In February, scores of multimillion-dollar boats lined the Indian Creek Waterway for the Yachts Miami Beach boat show. A company called Show Management organizes the event and uses Styrofoam docks for people to access the boats on display. During the three-day event, little pieces and chunks of Styrofoam broke off…
A half dozen guys from Calgary have made it their trademark to show up to hockey games in costume as Florida Panthers star forward Jaromir Jagr — more specifically, as the various incarnations of Jagr through the years as he’s played for different teams, with various jerseys and various lengths…
Last week, the Florida Democratic Party — and Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz — took some serious heat after it banned upstart congressional candidate Tim Canova from using the party’s voter data files, which help candidates research and contact supporters. But the Florida Democratic Party reversed its decision yesterday, party…
The Deep Flight Dragon sports a raised back spoiler, aerodynamic design, propellers, and two enclosed cockpits. It’s small, sleek, and off-white, looking more like a toy fighter jet than a $1.5 million two-person submarine. Deep Flight’s Director of Tourism, James Doyle, explained earlier this week in Fort Lauderdale, “It’s a…
Bouncers live unglamorous lives. At best, they’re forced to stand sober as happy-go-lucky partygoers dance in front of them. At worst, they’re forced to wrestle knives out of patron’s hands. But the security staff at Blondies — the immensely popular Fort Lauderdale beach bar also known as Dirty Blondes —…
For the last week, residents along Florida’s Space Coast from Melbourne to Titusville have been reporting an alarming number of dead fish in the water. According to lifelong residents, like Captain Alex Gorichky, a conservationist who runs a small fishing tour company, it’s the worst fish kill in decades. “There…
Aaron Jackson, a well known activist who runs a non-profit organization called Planting Peace, has just declared Antarctica “the first gay-friendly continent.” He visited the freezing land the first week of March and unfurled both a rainbow gay pride flag and a pink-and-blue transgender pride flag. He explained to New…
On Friday, a Miramar drug dealer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for importing fentanyl, a powerful surgical painkiller that is sometimes cut into batches of heroin. The drug, which the dealer in question had imported from China, has been tied to scores of deaths in “heroin-heavy” cities like…
Willie Jones says that being a police officer was never about the number of tickets he wrote or arrests he made. His main concern was that citizens were getting the help they needed. He says that this philosophy of “community policing” has driven him for nearly four decades in his…
There was some crazy weather Saturday in South Florida, and some of it was caught on video. On social media, multiple observers posted footage of a wild-looking storm moving over the water on Fort Lauderdale Beach, taken from various angles. According to Brian La Marre, the Tampa-based Meteorologist-in-Charge for the National…
When you meet someone new, you scan their features. If the eyes are narrow, brow prominent, and jaw square, you recognize the person as male. If the eyes are rounder, nose slimmer, and chin pointier, you register the person as a female. According to Dr. Vartan Madirossian, gender detection happens…
When the sun sets, Jytte Nielsen and Mark Morgan often grab a beer and meander out to their backyard, which sits next to a massive tract of undeveloped wetlands in Miramar. From there, they can see a small pond with ibises, osprey, and turtles. They retired here six years ago…
Just as snow birds fly south for the winter, spring breakers head here when its cold. This species of Fort Lauderdale tourist mostly originates in Midwestern universities. Each March, they travel in flocks to our beaches for one week only. An invasive species, the Fort Lauderdale spring breaker wreaks havoc…
Karine Prudent was on her boat near the Venetian Causeway in Miami Beach this Tuesday morning when an officer with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission pulled up alongside her. “It’s 10:00. Let’s go!” he could be heard shouting in the background. Prudent, 45, has been living aboard a boat in…
One of Broward’s most notable animal lovers says seven of his cats were snatched off his property. He is offering a $20,000 reward for their return. Steve Rosen is a retired dentist and businessman from Davie. He made national news in 2002, when 500 black-tailed jackrabbits that were living in…
This just in from SeaWorld: The company has announced it will stop its orca breeding program. The move comes after years of pressure, triggered by the film Blackfish. The company’s CEO, Joel Manby, wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times explaining the move, saying: “Americans’ attitudes about orcas have…
What’s the truth about Florida black bears? State officials last year believed populations to be so high that they authorized a bear hunt. But today, a coalition of scientists and non profit groups is attempting to override the state’s position. They sent a scientific petition to the U.S. Fish and…
With floppy ears, a speckled snout, and a winning smile, Jason looks like the picture of piggie bliss. Just five months ago, this special swine was living on an illegal farm in Loxahatcheee, awaiting his turn to (potentially) be boiled alive. In October of 2015, he was rescued in a…
Drones are objectively cool. They are flying robots that do our bidding, whether that means shooting high-res video from thousands of miles in the air, or dropping off our Amazon packages on time. The ‘bots are relatively cheap, which is a blessing for consumers everywhere, but an absolute nightmare for…
I am a 23-year-old Hillary Clinton supporter and for the last few months I have camouflaged myself among my peers, who all seem to be Bernie Sanders enthusiasts. It was pretty easy. I look like them: a white, college-educated liberal. My friends are activists. I work at an alt-weekly newspaper…
Bobby C. Billie was born in the Everglades, about a mile off of Tamiami Trail, in 1945. For years, that was all he knew of the world. Children planted pumpkins and corn, hunted deer or raccoons, and stuck their feet into alligator holes to see if turtles were hiding inside…
This feels like a bit of political deja vu. Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz serves as chair of the Democratic National Committee. As such, she’s supposed to support Democratic candidates for office at all levels of government. But in December, she blocked Bernie Sanders’ campaign from accessing the DNC’s voter…
