Martin Menter, a retired salesman, started working for the U.S. Census Bureau in late April. About 50 percent of Broward residents did not return their census form earlier this year. Menter is one of the people paid to knock on doors, trying to gather all the information the government needs…
This time last year, we had a cover story about Jailamony, a greyhound with a broken leg, and the national fight over greyhound racing. While Florida, with 13 tracks, remains the mecca of dog racing in this country, other states continue banning live racing. Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri signed…
Programming note: I’m breaking in a new computer this morning, so expect some technical difficulties. Here’s a look at what made news this weekend:Archbishop John C. Favalora led his final mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Sunday. He’s stepping down after 16 years, with much of the past decade mired in…
If you thought the race between Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger and former state Sen. Steve Geller was going to be an austere and polite affair, think again. Here’s the first television spot from Gunzburger: You’ll notice Gunzburger, whose campaign is being run by her son Ron, includes a piece…
Here’s what happened this week in Juice:The Puppy Palace protests got personal. Juice posted photos from the most recent face-off at the Hollywood pet store, where Palace defenders used a Facebook photo of a protester’s 5-year-old daughter in their counterprotest signs. More photos from the protest here.Palm Beach billionaire Jeff…
Following the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizion oil rig and subsequent spill, there were scattered protests around the country, a bunch of huffing and puffing on Capitol Hill, and a general sense of heartbreak as TV news viewers watched the first tar balls reach land in Alabama. But…
Last week we brought the story of Esthelhomme Peterson (“Peter”), the 12-year-old Haitian boy brought to the U.S. to get treatment for the massive growth on his neck. His transportation and treatment were arranged by a coalition that included Sen. George LeMieux, a benevolent local attorney, several international aid organizations,…
Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper has warned us about the dangers of pain clinics. Last June, he was in the Miami Herald talking about the dangers of doctor shopping, where people go to numerous clinics to stockpile pills like oxycodone, Xanax, and Valium. “It’s almost impossible to monitor different…
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is under scrutiny in Lake Worth these days. As we reported yesterday, residents packed a small room at Monday night’s CRB meeting to hear a presentation on local “hate groups,” including FAIR.In part, the recently passed Arizona Senate Bill 1070, one piece of…
For the second day in a row, the Boynton Beach Police Department has announced the arrest of a man for sex acts with a child relative. Octavio Pedro Jose, 18, has been charged with molesting his 8-year-old sister.According to the arrest affidavit, the abuse came to light this week after…
According to an NBA general manager who spoke to ESPN, Dwyane Wade will join LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Chicago next season. I wonder if that unnamed GM is the Chicago Bulls’ own Gar Forman, and if he’s high.Theoretically, that scenario could work only if the Bulls prove to…
Mike Batisto was walking his new black lab last night around 11 o’clock when he first smelled smoke. He walked by at first, but then he had a feeling that he ought to circle back.”I don’t know, I just thought something doesn’t feel right,” Batisto, a 32-year-old project manager at…
While he was a Republican Senate candidate, Charlie Crist didn’t have an inner circle so much as a triangle. And all three points on that triangle were from Broward County. George LeMieux, the governor’s former chief of staff, whom Crist appointed to the U.S. Senate last August; Eric Eikenberg, who…
Dalia Dippolito tried to enlist at least two ex-lovers to help in her plot to have her husband arrested or bankrupted. But did the two men know about each other? And did they both know about her alleged murder plot?Text messages released this week by the Palm Beach County State…
Let’s see what’s happening in our area this Friday morning;Text messages from15-year-old Wayne Treacy have been made public. They’re a chilling prelude to what happened the afternoon of March 17, when Treacy allegedly attacked Josie Lou Ratley, also 15, outside a Deerfield Beach school bus stop. [CBS4]Broward County Medical Examiner…
Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper, who became a bit of a national celebrity during the Anna Nicole Smith case and is an occasional guest of Nancy Grace, is involved in a bitter dispute with his daughter’s in-laws, who claim Perper’s daughter and her husband pilfered their fortune. The claims of 75-year-old Thelma…
The hard part of being the independent in a three-way race is that you can’t always play it down the middle politically. Likely Democratic candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek is trying to force Charlie Crist’s hand: Does Crist support the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan or not?In his Washington…
Mark Sullivan, a 49-year-old man from Boynton Beach, has been charged with molesting his 11-year-old stepson.According to the arrest affidavit by Boynton Beach police, Sullivan slept on the floor of his living room with the boy, then placed the boy’s feet into his (Sullivan’s) pants. In his own interview with…
Police are looking for a 45-year-old Hollywood woman last seen Tuesday walking away from her apartment complex on Lincoln Street. The woman, Sharon Elson, was reported missing Wednesday after she failed to show up for work.From the Hollywood police news release:Elson’s apartment door was found unlocked and all of her…
Yeah, I know $10,000 at the Breakers is barely enough to tip the bellhop, but still. Union leaders are expected to be judicious with their share of the workin’ folks’ wages. Also, it doesn’t help that much if the District Council of Carpenters’ leadership is already under criminal indictment.Judging by…
