AAA Offering Free Towing Through Labor Day Weekend

Did you know that Labor Day is one of the busiest travel days on the road of the year? It’s true! And this Labor Day weekend will have the most travelers on the road since 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And that means the likelihood of…

Activists Protest Reinstatement of Cop Who Called Blacks “Hoodrats”

Over 30 activists attended the commission meeting Tuesday evening to discuss the reinstatement of Fort Lauderdale police officer Jeffery Feldewert, who was fired in June over racist Facebook comments and then brought back on the force last month. Six activists took to the podium to explain that officers like Feldewert…

Zing Sock Club: Weston Man Starts Sock Subscription Service

As an overweight teenager living in Weston approximately 10 years ago, Mark Pfefer hated going to the mall. He didn’t care about what he wore, never wanted to spend more than a minute in a clothing store, and he definitely didn’t want to try on clothes. The only exception: socks. A…

FWC Setting Bear Hunt Limits Using Data From 2002

In June, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), approved a hunting season on Florida’s black bears from October 24 to 30.  Today at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, the commission was meeting and was expected to set “harvest objectives” — i.e., to put an exact figure on how…

Kidnapping Charge Dropped Against Boyfriend In Lilly Baumann Case

The second felony kidnapping charge involving the case of an unhinged Broward mother who defied a court order and stole two-year-old Lilly Baumann away from her father has been dropped. Last week, New Times reported that the Broward State Attorney’s office had decided not to go forward with the kidnapping…

Uber One Vote Away From Returning to Broward County

Broward commissioners voted on Tuesday to have a final vote for a new lax law that would allow Uber to return to the county. As has always been the case whenever the commissioners meet to discuss the ride-sharing app company’s operations, many showed up to voice their opinion, with the…

It’s Official: Lauren Book Is Running for State Senate

Miramar, Hollywood, Davie, Plantation, and Dania, meet your next state senator: 30-year-old Lauren Book. The Plantation resident, founder of a nonprofit, and daughter of influential lobbyist Ron Book —  is running for office, she told New Times via phone today. “I’m going neighborhood to neighborhood to and lacing up my sneakers…

Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative to Be Reviewed by Supreme Court

After coming two percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United for Care quickly bounced back to  get medicinal marijuana back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. It needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review and 683,179 validated petitions to get…

Aaron Davidson’s Soccer Bribery Case Could Clean Up FIFA

Pelting rain has glued red-and-yellow-striped jerseys onto the soaked bodies of 6,000 fans scattered around Lockhart Stadium’s metal bleachers. The waterlogged pitch looks more like a World War I battle site than a soccer field, but the true believers in the stands chant and sing ecstatically. For the first time…

Marijuana Decriminalization Still Being Weighed by Broward County

A measure to decriminalize marijuana possession across Broward County that was introduced by commissioner Martin Kiar is still being explored, the vice mayor tells New Times. After hearing of Miami-Dade’s plan to decriminalize pot possession in June, Kiar brought up doing the same before Broward Commissioners in July. Since then,…

Blue Martini Boca Raton: Lawsuit Over Fight in VIP Section

Boca Raton’s Blue Martini is the go-to spot for Palm Beach County’s raging middle-agers — sun-cured old dudes looking for their next ex-wife and Botox-boosted ladies riding Appletini binges to bad decisions. So you can imagine that the customers at the Town Center bar expect a certain level of class…