New Times has an immediate opening for a layout editor. This person will produce sophisticated and vibrant layouts for the print and online versions of the paper, produce and supervise interactive and multimedia features for MiamiNewTimes.com and BrowardPalmBeach.com, organize and manage digital assets, and assist and support the art director…
Miss Cleo, the inimitable self-proclaimed television psychic, has died. TMZ reported this morning that Youree Harris, who became popular on the Psychic Readers Network, was in hospice care in Palm Beach County after suffering from cancer. She was 53 years old. Profiled by New Times in 2002, she was a…
Seven days after he slipped out of shackles and left the Broward County Courthouse through a back door, allegedly with the help of at least seven others, accused murderer Dayonte Resiles was marched back into the Fort Lauderdale jail not long before dawn this morning. Surrounded by a SWAT team…
John DeGroot is an eminent journalist, He not only was a city editor of the old Fort Lauderdale News, and Pulitzer finalist, but he was part of a team that won the coveted award that won the Pulitzer for fro Kent State shooting at the Akron Beacon Journal. Back when…
In a story titled “Pitbull leaves Miami Out of His Upcoming Tour” yesterday in Miami New Times, New Times Broward Palm Beach’s sister publication, ignorant freelance writer Dyllan Furness got it completyely and absolutely wrong. Furness pointed out that Mr. 305 is avoiding the 305 in his Bad Man Tour…
New Times Broward Palm Beach has an immediate opening for a part-time copyeditor. We’re looking for a technically savvy editor with superior language and research skills. The ideal candidate will be assertive, efficient and organized, and must thrive in a deadline-driven environment. InCopy and/or InDesign experience is preferred. Top applicants…
In a Gainesville Starbucks yesterday, former Lake Worth commissioner, activist, and all around straight talker Cara Jennings took on Governor Rick Scott. “You are an asshole Rick Scott,” she said as Scott bared an uncomfortable smile. . “Rich people like you don’t know what to do when poor people like…
If you missed the opening of Sweet Dillard at the Miami International Film Festival on Sunday, you made a big mistake. The documentary, by a cadre of South Florida Sun Sentinelers, tells the story of the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble. This is no small-time group. Started in…
Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach are looking for a part-time clubs listings editor. The job involves keeping track of bars and music in two of the most dynamic markets in the United States for our website. It involves mostly remote work, but presence in the office is…
Today”s primary vote in New Hampshire is all about the Jebster. The former Florida governor and fading presidential candidate is sunk if he doesn’t nail the New Hampshire race today — finishing at least in the top three. The right wing of the party has staged an interesting attack on…
C’mon you stinkin’ fickle fans. Go to the games. The Dolphins are done. The Marlins are “a joke,” according to one rival owner, The Heat is winning, but now faces about a million away games that will probably chip away at that solid record, But the Panthers — the best…
After Broward County Commissioners committed millions of dollars to bail out the Florida Panthers, the team is making bold new plans for the team, says Peter Luukko, the team’s executive chairman. Under the plan approved Tuesday, the Panthers will get $12 million in the next year. Taxpayers overall investment in…
Broward County Commissioners Tuesday agreed to pay millions for the financially challenged Florida Panthers to stay at the BB&T Arena. That is a bad idea. The team will get $12 million next year as part of an $86 million bailout. Commissioners were left with no good choices — because they still owe…
In the best weird news out of Florida category, the winner is this story out of Brevard County, about two hours north of Palm Beach.: Scott Hull, an 22year old man, apparently invited a buddy to go rip off some houses on November 12, according to the Space Coast Daily…
He’s there. Clearly. The kindly face. The mop of black hair. Those deep, dark eyes. He’s hopping. He’s hurt. A leg is busted. His arm swings like a pendulum as he’s tugged by a gun-slinging soldier past sticky rivulets of blood pouring down concrete steps. He’s a judge, one of…
Vice President Joe Biden, he of the thinning pate and big mouth, will be in South Florida today with a three-fold assignment: to push the Iran nuclear arms deal, to address Miami-Dade College, and garner money for U.S. Senate candidates. What he should be doing, though, is making a surprise…
A panel on Gamergate, the highly controversial debate over sexism and journalism in the video game world, had to be canceled Saturday after bomb threats. But planners of the panel at Little Havana’s Koubek Center, part of Miami-Dade College, didn’t skip a beat. They headed outside to the carport at…
Just two days before Christmas, in one of those delicious stories the internet was built for, the popular website Bleacher Report — and some guy (from Portland, Oregon!) named Tom Sunnergran, dropped a bomb on Heat small forward Danny Granger. “Danny Granger’s NBA Career Coming to a Swift and Painful…
(Update: Chaz Adams, Fort Lauderdale’s public affairs manager, sent the following response to this story: To clarify, the meeting was called by Commissioner Trantalis as a District 2 meeting and not coordinated with any other Commissioner or the Mayor. In addition, the meeting was not advertised, so if another Commissioner…
The Florida Supreme Court fired a shot across the bow of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel yesterday. In a 5-2 decision, the court ruled BSO cops had no right to stop and arrest Shawn Tracey, whom they stopped with a brick of cocaine and $23,000 cash. The court said police need…
Alan Cherry was a gruff son of a bitch. He was smart. Broward County politicians — particularly cops — quaked when they heard his name. Cherry died this past weekend. He was 64. I worked with Cherry long ago in a Sun Sentinel bureau in Pembroke Pines. Along with Ardy…
Uber, the controversial car service that has earned a cult following but irked cabdrivers nationwide, has arrived in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. On its website, the company announced UberX service starts today: “We’ve had an awesome time bringing safe, affordable and stylish transportation to the streets of Miami…
