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Experimental Music Making Waves at Miami’s Edge Zones
Richard Garet, whose conceptual and experimental creations utilize background noise activations, image and sound generative processes as well as obsolete and current media to create unique abstractions, performs at Edge Zones on Aug. 31. Photo courtesy of the artist. Miami has been home to plenty of experimental sound events but...
Bain-Range funeral home demolished
The developers behind the massive Bimini Block project on Grand Avenue are preparing to build another mixed-use development on the long-neglected corridor in the West Grove, on the site where Bain-Range Funeral Services once stood. The Range Funeral Home was established in 1953 in Liberty City by Oscar L. and...
Miami Dolphins Announced Unfortunate Odell Beckham Jr. Injury News Ahead of 2024 NFL Season
The Miami Dolphins have one of the most top-heavy wide receiver rooms in the NFL. They went into the offseason with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle already under contract but decided to add three-time Pro Bowler Odell Beckham Jr. to the roster back in May. Last season, Hill had 119...
Election forum puts spotlight on Fort Lauderdale’s District 4 candidates
Fort Lauderdale candidates on the campaign trail have no shortage of issues to weigh in on this year. There’s the public outcry over a plan to remove a tree-lined median on Las Olas. A homeless crisis that has business owners and residents on edge. And the prospect of a railway bridge — or tunnel — running through downtown Fort Lauderdale. Voters got a preview of the District 1 and 4 ...
The Cup comes to Broward Health
Fort Lauderdale – Former Florida Panthers player Vladimir Tarasenko and his family visited Broward Health Tuesday, bringing the Stanley Cup and a $10,000 donation to the hospital. Along with the Cup, there were autographs and activities for the hospital’s pediatric patients. [Photos by Steven Alpert/New Pelican]
Teenage driver pleads not guilty in Broward crash that killed 2
The teenage driver accused of being behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla that struck an SUV two weeks ago, killing its driver and a passenger, was ordered held without bond Wednesday after formally pleading not guilty to vehicular homicide charges. At the time of the crash, Gavin Dorvil, 19, of Lauderdale Lakes, was already free on a $1,500 bond in an unrelated case from mid-July in which he ...
Miami Beach cop has scary moment after man jumps into cruiser, orders her to drive
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A Miami Beach police officer was sitting in her cruiser when a man suddenly jumped into the car. What happened next may have saved her life. Authorities said last Tuesday, just before 12:30 p.m., a man suffering a mental health crisis jumped into her marked patrol car at Fifth Street and Lenox Avenue and demanded that she drive.
School bus cameras catch thousands illegally passing in Florida
The big story: Florida lawmakers decided to let school districts put cameras on buses as a way to catch drivers who illegally pass the buses as they’re stopped to let children on and off. So far, the cameras haven’t proven much of a deterrent. Hillsborough County officials recently...
Gov. DeSantis, here’s how you fix your Florida parks problem
Dear Gov. DeSantis, Welcome back from Ireland! You missed a lot here last week. While you were overseas watching Florida State being beaten by Georgia Tech, you were getting a vicious political beatdown here. Put it this way: You’ve returned from Ireland to the land of ire. Your super-sneaky plan to build a trio of […]
Ohio convict pleads guilty to threat to kill state judge in Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An Ohio prison inmate already convicted of rape and kidnapping pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to threatening to kill a Florida judge and sexually assault the judge’s wife and daughter. Inside the courtroom at his plea hearing, Wayne A. Miller, 41, of Alliance, Ohio,...
Florida Bar dismisses complaint alleging Century Village board member illegally practiced law
The Florida Bar has dismissed a complaint alleging that a board member at Century Village near West Palm Beach was illegally practicing law. The Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday that Fausto Fabbro, the president of the organization that manages the sprawling retirement community, filed a complaint with The Florida Bar against his...
Florida high school football Week 2: What are the best individual recruiting matchups?
The second week of the high school football season features several big-time recruiting matchups, highlighted by some of the top players in the class of 2026. The list includes Vero Beach offensive lineman Micah "Champ" Smith going up against Buchholz edge rusher Nicolas Clayton (Wisconsin commit), Pace offensive lineman Grant Wise against...
Climate change poses health risks. But it’s hard to fight when state policy ignores it.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is the hottest state in the contiguous United States, and its residents suffer the most heat-related illness. Older people are most susceptible to the heat, and nearly 4.7 million Floridians — 1 in 5 residents — are older than 65. The peninsula has...
HURRICANE CENTER: One System East Of Florida Showing Some Signs Of Growth
Nothing To Worry About For Now. But It’s There. And It’s Peak Hurricane Season. BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — We are just about in “peak hurricane season” and things are very calm for a season that forecasters maintain will be very active. As of… Read More »HURRICANE CENTER: One System East Of Florida Showing Some Signs Of Growth
Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes Could Be Boon for Florida’s Viticulture
Researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) are harvesting their first crop of potentially disease-resistant wine grapes in Florida. The first crop at UF/IFAS’s Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra, Florida, of Pierce’s disease-resistant grapes showed no signs of disease. The grape...
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