Things got interesting last night at the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting. Instead of the usual ho-hum municipal mechanics, a vocal group of protesters stole the show, and the outburst of civil disobedience ended with an arrest. Afterward, mayor Jack Seiler suggested the arrest was justified. The Dream Defenders have…
Fort Lauderdale is known to the outside world as an exotic locale, where yachts abound and spring breakers get arrested for DUI. It’s also known as the Venice of America and its proximity to the Intracoastal Waterway. But it’s also viewed, to many, as Miami’s little brother: the city that…
After telling us last week that developers of the controversial Marina Lofts condominium must apply for a building permit by February 20 or else go before the Fort Lauderdale City Commission again, city spokesperson Chaz Adams stands corrected. Actually, he says now, the developer has until February 20, 2017…
“Someone please call my sister,” Leroy Strothers yelled out as he stood naked and armed on a building rooftop last Friday. “I feel delusional, and I’m hallucinating!” As New Times first reported on Friday, Strothers was spotted naked and armed with a handgun on an apartment building rooftop located at…
On the heels of one study saying that Florida ranks at the bottom when it comes to taxation equality comes another study that shows the Sunshine State ranks number one when it comes to financial gaps between the races. The study, conducted by personal financial website Wallet Hub, measured the…
South Florida sports fans have not had a lot to be excited about this year. LeBron left, the Heat are racked with injuries, the Marlins are an enigma, the Panthers are a roller coaster of crazy, and the Dolphins are forever mediocre. But all is not lost. Because hope has…
Several blogs have published a story that accuses Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of telling Boynton Beach residents they should run over protesters who are blocking roadways if they feel their life might be threatened. But PBSO forcefully denied Bradshaw made the over-the-top comments. In fact, he didn’t even…
When did you last travel to Cuba?” the man demanded. “And when was the last time before that? And before that?” The questions cut through the decades. The room was bigger now. The windows were no longer barred. Men in suits had replaced soldiers in fatigues. And the crackle of…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, bruh; you better start formulating a plan. Last year, you waited until the last minute, and you ended up taking your girl to Outback. This year inevitably will be the same as every past Valentine’s Day in South Florida: long reservation lists at…
A big selling point to convincing people to move to the Sunshine State has always been that Florida has no state income tax. And that’s true. But the reality is that Florida ranks at the very bottom when it comes to the fairest taxes in the U.S. This means that…
Black bears make the news in Florida often, mostly because our residential areas are built around where they live and garbage cans smell like food. Whether it be something funny like a bear taking a nap in someone’s lanai or something not-so-funny, like a black bear attacking someone, the animals…
In the annals of criminal enterprise, this has to have been tried before. It’s the old I-don’t-know-what-you’re-talking-about-officer-I-was-blacked-out excuse. Unfortunately for one Jupiter resident who allegedly made off with a stash of expensive jewelry, when police confronted her with the evidence, this was all she could come up with. A successful…
In case you were trapped under something heavy, the big news is that the New England Patriots won their fourth Super Bowl last night by defeating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24. Much to the chagrin of Dolphins fans everywhere, the Patriots are the picture of sustained excellence in the NFL. This…
Update 3: According to PBSO spokesman Eric Davis, the man has surrendered and is in custody. Update 2: According to PBSO spokesman Eric Davis, police are negotiating with the man to surrender his weapon and come down off the roof. No one has been harmed, and there are no hostages…
Thursday saw the opening statements in the Aaron Hernandez first-degree murder trial, where prosecutor Patrick Bomberg said he has surveillance video of Hernandez and a couple of his friends with victim Oldin Lloyd on the night Lloyd was murdered. Hernandez has also been named as a person of interest in…
Update: Check out our review of the wedding ceremony. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau is hosting a sunrise beach wedding and vow renewal ceremony for 100 LGBT and straight couples on Thursday, February 5, and former N’Sync pop artist Lance Bass will serve as the event’s ambassador…
Solar is good. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for you and me. And, apparently, it’s good for the state’s massive utilities, who have steadily been rolling out large-scale solar projects. These project unveilings come after the utilities spent the past year edging the private solar providers out of…
Food Not Bombs of Fort Lauderdale has filed a federal lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale over the city’s recent homeless feeding ordinance. The group is saying that the city violated its First and Fourth amendment rights through the regulations passed in October last year. Since the ordinance was passed, members of…
Remember those wild and crazy BSO deputies who were suspected of leaving a West Palm Beach strip club and then shooting at a nearby Walgreens? Well, one of those deputies has turned himself in on charges of “discharging a firearm from a vehicle” — a second-degree felony. Deputy Norman Stepelton,…
Chins up, strip club aficionados. Because thanks to the Palm Beach County Commission, you can now get a steak with your lap dances. On Thursday morning, commissioners approved a zoning change that will allow the Double D Ranch and Saloon strip club to serve food. Despite some Palm Beach residents…
“A vote for Amendment 2 is a vote for legalizing marijuana forever in the State of Florida,” Florida Sheriffs Association President Sheriff Grady Judd said in a vehemently anti-medical marijuana video released last April. With the video, titled The Devil Is in the Details, Judd’s anti-medical weed group No on…
It might be several months before the autopsy results of Khamis Shatara, the 21-year-old shot and killed by his off-duty PBSO deputy father on Christmas Eve, are released to the public. That’s because the death is being investigated as an “officer-involved shooting” even though the elder Shatara was at home…
