In case you haven’t heard or if you have been trapped under something heavy, the latest internet craze has been the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. But this is actually a very cool and noble thing, as internet crazes go. It’s all about raising awareness and money for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s…
Uber, the app company that connects people with private car drivers at the tap of a button, is in violation of Palm Beach County’s vehicle-for-hire rules, officials say. And if an Uber driver happens to get caught doing business in the county, he or she is going face big fines…
Got an extra $5.6 million lying around? Because Olivia Newton-John just slashed the asking price of her 6,300-square-foot waterfront mansion on Jupiter Inlet Colony by $100,000. It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s right on the water, and it’s cheap. Although you might want to know that a guy committed suicide there…
Democracy is a great idea, sure whatever, but more money can be made if you have a velvet rope to cordon off your plebes from your patricians. Social media is about the last place we have equal footing in the world. But a new app cooked up by a team…
If medical marijuana rolls out in November, people with legal businesses related to pot will be living like they’re in Breaking Bad. Until weed is legal on a federal level, it’s not going to be easy for people to stick their profits from the biz into a Wells Fargo. Instead,…
As we’ve told you earlier, there’s a big, OK Corral-style showdown going on in Florida over the future of solar energy. On one side of the debate, you have a small yet scrappy band of private businesses who rig homes with solar; on the other, Florida’s powerful utilities, who over…
A Voyeuristic Look at Camming Con 2014 from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. This past weekend, hundreds of cam girls — or women who make a living chatting with or performing for fans online — descended upon the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach. That’s where CammingCon, the first-ever expo…
Marek Christopher Amann was busted last week for bootlegging. OK, Prohibition ended long ago, but 32-year-old Amann had a still and a jug of homemade hooch as well as Mason jars for more, the state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco reported Monday…
Florida’s solar industry might be up against the ropes, but it’s vowing to fight on. As we reported a few weeks back, the small but feisty solar industry — with an assist from the Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), a national group pushing sun energy — is trying to outlive…
Stephen Ross doesn’t want to spend his own money to renovate Sun Life Stadium because he’s apparently too busy buying hotels. Specifically, Ross’ New York-based Related Cos. Related Fund Management is dropping a reported $90 million to buy the W Hotel & Residences in Fort Lauderdale. The group says the…
The news started filtering out to media outlets yesterday afternoon: Dan Borislow, the West Palm Beach tech entrepreneur who radically changed the telecom industry with an internet-based phone service, passed away on Monday evening. The former executive’s company confirmed the death, and already tributes are starting to flow in regarding…
Tucked on the Intracoastal, the Anheuser-Busch estate is one of the snazzier stacks of historic brick in Fort Lauderdale. Built by America’s first family of beer in 1938 by world-class designer Francis Abreu, the six-bedroom Spanish-style villa spreads out over 12,533 square feet of waterfront property, making it one of…
The owner of the Village at Gulfstream Park has been granted permission to build a 21-story, 182-unit luxury condo atop a parking garage next to the mall at the pari-mutuel casino. The project will cost $92 million and is expected to bring an estimated $523,000 a year in property taxes,…
By now you’ve probably heard about the ride-share fever that’s sweeping through the 305, a game changer for anyone looking travel in Miami-Dade. Two app-based car services — UberX and Lyft — are currently motoring folks all over the county, despite the fact that well, it’s kind of illegal. Regardless,…
So, there’s a Star Trek themed mansion in Boca Raton that just hit the market. The 27,000 square foot home boasts eight bedrooms, a 1,500-bottle wine cellar, a gym, and a gorgeous pool and patio. But what sets this thing apart are the multiple sci-fi Star Trekie rooms, Enterprise bridge…
A local economic consulting firm released a study on Wednesday that says All Aboard Florida will add nearly $2.4 billion in jobs over the next eight years to Florida, and $653 million in tax revenue. All Aboard Florida, which is a private rail service that plans on running a passenger…
Florida’s attempt to kill craft brewing almost succeeded because of… gasp… campaign money, a Montana think tank has found. During the past five years, the biggest supporters of Senate Bill 1714, which would have required small beer makers to — in effect — pay twice for their own beer, invested…
Darden Restaurants, the Florida-based company that owns Longhorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52, among others, has announced the sale of one of their bigger chains, Red Lobster. Darden announced on Friday that they’ve agreed to sell the restaurant and related real estate assets to San Francisco-based Golden…
Bitcoin is said to have been created five years ago by an anonymous computer programmer (or programmers) called Satoshi Nakamoto. This pseudonym is a male Japanese name, but it’s never been traced to a real person and no one knows for sure if one or many individuals created the electronic…
Sebastian Gonzales is a 28-year-old former defensive end at Florida International University who knows how to eat. And when it comes to fast food, his allegiances are crystal-clear. “I was obsessed with Chicken Kitchen and addicted to their food,” he says of the South Florida chain. “I was eating there…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated the Department of Housing and Urban Development figures in what they say is “fair market rent” and determined that a person would have to make at least $19.08 an hour in a full-time job to make rent in a one-bedroom apartment in Broward…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times dispenses a ten-step program on how you can jump in on the medical marijuana craze that is expected to hit Florida soon and become a pot mogul. Or, not. Writer Francisco Alvarado went out and did all the…
