One lucky man or woman will get to leave the soured confines of his or her office to go to Hollywood, mingle with celebrities, and hang out at, well, an office. All to help Planting Peace, a South Florida-based charity benefiting Haiti.It’s not just an office. The Office. The set…
Today’s will be a lightning round edition, as we’re playing catch-up after my home internet connection went kaput.Palm Beach Post: Acreage residents anxious for tests to identify the source of the cancer cluster let state officials hear it last night at a public meeting.Sun-Sentinel: Like a horror movie sequel that’s…
Intrepid Pulp researcher Lyn Evans found Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti at the Pompano City Commission last night and asked him a heavy question that involved Lamberti’s threatened mass layoffs at BSO and Undersheriff Tom Wheeler and Lt. David Benjamin, both former Scott Rothstein chums. Let’s go to the tape: It’s…
The following email sent from Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman to activist Warence Mae Smith about the courthouse the commission decided to build for $328 million against the will of its constituents, who voted it down by a 70-30 58-42 margin. No matter what your view on the courthouse is — and…
The sacrament of marriage has taken a beating in recent decades, but it’s time to take a stand. If Donald and Melania Trump’s marriage is not the fairy tale story it appears to be, then all hope is lost.Fortunately for us romantics, reports of that marriage’s demise appear to be…
One of the fiercest battles to be waged this election year will be over Amendment 4, a citizens initiative aimed at putting decisions about growth in Florida back into the hands of voters. On November 2, we’ll go to the polls, and essentially send our government a message about whether…
Broward Sheriff’s Office made a major arrest Friday, nabbing accused sex offender Robert Speights, who was recently featured on America’s Most Wanted as a prolific sex offender and fugitive. Deputies arrested Speights early Friday morning in an apartment at 707 NW 9th Street in Dania Beach. According to the BSO…
Less than two years before band teacher Heath Miller was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting four students at H.L. Watkins Middle School in Palm Beach Gardens, his best friend and fellow band supporter was arrested for allegedly molesting a teenage girl.Franklin King, 42, was president of the band booster committee…
As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students — an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That’s far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks…
It’s nice to see a Broward-born politician like Sen. George LeMieux keeping a vigilant eye for conflicts of interest, even though we’re not technically sure he’s right — nor that he’s remotely qualified to be an arbiter of such things. A few months ago, LeMieux boldly challenged the chairman of…
The local news for this Tuesday morning:Home values in Broward County fell approximately 16 percent this past year, a figure that means that county officials may have to trim up to $150 million from an already skeletal budget. [Miami Herald]A very thin silver lining? South Florida made some major bank…
If you thought the Town of Davie’s $12.5 million purchase of 25 acres from Austin Forman was a total ripoff for taxpayers, you were right. Yes, the price of $500,000 an acre in today’s economy seems patently egregious, but don’t take my word for it. Listen instead to Bob Breslau, president of real estate development for major builder Stiles…
Patrick Maloney resigned Friday as the chief executive officer of Coral Springs Medical Center, inviting speculation that he found himself the wrong side of a political faultline at the public hospital district.There were signs of Maloney’s departure as recently as last week’s board meeting. That’s when Dr. Carrie Greenspan, chief…
City Commissioners are not often noted for their vibrant good health; up there on the dais under those fluorescent lights, most of them look little gray around the gills. But judging from her consumption of green leafy vegetables, Lake Worth City Commissioner Cara Jennings, 33, now in her second term,…
While most of South Florida was obsessed with that little “Super Bowl” business this weekend, Wellington resident Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) was at a basketball game. In Canada.For the chilled Toronto crowd, Ice played his cover of “Play That Funky Music,” then asked, “How ’bout a little old-school for…
Having had our own favorite teams eliminated from the NFL Playoffs, my friends and I were dispassionate observers of yesterday’s Super Bowl. We had a slight preference for a Saints victory, if only because it’s easy to empathize with New Orleans’ hurricane misfortunes and for the franchise’s four decades of…
Even the irony of it has become a cliche: Reality television is the best place to deceive the world. Ross Mandell’s looking to convince the public that he’s not the boiler-room-based white collar crook he appears to be in the U.S. government’s criminal complaint; rather, that he’s a honest, funny,…
A couple of days ago we asked Vice Mayor George Brummer about the City of Pompano Beach’s official opposition to the controversial Amendment 4. The “Hometown Democracy” movement is sweeping across Florida, revving up its engines for a vote this November 2010 that would put growth back in the hands…
Nearly every news outlet in South Florida, including, New Times, has a cell phone signup form where you can receive headlines and tidbits via text message. Most of the local news outlets in both television and print also have mobile versions of their sites that load automatically when you visit…
Here’s what’s going on in the local metro scene:The underdog New Orleans Saints knocked off the Indianapolis Colts at Sun Life Stadium, to the jubilation of their hard-luck fans, as well as a clutch of celebrities who made it to the game. [WPLG-10]Yet more evidence that the Broward County School…
