It was the Monday after Christmas, 2014. Night had fallen, and the air was crisp. In front of the Hollywood Beach Theatre — a pale-yellow concrete bandshell located where Johnson Street meets the ocean — a crowd of a few hundred people danced to a cover of Duke Ellington’s 1940s…
On October 1, 2013, more than 60 men in jumpsuits crowded into the austere cafeteria at the Krome Service Processing Center, a huge Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on the edge of the Everglades. The men, detainees from various Latin American countries, were gathered for a Spanish-language Catholic service…
In July, Kanter Real Estate filed an application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection agency to begin drilling for oil just south of Broward County in the Everglades. But last week, Broward County Commissioners voted unanimously to amend a state law to have individual counties decide if they would…
The Florida Panthers — known for their outside-the-box ahh, screw it hiring tactics — are back at it again. From the same team that brought you open goalie tryouts comes a chance to audition for the teams PA announcer position, anthem singer, and radio play-by-play positions for the upcoming season. If being…
On Sunday, Demetrius Vaugha walked past Plantation Heritage Park, where almost 200 Confederate flag supporters were meeting for a road rally. The 23-year-old was holding signs that read “God Hates Flags” and “Cops Kill.” He was headed to the Black Lives Matter counter-protest that was meeting nearby. That’s when, Vaugha…
A panel on Gamergate, the highly controversial debate over sexism and journalism in the video game world, had to be canceled Saturday after bomb threats. But planners of the panel at Little Havana’s Koubek Center, part of Miami-Dade College, didn’t skip a beat. They headed outside to the carport at…
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office says that 32 undocumented migrants were spotted off the shores of Juno Beach early Monday morning. A PBSO marine unit spotted a boat arriving just about two miles off shore at around 5:40 a.m. Authorities say 13 men, 9 women, and 10 children — including an…
A Mardi Gras Casino greyhound tested positive for cocaine, but the dog’s trainer apparently got off on a bureaucratic technicality regarding the Division of Para-Mutuel Wagering’s inspection manual. On December 14, 2014, a urine sample was taken from a greyhound named Waylon Hambone just before the dog entered into the 9th…
Forbes calls GamerGate “a consumer movement.” But the Washington Post calls it a “misdirected lynchmob.” CNN calls it “a heated debate over journalistic integrity.” But the New York Times says it looks “like an orchestrated campaign of harassment against women.” So what the hell is it? If you don’t play…
If your dog dashes out the front door and scampers out of sight, you’ll appreciate a fresh —- and free —- tool to help bring home the wayward pet. Finding Rover provides an app that uses facial recognition technology to match lost and found dogs. The software ideally simplifies the…
Chris Nicolaus used to drive around Fort Lauderdale with a confederate flag proudly flapping on the antenna of his truck. But in the mornings he’d find that his truck had been keyed overnight. He started bringing in the flag in the evenings and putting it back up in the mornings…
It was one drive. And it was preseason. But it was enough to show that Ryan Tannehill is on the upswing, and poised to bust things up this season. In his lone drive of the Dolphins pre-season loss to the Bears Thursday night, Miami’s starting quarterback went 6-for-7 with 56…
The Miami Dolphins officially kick off their 2015 campaign tonight in their first pre-season matchup in Chicago when they face the Bears. Is it just us or does it feel like football season ended three years ago? It’s not just us? Oh good. Because it seems that way. But, alas,…
Fort Lauderdale Police and officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation are still investigating a fatal boating accident along Middle River that left one teen boy dead and five others injured — three of the them critically. One of the teens is in stable condition, and another was treated…
Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter, who is no stranger to controversy, may have compared Uber to clerks who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after it was made legal. In an email exchange obtained by New Times, Broward resident Christina Davis wrote Ritter to push her to convince…
The father of a dead baby whose remains were discovered in the back yard of a Hallandale Beach home in 2013 has agreed to take a plea deal. Calvin Melvin, 29, has been charged with two counts of child neglect and three counts of giving false information to law enforcement officials…
A group of 22 Sikh men are on a hunger strike to protest their custody at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Krome Service Processing Facility, according to Shalini Agarwal, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Miami. Agarwal said the men began the hunger strike on July 25…
On Saturday, at least 50 Black Lives Matter activists took off from the Fort Lauderdale courthouse on Broward Boulevard. They stomped down Southeast Third Avenue, protesting racist police in memory of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old black woman who allegedly committed suicide in a Texas jail last month. This group of…
It looks like Uber might be coming back to Broward County — just not yet, anyway. During a lengthy meeting on Tuesday, commissioners discussed the possibility of relaxing their ordinance to allow the ride-sharing company to operate in the county and agreed to draft a new ordinance that would bring…
The Riviera Beach Police Department says it’s investigating an officer after a video surfaced of the cop getting into a confrontation with a disabled veteran. The video, shot on Sunday on the man claiming to be a disabled vet’s cell phone camera, depicts Sgt. Gary Wilson walking up to a…
Pembroke Pines Police are looking for those responsible for beating a family dog to death and then tagging a handwritten note to the dead animal with an angry-looking smiley face and “WE BEAT IT 2 DEATH lol! HAHAHA!” written on it. The dog, a 13-year-old Pomeranian named Fox, was discovered…
This week’s feature story in New Times takes a hard look at a usually hidden corner of the state’s bureaucracy — the group homes and foster care services that provide shelter for some of Florida’s most troubled kids. Allegations of lax supervision have dogged the system, leading to reports of drug…
