Residents of the Palm Beach County enclave known as The Acreage see their rustic lifestyle under attack by international homebuilding giant the Minto Group. From the look of things they’re not going to take it lying down. See also: – Farms in the Acreage May Have to Shut Down Because…
Landlubbers may not be aware of a current epic sea battle: shrimpers v. sea turtles. The reality is that we have very little idea what kind of impact the former has on the latter endangered critters. In part, that’s because the federal government is dragging ass about conducting meaningful studies…
Hi Dan Marino. Hi. Hello. How are you? You might not remember me, but we met last year during a Miami Dolphins presser when they unveiled their new logo and uniforms. I was the guy who walked up to you and tried asking you a question but instead only managed…
GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections) is the second-largest private prison company in the country. Guess where it gets a nice chunk of revenue? By taking kickbacks from the companies that put phone lines into its prisons. According to a letter it sent to the SEC, GEO Group received $608,108 in…
A Florida animal rights activist who’s fresh off a stint in prison has a new target in her sights — the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which funds projects at the University of Florida. Camille Marino, from Wildwood, in Central Florida, is a longtime, hard-core activist. She’s the…
Max Jackson is a student at Florida Atlantic University. On October 21, 2012, he traveled to Miami to snap some shots of the Color Run — a race in which people get paint dumped on them along the course. It’s dubbed “The Happiest 5K on the Planet.” Jackson posted the…
Cold fluorescent light bounces off the slick white floors of the hallway. Doors slam; girls scream in the distance. A half dozen police officers march across the tile. Staffers wrapped in blue hospital scrubs trot behind. Outside, 20 cop cruisers and two ambulances paint the parking lot with their reds…
UPDATE: Thanks to Charles Ogletree — the Harvard law professor who stepped up on Banton’s behalf — the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta agreed to hear his case. The court has yet to schedule a date to hear the arguments. Back in 2009, a series of boneheaded decisions…
Tyler Hadley, the 17-year old Port St. Lucie man who killed both of his parents with a hammer, and then immediately threw a house party, has changed his plea to no contest on Wednesday. The plea means Hadley could face 25 years-to-life in prison. Prosecutors, meanwhile, say that they might…
The woman CIA director David Petraeus had an affair with was in Florida on Wednesday as a panelist for a modern military conference held at the University of South Florida. Because, of course. Paula Broadwell, the woman that singlehandedly caused Patraeus’ downfall, spoke at a panel about how to win…
Looks like there’s a new installment in our Donald Trump Is Twitter Beefin’ Files. We have a theory about Donald Trump. And it’s this: Donald Trump is the living embodiment of a cartoon villain. Not in the sense that a “bad guy” wrestler from WWE, or an actor in a…
A Florida animal rights activist who’s fresh off a stint in prison has a new target in her sights — the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The organization tosses around millions of dollars a year, and some of that money has landed at the University of Florida. That’s…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times is a deep look at the abuse — both mental and physical — endured by needy kids at the hands of the very adults paid to help them. The Citrus Health Network’s Pembroke Pines facility first came to…
It’s a very real possibility that Florida Power & Light could put power lines through Everglades National Park. These would bring power from the Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points northward. The only time to object in person is tonight, at a public meeting at Florida International University. Here’s…
The voices coming from the television in room 108 of the Grand Hotel in Dania Beach told Carlos Cadavid to murder his girlfriend. That’s what Cadavid, 23, told homicide detectives after he fessed up to shooting to death his girlfriend of four days on Valentine’s Day. After he shot and…
A woman says a worker on a Holland America cruise ship raped her, beat her up, and tried to throw her into the ocean on Valentine’s Day. The MS Nieuw Amsterdam had departed from Port Everglades and was sailing off the coast of Roatan, Honduras when the attack happened. According…
CBS announced on Tuesday that former Miami Dolphin great Dan Marino will not be returning to do their Sunday pregame shows next season. Marino, who had been with the network since 2002, is now apparently out of a job. The Dolphins, meanwhile, are in serious need of a makeover, following…
Update: Tallahassee Police have confirmed that the body found on the roof of a building on College Avenue in Tallahassee Tuesday morning is missing FSU student, and Weston native, Ryan Uhre. On Ft. Lauderdale Beach this past weekend, friends and family held a vigil for Uhre’s safe return. Police have…
South Florida is for fightin’ on President’s Day, apparently. Because people got their rumble on during Monday’s holiday. A huge throw-down in Ft. Lauderdale forced cops to shut down portions of A1A on Monday afternoon. Cops say the beach brouhaha began on the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and A1A…
Back in 2009, a series of boneheaded decisions landed Mark Anthony Myrie — known in patchouli-soaked dorm rooms and Caribbean dance halls as reggae star Buju Banton — in federal custody. He faced charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in…
Commercials can be frustrating. A giant corporation spends millions of dollars to take up 30 seconds of your life and, more often than not, leaves you saying this is the best we can do. I mean, I’m a peaceful person, but if I ever see the Geico lizard walking down…
The three intersections on East Las Olas Boulevard from Southeast First to Southeast Third Avenue are gray. While their purpose in keeping fast-moving vehicles from crashing into each other used to be enough, the millennials have spoken, and if they’re going to help a grandma cross the street, they’re going…
