While she’s a sloppy and disorganized system, Erika is bringing torrential rain and wind with her when she passes over Florida in a few days, and that has prompted Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency for all of Florida. “The National Guard is now partially activated and…
Last summer, New Times spent some time hanging with Rick Wilkerson Jr., the South Florida pastor then sitting in the eye of swirling media attention thanks to his role in the wedding of the century. The fresh-faced Miami-based man of God presided over the May 2014 union of Kanye West…
Dating in Fort Lauderdale is hard. Even with so many options to help you find your perfect mate, things tend to not always work out so great. You got your eHarmony, Tinder, Match.com, OKCupid, Chemistry.com, Zoosk, and a plethora of many other options. Add to this the fact that Fort…
On Thursday, the Miami Dolphins officially unveiled the newly renovated Sun Life Stadium with its sleeker, more fan-friendly look. And, so far, the reviews seem to be very good. After failing to secure $$00 million in tax-money to fund the much-needed renovations, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross dipped into his own…
Tropical Storm Erika wobbled a little last night, which could mean the storm might brush past us come Monday. Still, Florida remains in the “cone of uncertainty” even as Erika remains a tad disorganized. Bottom line, our chances of getting a direct hit just went down a bit, but Thursday’s…
After the Charleston Church shooting this summer, there has been a push around the nation to remove racist symbols like the Confederate flag and monuments of Confederate soldiers. South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its Capitol Grounds, but locally, as New Times pointed out, Hollywood streets are named after…
Regulate Florida, a political committee that wants to amend the Florida constitution to legalize and regulate adult use of marijuana for recreational use, has been given the go-ahead by the Department of State, Division of Elections to work on getting their initiative placed on the 2016 elections ballot. This means…
Last month, the big brains at Harvard predicted that this season’s Superbowl would be a matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins, so it’s never too early to start the trash talking. Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett called Fins quarterback “overrated,” and said that the Miami signal caller is…
Over the last few years, Sherryl Muriente noticed that almost every region of downtown Fort Lauderdale began to flourish with art and culture, except the historically black Sistrunk Boulevard area. She especially noticed the new trolley running between Sistrunk and FAT Village. Even though galleries were opening in Sistrunk, art…
It’s time to release the hurricane tracking sharks because we’re officially in the dreaded “cone of uncertainty” with Tropical Storm Erika, which is expected to arrive in our neck of the woods by Monday morning. Most models predict that Erika could be a hurricane by the time it reaches our…
Hey there, Fort Lauderdale. Say hello to your newest, giant neighbor. This offseason, the Miami Dolphins made 6-foot-4, 307 pound Ndamukong Suh the highest-paid defensive tackle in the history of football, when they gave him a sex-year, $114 million contract to anchor the defensive line. And now Suh has used…
So, Hurricane Danny was a thing last week that ended up being nothing (for us in South Florida, anyway). But another disturbance has emerged right behind Danny that is projected to get at least 200 miles of our neck of the woods by the weekend and into next week. That…
Lee Bacall noses his sleek two-seater Jag off Riverland Road in Fort Lauderdale. “The word ‘serene’ seems to bubble up from the ground,” the 71-year-old says with a conspiratorial nod, as if you’ll soon see what he means. He follows a ribbon of concrete, wide enough only for one car,…
Stan Hughes, a tall, thin, straight-faced man with a gray ponytail, shuffles through dozens of boxes lining the shelves of a small storage space. They’re filled with memories of his brother-in-law’s exuberant life: an old coin collection, semiprecious gemstones and geodes, slot cars. It’s dusty in the small unit at…
Convicted Polo magnate John Goodman will be sitting in a jail cell for the next 16 years after he was found guilty of DUI manslaughter last October in the 2010 death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson. It took two trials to get Goodman to pay for his crime, but he may…
Back in July, medical marijuana advocates United for Care shipped over 100,000 petitions to Florida Supervisors of Elections offices for Supreme Court review. Once the Supervisor of Elections verifies that petitions are valid, the Supreme Court can then schedule a review so that the initiative can start to make its way to…
Robert Baumann was slugging through the workday on a recent Monday, installing an air-conditioning unit in the slamming August heat, when his cell phone shook around 1 p.m. with an incoming call. He didn’t recognize the number. “I used to never answer random numbers,” the 27-year-old told New Times last…
It looks like, as predicted by the National Hurricane Center, Danny won’t be much of a threat to our neck of the woods after all. However, there are at least two disturbances brewing right behind Danny in the Atlantic. After reaching category 3 status as a hurricane over the weekend,…
On Tuesday, the Palm Beach County commission decided to backtrack on regulating Uber, and even decided to deregulated the taxi cab industry from Level-2 background checks. Cab drivers in Palm Beach are required to under go fingerprint as well as state and FBI background checks. The county was considering putting…
Last week New Times opened a door on a little-seen part of the tax-payer-funded bureaucracy: the private group homes where Broward’s troubled and abandoned kids are housed once they end up in state care. The investigation dove into complaints that the contractors paid by the state to watchdog these kids were…
Exactly one year ago today, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Florida’s Northern District in Tallahassee handed his 33-page ruling against the state’s same-sex marriage ban. After staying the ruling, and some challenges from state attorney general Pam Bondi, and some conservative groups, the ruling finally became official on…
It might be time to hit up the Home Depot for some supplies and canned tuna. Or, maybe not. Quick! Deploy the hurricane tracking sharks! The storm once known as Tropical Storm Danny has now become Hurricane Danny, making it the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic this season…
