow. The Wellington white boy man makes his appearance on this Sunday's third episode for a "huge concert" in the only state white enough to fill a stadium for the show: Utah.But hey, this act works bette ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Escape the Financial Apocalypse - on Craig's List

    We thought the category "Housing Swap" on Craig's List used to be for people looking to swap spaces over holiday breaks. Thanks to this awful housing market, however, swapping has become a permanent solution for folks who need to move but can't sell. For instance, some dude in Minneapolis wants to m ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 6, 2008

    A Good Chef Is Hard to Find

    It's election season: Stephen Asprinio needs your vote

  • Calendar

    May 8, 2008

    Treat Your Special Lady Nice

    It's election season: Stephen Asprinio needs your vote

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    Every Damn Time

    It's election season: Stephen Asprinio needs your vote

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    draftdraft

    It's election season: Stephen Asprinio needs your vote

  • Dining

    October 13, 2005

    Come Sail Away

    On the MS Zuiderdam, we are what we eat

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Mold Your Horses

    On the MS Zuiderdam, we are what we eat

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Subtropical Spin

    Sound of Adrenaline (EC Records)

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    Beatcomber

    Rocker Mom

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2004

    Smart Art

    Rocker Mom

  • Dining

    September 9, 2004

    Cabana Fever

    Rocker Mom

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Out of Touch

    You press the screen. The machine tells you that your vote has been counted. But how can you be sure?

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Deep Roots

    The wide and welcoming branches of the baobab beckon our humble scribe

  • Dining

    January 29, 1998

    Foodstuff

    The wide and welcoming branches of the baobab beckon our humble scribe

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