On Sunday afternoon, Palm Beach Gardens police received a tip that sent them to a wooded area just north of PGA Boulevard. There they reportedly found the dead body of a young woman. Yesterday, law enforcement announced it was 35-year-old Margeaux Greenwald, who was originally from New Jersey but had…
Illustration by Kevin CannonClick the image for larger version of the map.Florida has a reputation as America’s weirdest state, but there’s hardly any national appreciation for the fact that Florida has several culturally distinct regions of weirdness to choose from. In fact, sometimes it seems weird that Florida is considered…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the first installment. Almost a century ago, during the first Christmas of the bloodbath that was World War I, war weary German and British soldiers climbed hesitantly out…
After receiving so many high marks on different rankings, this bit of news is kind of a bummer: Apparently, Fort Lauderdale is not an ideal place to raise a family. This, according to WalletHub, a personal finance social network that ranked more than a hundred cities across the U.S. in…
Update: Parks told New Times via email that he had officially made the Wounded Warrior Games in swimming, track and field, and seated volleyball. The games take place Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 in Colorado, but Parks will remain in Jacksonville to train until then, he says. Original post: On…
Hazel Sobti dashes to center stage carrying a microphone pole, barely skirting a collision with another contestant. Two beautiful women follow her. As a guitarist in a Hawaiian shirt hams up “Rollin’ on the River” for an audience bathed in blue light, the luminous beauty from India shimmies in a…
The memories are etched in Melecia del Carmen Casco’s face. They show in the deep, thin lines that run across her caramel-colored forehead and in the prominent half-star patterns that surround her small brown eyes. Casco wears a turquoise cotton shirt with matching earrings. Her silver hair is pulled into…
Tuesday marked the first Wilton Manors commission meeting since news broke of Commissioner Ted Galatis using the n-word on a black driver he was involved in a road rage incident with on June 1. About six speakers at Tuesday’s commission meeting stepped up and called for Galatis’ resignation, or at…
Drug Free Florida, the group that is putting on the full-court press to get Floridians to vote against medical marijuana, has been active in getting its message out, particularly with videos and with big-time donors coming from the woodwork to finance the cause. But as much as the group wants…
Ladies and gentlemen, allows us to introduce you to Ms. Crystal Metheney. You didn’t read that wrong. Your mind isn’t screwing around with you. This woman from Polk County has the perfect Florida name. She was arrested back in early May. The charge: shooting a “missile” into a “occupied vehicle.”…
Well, that was rough. Game 3 started and the San Antonio Spurs rained down swords and knives onto the Miami Heat for the crotch-punching 111-92 win at American Airlines Arena. It was an onslaught from the beginning, as the Spurs hit 75 percent of their shots, obliterating NBA Finals records…
South Florida cyclists have been vocal for years about the dangers of riding down here, what with wet grates and unruly drivers hitting people, but those aren’t the only dangers. Kevin Culp, a 43-year-old cyclist who moved here from New York two years ago, says South Florida is the most…
UPDATE: As the November elections near, Sheldon Adelson has dug even deeper into his never-ending pockets and donated another $1.5 million to the Drug Free Florida campaign. Big-money casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has jumped into the anti-medical marijuana fray by opening his deep wallet and donating $2.5 million to the…
For months now, polls have been showing Charilie Crist leading Rick Scott in the race for governor. In March, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Crist up by 16 points. Before that, in October, Public Policy Polling showed Crist leading by 12. Now all that seems to have changed, as a…
Earlier Tuesday morning, it was reported that Antaun Teasley, personal chef to and good friend of the Miami Heat’s Norris Cole, was shot and killed at popular Miami Beach nightclub, Mansion. Police say a fight broke out in the VIP section, and a weapon was fired, leaving Teasely the lone…
Dwyane Wade has been fined $5,000 for his Game 2 flop against the San Antonio Spurs. And deservedly so. The NBA says flopping is illegal and has tried to curb the act by fining players when they do. And Wade’s Game 2 flop was a doozy. Although it came against…
It looks like Floridians would rather have all the scientists run for president than Marco Rubio, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released last week. After the White House released the findings from the National Climate Assessment last month that said climate change was man-made and that Florida was…
It’s a no-brainer that high-speed rail would make everybody’s lives a little more bearable — especially in Florida, where a simple shot up I-95 at the wrong time of day can be a Bataan Death March. Gov. Rick Scott has already flubbed one opportunity for high-speed rail between Tampa and…
How do you know it’s June? Everything in your house is sticky. The Disney channel plays 24 hours a day at a volume that would give Helen Keller a headache. The only thing you’ve had to eat all day is a fistful of grapes and three strands of your own…
Hazel Sobti dashes to center stage carrying a microphone pole, barely skirting a collision with another contestant. Two beautiful women follow her. As a guitarist in a Hawaiian shirt hams up “Rollin’ on the River” for an audience bathed in blue light, the luminous beauty from India shimmies in a…
If you plan to watch tonight’s Miami Heat NBA Finals home opener against the San Antonio Spurs, you might notice a curious sight down in the fourth row of Section 116. It will be one of South Florida’s weirdest media sensations: Little Birdman. Yeah, 11-year-old Gianni Zandri will again likely…
The backlash over Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s opposition to the amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida has trickled into Monday with the vice chairman of the Florida Democratic Party publicly separating himself from Wasserman Schultz’s stance. Alan Clendenin sent out a news release proclaiming his support for Amendment 2 while…
