Beginning about 2 a.m., we will experience a total eclipse of the moon. That means the entire moon — not just part of it — will be in the Earth’s shadow. Dr. Stephen Schiff, president of the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches, suggests going outside between 2 or 2:30…
Longtime senior pastor Bob Coy has resigned from popular Fort Lauderdale megachurch Calvary Chapel — which has a reported membership of 20,000 — for “moral failure.” Rumors swirled over the weekend about his departure, and suspicions grew as videos and mentions of Coy disappeared from the church website. On Sunday…
Brandon Day was a 22-year-old full-time student at Palm Beach State College who reportedly loved playing guitar and piano and gave out gentle hugs. On Wednesday night, deputies from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Andrea Nicole Alvira for killing Day, 22, in January. Police say that she was…
Florida Power & Light Co. has announced plans for a new voluntary, community-based, solar partnership pilot program. The voluntary program would include FPL installing new solar-powered generating facilities in Florida communities, including Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. But it would be funded by voluntary contributions from FPL customers –…
Former South Floridian Aaron Jackson began his career of philanthropy by deworming Haitian kids — for which he was first the subject of a New Times cover story and later named a CNN Hero. With his charity Planting Peace, he then went on to buy an “Equality House” in Topeka,…
All of the aerospace experts in the world cannot find a missing jetliner here on Earth, but the sun? That’s big. We can find it! Yesterday, NASA announced it had chosen a company — United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo. — to handle the launch of a solar orbiter…
If you’ve had a few too many green beers later tonight, keep those keys in your pocket and call AAA, which is offering free towing tonight for impaired drivers. The company’s “Tow to Go” program is offered throughout Florida and Georgia on big drinking holidays such as New Year’s and…
On Tuesday, Broward College adjunct professor Evan Rowe came out swinging against school administration by accusing it of paying poverty wages. Adjuncts can earn a max of $16,000 a year teaching a full load, he said. He threatened to organize a strike. Yesterday, the college responded, saying that it’s illegal…
Yesterday, Broward College adjunct professor Evan Rowe fired a warning signal when he announced via an article published in New Times that he is starting a union for adjunct faculty and may organize a strike. Adjuncts make up about 60 percent of BC’s teaching staff, and Rowe says the max…
Fort Lauderdale used to be the spring break capital of the world and still draws a hearty crowd, and Miami has Winter Music Conference coming up in two weeks, but if you’re a college kid making Palm Beach County your destination, ain’t no shame in it. Partiers have grown a…
Last night, a JetBlue flight headed from Boston to Fort Lauderdale had to land in Jacksonville because an unruly passenger was disrupting the flight. Witnesses on the flight say a man who claimed to be a U.S. serviceman screamed and tried to light a cigarette. Passengers and crew locked him…
Another day, another poorly thought-out article: Are Alt-Weeklies Over? That the New York Times published this drivel yesterday is proof the Gray Lady is just as “over” as any news outlet. Let’s get a few things straight…
On March 18, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., a store called Babalu Palm Beach will hold a cocktail party. Its purpose is to celebrate the smell of a candle. The candle costs $595…
This past September, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stole the national spotlight for a hot minute — OK, 21 hours — when he took over the Senate floor, giving a speech that included a full reading of Green Eggs and Ham. Cruz promised to filibuster to delay a vote on a…
Florida Power & Light could soon be allowed to run power lines through Everglades National Park. They would deliver power from Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points north. The National Park Service is accepting public input on the matter until March 18. Here’s the backstory, as explained by Matt…
Bitcoin is a nascent digital currency that people both love and fear. It can be easily transferred around the world but subverts established banks and monetary institutions. (We explained it here recently.) Proponents say Bitcoin can empower poor people in developing countries who don’t have access to banks and capital…
Yesterday, 80 environmental activists from Earth First! protested at the Juno Beach headquarters of Florida Power & Light. Their mission was to bring attention to a proposed power plant in Hendry County. But there’s another concern about FPL: possible problems at the nuclear plant in St. Lucie. Tubes inside generators…
Yesterday afternoon as traffic clogged the Dolphin Expressway in Miami, a woman jumped out of her car holding her 5-month-old nephew, who was having trouble breathing and turning blue. Right behind her in his car was Miami Herald photographer Al Diaz (famous for having taken this image of Elian Gonzalez,…
GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections) is the second-largest private prison company in the country. Guess where it gets a nice chunk of revenue? By taking kickbacks from the companies that put phone lines into its prisons. According to a letter it sent to the SEC, GEO Group received $608,108 in…
Max Jackson is a student at Florida Atlantic University. On October 21, 2012, he traveled to Miami to snap some shots of the Color Run — a race in which people get paint dumped on them along the course. It’s dubbed “The Happiest 5K on the Planet.” Jackson posted the…
It’s a very real possibility that Florida Power & Light could put power lines through Everglades National Park. These would bring power from the Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points northward. The only time to object in person is tonight, at a public meeting at Florida International University. Here’s…
On Saturday, Oprah Winfrey aired a segment about catching up with the family of Richard and Mayumi Heene, who were both prosecuted in Colorado in 2009 after they reported that their then-six-year-old son Falcon had flown away in a homemade flying saucer. Turned out, Falcon was hiding in the attic,…
