Oh, April Fool’s, you’re the silliest of all the days. Yes, sillier than Arbor Day, Flag Day, and even charades night at Rick Scott’s house (where 90 percent of shouted-out guesses include the words “evil” and “snake”). Whimsy reigns supreme, and across America, fun is had while Whoopee Cushions deflate…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
Sir Colin Chisholm III and his wife, Lady Andrea Chisholm, the extravagant Minnesota couple who lived for a time in Palm Beach on a $1.2 million yacht, are on the lam from authorities. They’re also not royalty, and their extravagant lifestyle was earned fraudulently, a criminal complaint alleges. Colin, 62,…
Palm Beach County got a huge check to help with the beach erosion problem. In Ocean Ridge on Friday, congresswoman Lois Frankel presented the county with a $12 million check as reimbursement for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project. The project is for the county’s beach renourishment and to…
The Miami Seaquarium is being sold to California-based Palace Entertainment, which is subsidiary of Spanish theme park operator Parques Reunidos. The sale has been in the works for at least two years, but the official news comes out on the same day National Marine Fisheries Service set as the deadline…
The nonprofit association known as SCORE has sent out an alert to Florida business owners to be on the lookout for a couple of notices that may end up fooling them into spending hundreds of dollars they may not need to. The notices may or may not be scams, but…
Stargazing! Owl presentations! Food trucks? Palm Beach County’s second annual Dark Sky Festival sounds fun enough to postpone other evening activities and/or keep the kids up late. Not only that, it’s a way to raise awareness of an under-recognized environmental issue with consequences for wildlife and human health. See also:…
For nearly the last decade, residents up near Boca Raton’s Mizner Trail golf course have been fighting a developer’s efforts to throw up residential units on a 130-acre swath of green space. These are not your usual NIMBY complaints — preliminary tests show the ground is possibly soaked through with…
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office was part of a state-wide Organized Retail Crime task force that helped nab a massive retail theft ring. According to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, 16 people were arrested in the $15 million statewide shoplifting ring after a year-long investigation. The Organized Retail Crime task…
Everett Wilkinson, Palm Beach Gardens’ Tea Party czar, does not want Obamacare, or its birth control coverage (we certainly hope he wouldn’t need the latter).
Despite Florida Republicans pretty much doing everything within their power to derail Obamacare, more than 440,000 Florida residents have already enrolled Affordable Care Act through the federal marketplace website. According to a report by the AP, the state is expected to blow projections out of the water by the time…
Steve Drain, a University of South Florida alumnus, might be taking over Westboro Baptist Church. Drain, who used to be an atheist and once set out to expose the hate-mongering church, became enamored with Westboro and became one of Fred Phelps Sr.’s closest disciples. Drain went so far as to…
Anticipating passage of the Florida medical marijuana amendment this fall, our favorite retired pot smuggler is hosting a conference this weekend on the business of therapeutic maryjane. Guest speakers from around the nation will spill the seed on the legal, medical, financial, and probable regulatory landscape for entrepreneurs of the…
It’s no secret that Florida’s craft beer industry is experiencing a bit of a boom — belated, sure, compared to other states around the nation, but better late than never. This legislative session, your elected representatives have been kicking around legislation that ostensibly would help the industry. This being the…
Amanda McClure, the woman accused of driving drunk and killing Patriot Guard Rider John Regan on I-95 near Palm Beach Gardens in September, is back in jail. McClure, 25, of Palm City, was arrested Saturday night on charges of violating her probation, according to Palm Beach County Jail records. At…
Caught between developers on one hand and environmental preservationists on the other, Palm Beach County Commissioners Tuesday postponed any decision on opening the county’s Agricultural Reserve to greater commercial development. See also: – Developers Trying to Build in Everglades Agricultural Reserve For now, that is. The board voted to move…
Cedric Gervais lounges by the pool of his Biscayne Point bungalow in nothing but a pair of small white swim shorts and sunglasses. He is buff and bronze, with cheekbones like cliff ledges. House music ebbs and swells around him. It is 75 degrees and sunny. Add a couple of…
There aren’t many places more sublime than Augusta National Golf Club on an early April morning. Dew sparkles on the greens, delicately raked sand traps beckon, and the best golfers on Earth stroll around the fairways, imagining the strokes they hope will lead to the Masters’ green jacket. April 9,…
The Florida Senate passed the Aaron Cohen Act Life Protection Act which, if it becomes a law, will make it tougher for drivers to leave the scene of a fatal bicycling accident. The measure passed the Senate with a unanimous 39-0 vote on Wednesday. The bill is named after Aaron…
The Miami Seaquarium’s orca, Lolita, who has been crammed inside what is the smallest whale tank in North American for the past 40 years, is the closest she’s ever been to being set free and reunited with her family. Back in January, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it…
While some Broward teens are getting national attention for snagging a 14-foot hammerhead shark off Boca Raton, one Boynton Beach man has one-upped them by hooking his kayak up to a hammerhead and letting it drag him around for a joyride on the ocean for several hours. The 22-year-old man…
If George Orwell and Stan Lee sat down to dream up a superdevice for trashing personal freedom and privacy, they’d probably come up with something like the Stingray. The device, manufactured in Melbourne, Florida, allows police to target suspects based on their cell phone signals. If that isn’t enough to…
