Youngsters attending a remarkable school in Fort Lauderdale are free to learn what they want, when they want, and how they want. If they stretch out on the floor and draw all afternoon, that’s fine. If they’re inclined to watch YouTube videos, it’s OK with the grownups. Perhaps they’ll gather…
Since 1972, the Seal of the Florida Senate contained a fan of five flags flying over a golden disk with a gavel, quill and scroll and the words “In God We Trust” engraved in it. The flags were made up of banners that have flown over Florida at one point…
Broward Circuit Judge Lynn Rosenthal, who was arrested for DUI after ramming her black BMW SUV into a police car in the Broward County courthouse parking lot in 2014, has resigned. The Judicial Qualifications Commission was set to begin hearings in her misconduct case, but will now be cancelled following…
Must be tough to be a college president these days. Once upon a time, the hardest part of the job was deciding who should get tenure and how much tuition would go up. Now, it’s crossing your fingers and hoping no mass murderers mow down your students on the campus…
A Broward Inspector General’s Office report says Assistant City Manager Kennie Hobbs and city operations manager Julie Saunders violated state ethics law by receiving loans for more than $300,000 each via a program administered by their subordinates and over which they have directional control. Hobbs has served as the Executive Director…
Jeffrey Clifton used to sit on the bench on the corner of Federal Highway and Southeast Second Street. It’s unclear how long he rested there—some locals estimate more than a decade, but others in their 20s claim they can’t remember a time when the elderly homeless man with piercing blue…
The House Civil Justice Committee is holding a hearing today on a proposed new law called “The Pastor Protection Act,” which is designed to supposedly protect Florida’s clergy from performing marriages they deem “unholy.” But many, including some pastors and ministers, are arguing that the law is unnecessary since clergy…
The U.S. Congress is pretty much greased by wink-wink arrangements and cash gifts. So it’s no surprise that a series of recent reports have identified D.C. legislators who have gotten perhaps too cozy with the payday loan industry — the $46 billion-a-year business that keeps many low income Americans locked…
On Tuesday, Broward County commissioners gave preliminary approval for an ordinance that would allow police officers to issue civil citations to anyone caught with 20 grams of pot, rather than filing criminal charges. The commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with a final hearing next month to decriminalize marijuana like…
The Miami Dolphins have themselves a new head coach. At least on an interim basis. But, so far, it’s been nothing but positive reviews for Dan Campbell, who took over the team for the recently fired Joe Philbin. Of course, the majority of that praise is based off of one…
On Monday, Tribune Publishing announced new buyouts for its employees are coming in the next week as a cost-cutting move that’s been brewing since September. As reported by CNN, the L.A. Times is expected to get hit the hardest, with at least one-tenth of that paper’s editorial staff being cut…
Late at night September 20, when Davie Police officers arrived at the Apollo House, a residential group home for troubled kids, they found staff rushing around a fallen teen. The bleeding wouldn’t stop. A knife had poked through the boy’s side and punctured his lung. EMS rushed him to Memorial…
Broward County commissioners will finally take up a vote for a measure to decriminalize marijuana possession throughout the county on Tuesday. The measure, which was introduced by Commissioner Martin Kiar, had been in the works for some time ever since Miami-Dade county decriminalized pot possession in June. Since then, Key West…
The blinds are drawn in Murphy’s Miami Beach bedroom as the 33-year-old pulls a white, silicone, four-inch conical contraption from his nightstand. Called a TLC Tugger, it was designed to stretch skin gradually, as earlobes are stretched for gauges. Except Murphy isn’t stretching his earlobes. His project is much more…
Another week has come and gone and the Miami Dolphins are still a gigantic cesspool of a franchise. Following yet another embracing loss, this time to the New York Jets on Sunday, everyone is clamoring for head coach Joe Philbin to be canned. New Times did this last week, because…
Like a game of a whack-a-mole, the Broward-spawned Felony Lane Gang just doesn’t go away. Made up of sneaky crews that work parking lots and bank drive-thus across America, the loose federation of criminals is more joined by area code and game plan than an actual organized hierarchy. As we…
On July 27, 1981, the mother of 6-year-old Adam Walsh left him in the toy section of the Sears department store in the Hollywood Mall while she went to look for a lamp. Weeks later, his severed head was found in a canal in Vero Beach. In 1983, convicted serial…
The crowd of about 1,200 filed languidly out of the Friday afternoon sun into the dank B. George Mayer Gymnasium in Broward College, waiting to catch a glimpse of the Democratic frontrunner for President of the United States. But there seemed to be very little enthusiasm for Hilary Clinton outside…
After last week’s demolishing at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, we wrote that the Dolphins should clean house and fire everyone on the coaching staff and front office. We still hold to that. Some agreed, while others have argued that the season is still very early and that the…
Yesterday in Tallahassee, a judge ruled that a week-long hunt on Florida’s black bears, scheduled to begin October 24, can proceed. The hunt was authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this summer. In the past year or so, four women in Central and North Florida were attacked by…
The Florida Family Policy Council has called on Gov. Rick Scott to fully defund Planned Parenthood. The FFPC says Scott has not done enough to show he’s a pro-life governor, and have launched a campaign to get Scott to terminate Florida’s Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood was well as the…
Sex and death aren’t exactly concepts that sit comfortably in your thoughts. But according to a lawsuit filed this month by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there was a lot of sexual hanky panky going on at Fort Lauderdale’s McWhite Funeral Home. Unfortunately — and grossly — it was…
