A voting horror story: If you live in Florida, you probably have one. An editor at the Sun Sentinel does. And a cursory scroll through Facebook shows that so do a lot more of you. Below are a few rants posted shortly after poll-closing time. Add yours!…
Friendly service reminder — There are three things you should do today: 1. Move your clocks back an hour and get an extra hour of sleep partying in! Daylight savings time is ovah at 2.a.m! (OK technically this is “tomorrow” not “tonight.”) It begins again Sunday, March 15, 2015 at…
New Times is seeking a freelance arts writer to contribute a weekly column about the arts scene in Broward County and to write for special issues like our annual Arts & Eats guide and Best Of Broward-Palm Beach edition. Ideally, applicants will be familiar with the county’s longtime arts institutions…
New Times is seeking a freelance arts writer to contribute a weekly column about the arts scene in Broward County and to write for special issues like our annual Arts & Eats guide and Best Of Broward-Palm Beach edition. Ideally, applicants will be familiar with the county’s longtime arts institutions…
This past spring, New Times published a cover story detailing widespread sexual abuse in competitive swimming. The story detailed many Florida connections, including allegations about one Fort Lauderdale coach who was accused of videotaping boys in a bathroom but was barely investigated. Now, California Congressman George Miller has asked the…
Correction, October 21, 10:50 a.m. : The Bradenton Herald endorsed Rick Scott. This article has been corrected to reflect that. Nearly every major newspaper in Florida has endorsed Charlie Crist for governor this week. The endorsements began with the Tampa Bay Times weighing in last weekend and the Miami Herald…
The debate moderator called it an “extremely peculiar situation.” ThinkProgress called it “The Absolute Weirdest Thing Ever to Happen at a Political Debate.” Tonight’s gubernatiorial debate was stalled for seven minutes while Rick Scott initially refused to come onstage because Charlie Crist had an electric fan under the podium. For…
Update, 7:08 p.m.: Airport spokesperson Greg Meyer said “Frontier is reaching out to their passengers. Nothing to add from our side at this time.” He also provided a copy of airport protocols should a plane land with a passenger potentially infected with Ebola. It is copied at the end of…
By Michelle de Carion Correction: The original version of this story identified Speck as a traffic engineer. He is a city planner. A city planner writing in The Atlantic minces no words when he accuses the Florida Department of Transportation of the “greatest pedestrian massacre in U.S. history.” FDOT and…
Tommy Rosen is pretty smokin’ hot, so it’s hard to imagine him as a scraggly, cigarette-smoking, drug-addicted Deadhead. But the 47-year-old abused substances from the age of 13 and later suffered from a major gambling problem. Most of us have some kind of addiction that’s holding us back, Rosen points…
For Florida’s upcoming November elections, most of the buzz has been about Amendment 2 — the proposal that would legalize medical marijuana via an amendment to the state constitution. But there’s another proposed amendment on the ballot — one that would dedicate funds for conservation projects. Every time a person…
Update 8:30 a.m. Monday: According to a statement by Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, the initial test by the Department of Heath came back negative. A second test is being sent to the CDC. A teenager from West Africa is being tested for Ebola after exhibiting flu-like symptoms Sunday afternoon…
This item was contributed by Deerfield Beach blogger/activist Chaz Stevens. New Times obtained an exclusive copy of the Broward Inspector General’s Office (OIG 14-01) Preliminary Report: Misconduct by Deerfield Beach Mayor Jean Robb. This 22-page document “established probable cause to believe that Mayor Robb engaged in acts of ethical misconduct,”…
A civil lawsuit filed last week in Palm Beach County claims that since June 20, 2010, Riviera Beach police have been waging “a campaign of terror and harassment” against resident James Terry in violation of his liberty and property rights.” His attorney, Craig Lawson, says police have been harassing Terry…
Today, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, along with law enforcement and drug addiction specialists, will announce the results of an initiative to collect unused prescription medicine. But whether that medicine was baby laxative or oxycodone, they don’t know, because no one tracked the drug types…
There’s no better proof of a cartoon’s success than when it gets made into a Halloween costume (see: Spider-Man, Hulk, etc.). And if it gets made into a sexy Halloween costume, that’s a special kind of achievement (Sailor Moon, Catwoman, Sexy Gumby). This year, a costume company called Yandy has…
Ah, Spirit Airlines. Love them for making you feel like jetting away is within your financial reach; hate them for the poor service, the tagged-on baggage charges, and the walk of shame you have to do emerging from their terminal instead of Virgin Atlantic’s. Several plaintiffs had filed a federal…
For 12 years, Michael Schwam worked throughout Florida for Anthem Education, a for-profit college. But this spring, he knew “something was wrong, big-time.” Students were telling the regional vice president there were no books available for their classes. A student complained about taking a hair-coloring class, but there were no…
For 12 years, Michael Schwam worked throughout Florida for Anthem Education, a for-profit college. But this spring, he knew “something was wrong, big-time.” Students on campus were telling the regional vice president there were no books available for their classes. A student complained about taking a hair-coloring class where there…
Tonight, Fort Lauderdale city commissioners will vote on two ordinances: one which that would ban camping downtown, and another that would ban panhandling in many city locations. This past spring, the city passed an ordinance that allows police to confiscate homeless people’s belongings, and another that strengthened a law against…
Last month, cyclist Luis Escobar died after colliding with a car during a weekly group ride in Weston. At the time of his death, fellow cyclists speculated that he might have had a heart attack first, and then collided with the car. A medical examiner’s report concludes that Escobar, 5,…
One of the coolest parts of Fort Lauderdale is its man-made finger islands off of Las Olas Boulevard. They offer easy access to downtown, amazing water views of the city’s famous canals, and a quick walk to the beach. For years, savvy renters could find amazing deals here — cheap…
