We liked this one for the judicious use of indoor furniture and the commitment to xeriscaping: As you can see there isn’t much lawn here, and presumably the statuary doesn’t require more than the twice weekly waterings allowed by the city. Drought tolerant plants like cactus and succulents complete the…
Here we are in the dog days of August, an excellent time to do a little summer re-reading. On the Juice’s beachside reading list is the Grand Jury Report released in 2007 on the “Pay to Play” scandal in West Palm Beach. A Grand Jury was convened three years ago,…
Like many who ask, “What is Fort Lauderdale”? we at Juice have answer for you. It is beautiful foreclosure capital, playground of good deals for opportunity investment. Indeed, some have called “Venice of America” this place because (in addition to canals, beaches, and boats,) Fort Lauderdale have many empty housing…
Green may be the new buzzword in political and development circles. But green is also the new black for South Florida criminals when it comes to sartorial choices this summer. Fashion-forward scammers are tossing those dowdy stocking masks and dark T-shirts in favor of emerald baseball caps, grass-green getaway cars,…
“All art is quite useless,” Oscar Wilde once declared. But in Palm Beach Gardens, maybe not. The Palm Beach Gardens city council has $440,000 burning a hole in their pockets: They’re planning to spend the money commissioning eight works of public art that will also function as bus stops. The…
When even criminals value frugality, you know the economy has truly hit bottom. Lauderdale friends Timothy Seamore and Sebrina Smith allegedly went on a shopping spree in Palm Beach County yesterday, passing forged checks and using stolen credit cards. But the couple’s retail choices were so thrifty, they might have…
“Dear Media Friends,” the email read. “The Wexler ‘town hall’ meeting is a sham. Tickets. Reserved seating. Written questions. In other words, NO DISSENT INSIDE.”To speak to real, independent thinking citizens, be in the South County Civic Center Parking Lot at NOON.”The email was signed “Sid.”The Juice knew that “Sid”…
Lake Worth Blogger Lynn Anderson finds an uncanny resemblance between Squeaky Fromme, who was released from prison last week after serving 39 years of a life sentence for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford, and our own activist city commissioner, Lake Worth’s Cara Jennings, currently serving her own four-year sentence…
A BSO deputy who was shot in the head in 2007 by a convicted felon on parole has notified the state of his intent to file suit against the Department of Corrections: The felon who shot 29-year-old officer Maury Hernandez during a routine traffic stop owned a handgun that his…
Residents at the Whitney in downtown West Palm Beach aren’t particularly happy to know that they’re living in one of the only condo buildings in Florida to have a suspected problem with Chinese drywall, at least so far. Especially since that’s about the sum total of what they’ve learned since…
“Cycle 13” of America’s Next Top Model is revving up for a new season, and it looks like we have a hometown kid in the running: “Courtney,” age 22 (or is that her waist size?), hails from Plantation (although she now lives in Fort Lauderdale), looks cute as a button…
Even after the accident had torn their lives apart, Chuck and Sharon Brody still saw themselves as an average couple, nice people living what should have been an unremarkable existence. Chuck and Sharon had met at the basketball court in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, where neighborhood kids played…
Nothing secedes like excess. We here at the Juice thinks it makes sense: Palm Beach town councilman William Diamond urged his fellow confederates at yesterday’s council meeting to consider seceding from Palm Beach County and forming a new county of its very own. Diamond argued that the playground of the…
Bet you thought South Florida was a lot more likely to win accolades for “best strip malls” or “extra egregious decimation of natural wildlife” than for anything much greener than development dollars. But it turns out Florida is among the top states in the nation when it comes to a…
Once upon a time, the old Testa’s restaurant in Palm Beach was famous amongst the resident teen population for its banana and strawberry daiquiris. Those drinks were dessert with a kick; they suited our untrained palates. And the see-no-evil policies of the managers and bartenders suited the desire of kids…
Editor’s note: As our new restaurant critic, John Linn, gets ready to take over next week, we offer this leftover from April 2007. My “father-un-law” was in town, and I wanted to take him to dinner. Not that I needed to impress him. Here’s a guy who drove his battered…
Delray Beach City Commissioners may balk at housing too many ex-drug addicts, but at least they did vote last Tuesday to make Delray a safe haven for sharks. The commission banned shark fishing on the Delray municipal beach or within 300 feet of it. Or, they didn’t exactly ban it;…
Ruh-roh. Just when you thought you’d finally stuffed all those pesky gay people back into the closet where they belong, along comes an organization like the Tides Foundation, which has just awarded a $150,000 grant to “educate and train gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender leaders across Florida.” That’s all we…
Karen Berry got into private investigation the hard way: Somebody was stalking her, and she decided to take matters into her own capable hands. The 25-year Sunrise resident was working as property manager for a condo in Davie in the early ’90s, living alone while her military husband was overseas…
Editor’s note: We’ve got a new restaurant critic here at New Times. John Linn has been something of a protégé to Gail Shepherd over the years. Now Shepherd’s moving over to become a staff writer for us, and Linn’s stepping into the role of restaurant critic. As he gets his…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the South Florida animal kingdom, at least when it comes to human harassment: A rabid fox at Red Reef Park in Boca Raton bit three people last Thursday morning, and that same day a raccoon bit somebody else in the vicinity. A…
Residents of Lake Worth, many of whom have made small but successful careers specializing in complaining about their high utility bills, might not know that the city actually gets the power to turn their fans and nuke their frozen dinners not from the beleaguered Lake Worth Power Plant but from…
