South Florida’s racetrack casinos paid $187.9 million in taxes on slot machines this past fiscal year, surpassing last year’s record of $182.5 million. Miami was mostly up, Broward generally down — with Dania a notable exception. The state receives 35 percent of casino slot revenues. The eight casinos at horse…
Recently, Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop owner Preston Henn decided he wanted to buy a new, limited edition Ferrari valued at $2 million. You know, like regular people do. Ferrari, however, refused to sell it to this generally chill and normal dude — which grievously offended him. After all, Henn has been…
You might think that the judge who presides over the mental health court would recognize the signs of mental illness when he sees them. But apparently, that’s not the case with Judge Mark Speiser. At a probate hearing on June 17th, Speiser charged Jennifer Mia Woodward, who struggles with bipolar…
When Ingrid Anglin and Christina New Land purchased bottles of Banana Boat Sunscreen for Kids at the Target in Deerfield Beach, they believed that the tropical-scented salve would protect their children from South Florida’s searing sunbeams. After all, there was the number 50 on a red shield and a red…
Not only are the Miami Dolphins in the thick of training camp, but their first preseason game is just over a week away; life comes at you fast. After another off-season, there’s a new coaching staff and new roster/ You can’t quite call them the new-look Miami Dolphins —- the…
An underwater home typically refers to a mortgage that is higher than the property’s value. But as rising seas are expected to increasingly flood South Florida, scientists and economists have warned that the term might be taken literally one day. A new study recently released by Zillow, the online real estate…
If you’re unlucky enough to work for a company that still insists on giving everyone PC’s even though it’s 2016 (hi!), you know that Windows sucks. And Windows 10 really sucks. So much so that people have been flat out refusing to upgrade. So Microsoft has had to come up…
The Rio Olympics start this Friday, and South Florida is well represented, with a dozen athletes who call Broward or Palm Beach home. Need help picking someone to root for? Or just some fun facts to make you look smart at parties? Here’re the folks who call our piece of…
On Saturday morning, Charlie Esposito woke up to a loud, screeching racket. But the Fort Lauderdale Beach homeowner couldn’t bring himself to go outside. After spending more than a year fighting developers to preserve Alhambra Street’s historic Art Moderne buildings, Esposito knew it was the sound of defeat. A piece…
One afternoon in August 2012, Kathryn Thomas was surprised to see cars from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control outside her yellow ranch house in Loxahatchee. They were parked near a wall of palm trees and a metal gate with a “Beware of Dog” sign. The petite 52-year-old,…
Chris Conner and Mark Barton jump onto mud-specked mountain bikes and pedal down a dirt road so overgrown with weeds it seems forgotten by man. “Get ready,” says Barton, a lanky, six-foot-four 63-year-old who moves as if he were in his 30s. “Last time we did this, I ran right…
Every Sunday morning, as the sun climbs over South Florida and temperatures rise toward 90 degrees, Michelle Canazaro laces up her snow boots, straps on her skis, and heads to the beach. Canazaro is a Special Olympic athlete from Fort Lauderdale training to compete in alpine skiing in the 2017…
As New Times reported last month, some Wilton Manors residents are fed up with the amount of public daytime sex that goes on at Colohatchee Park. Cracking down on a long-time cruising destination in the second-gayest city in the country presents a unique challenge. After all, part of Wilton Manors’…
If you’re from Fort Lauderdale, you know it isn’t easy to brag about your home town. There are way too many cringe-worthy stereotypes about rowdy spring-breakers, orthopedic-wearing snowbirds, and aloof Canadians. Plus, it’s humid, our cops have been criticized as racist, and a dumb law tries to keep us from sharing…
After snipers opened fire at a rally in Dallas on July 7 and killed five officers, police spent hours in a standoff with one suspect who was cornered in a parking garage. Finally, just before 3 a.m., they sent in a robot that had been jury-rigged to set off a…
Over the weekend, the San Francisco chapter of the Council for American-Islamic Relations received a disturbing message on their voicemail. “I was hoping you guys would answer the phone today and let me know where you’re going to attack in the United States next,” the caller says. “I know that…
David Beckman and Morgan Weinstein were sitting in a macaroon shop in West Palm Beach when they got the idea to sue the creators of Pokémon Go. The two sat, like many pairs of 21st century friends, with their phones out. Weinstein, a lawyer, was catching up on email. Beckman,…
By Nick Sortal Those days of buying a Powerball or Florida Lotto ticket, then waiting for Wednesday or Saturday night for the results, are dying. For low-stakes gamblers who crave daily action, there has always been Cash 3 and Play 4. Both games cost $1, provide results daily and pay…
Eight hours after the police officer who shot his brother was cleared of manslaughter charges, Andrew McBean stands on stage at the African American Research Library in Sistrunk for the monthly Black Lives Matter meeting. Rather than shrivel in defeat, the young black man captivates an entire auditorium in his…
Dear Stoner: How long have people been getting high off of marijuana? Sean in Lakewood Dear Sean: Recorded cultivation of cannabis for fiber goes back as far as 7,000 years in some parts of the world — that much we know. As for how long humans have been getting stoned,…
A new class action lawsuit filed by the Tallahassee firm of Dudley, Sellers, Healy & Heath says that Fort Lauderdale-based Keiser University is violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using automated calling dialing systems to call cellphone numbers registered with the National Do Not Call Registry, often several times…
Kenny Leigh’s attitude toward family law is simple: “You shouldn’t have to prove that mom’s a crack whore for a dad to get the kids every other weekend.” Leigh, of Kenny Leigh & Associates, is the founder and CEO of the largest firm of for-men-only family lawyers in Florida, with…
