For years, a giant hotel project has sat partially-finished on one of the most prime pieces of real estate in Broward County. The beachfront property located at 551 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. was originally branded as a Donald Trump project but got tied up in financial problems and lawsuits…
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,”…
The 2-2 Miami Dolphins are on a bye week this week, which means we have nothing to watch this Sunday. But that doesn’t mean you should miss out on the ethereal experience of actually watching a Dolphins game. So, we’re here to help. Here are 13 things you can do…
On Wednesday, we told you about the odd online ad from the College Republican National Committee that tries to win over college graduates to vote for Rick Scott by equating happiness and stability to wedding dresses. Turns out, the CRNC not only made this video for Scott but for several…
In 2007, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved the Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan, which included a five-year Capital Improvement Plan and ten- and 20-year Vision Plans, which included around $1.6 billion in capital investments. The overall plan was, among other refurbishments, to restructure berths to accommodate larger cruise,…
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it doesn’t have enough evidence to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The department had been looking into possible hate-crime charges against Zimmerman, who was acquitted last year of second-degree murder and manslaughter after shooting…
The General Theological Seminary in New York is the nation’s oldest training grounds for Episcopalians. It’s been going strong in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan since 1817. That is, until a year ago, when it hired Florida Rev. Kurt Dunkle as its new dean. Eight out of ten of the…
The National Climate Assessment findings released in May by the Obama administration found that South Florida is “exceptionally vulnerable to sea level rise.” South Florida, the assessment concluded, is sinking into the ocean. That’s the bad news. The good news is that South Florida environmentalists, scientists, business owners, and public…
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…
Rich Wilkerson Jr. is at the front of a new wave of pastors rebranding the Christian message. Gone are old hymns, stodgy sermons, and xeroxed church bulletins; in are rap songs, Jackass-style stunts, and high-def video messages, all led by pastors wearing AG leather jackets and Chuck Taylors. The smiley,…
Rick Scott or Charlie Crist. Either way, we’re probably screwed, if we’re solely to judge them by the way they’re trying to reach voters. Earlier today, we told you about how Crist might be alienating voters by jacking up their inboxes with nonstop emails. But Scott is doing his part…
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…
With the election less than two months away, Charlie Crist is ratcheting things up by hitting Facebook and Twitter to remind people that he’s challenging Rick Scott and he’s a man of the people. Crist has for months now tried his darnedest to contrast his campaign with Scott’s megamillions one…
Lauren Book, daughter of lobbyist Ron Book, is considering a run for state Senate for South Broward in 2016. Ron Book — who reps a bevy of governments, including Broward, and private clients, including the Miami Dolphins, and is regarded by many as the most powerful lobbyist in Florida –…
A Florida commissioner stormed out of a meeting after a man was allowed to give a pagan invocation prior to the meeting. David Suhor, an agnostic pagan pantheist, was allowed to recite a pagan song prior to the Escambia County Commission meeting last week, which prompted Commissioner Wilson Robertson to…
Last week, the Board of Directors for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce voted to approve a resolution in support of marriage equality. The chamber, the largest organization of companies in Broward County, with more than 1,400 member businesses, has chosen to support same-sex marriage as a way to…
Two men clad in black hoodies and masks and armed with guns strolled into a Family Store in Pembroke Park as employees were ready to close up for the night last Tuesday. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, the two men held four women at gunpoint as they robbed…
With the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show a few weeks away, Pier 66 Marina at Hyatt Regency, where the boat show will be going down, is ready to unveil the final phase of its $20 million renovation. The first phase of the iconic pier’s renovation is complete, and phase two…
Ketut Pujayasa, an Indonesian citizen accused of beating, raping, and trying to throw a female passenger off a nudist cruise ship last Valentine’s Day, has pleaded guilty before a federal judge. There was no plea bargain offered to the 29-year-old Pujayasa, who claimed he assaulted the woman because she insulted…
On September 19, the Federal Trade Commission announced the takedown of a sham school operating out of Fort Lauderdale. Jefferson High School LLC shared its name with a brick-and-mortar institution in Tampa. Although the similarity made it sound legitimate, the State Attorney’s Office says Jefferson was anything but: Getting a…
Here was the groom: poured into a slim Givenchy tux, hair mowed short, smile big. There was the bride: in Givenchy too — a white dress that modestly sheathed her Jessica Rabbit frame like cloud cover hiding an Alp. And there between the couple, his face bright as a polished…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for freelance journalists to write for our news blog, the Daily Pulp. Ideal candidates will have experience in journalism and be based in Broward or Palm Beach counties. Applicants should have solid news judgment and knowledge of current events. They should be able to…
