Email Author Natalie O'Neill

Awards

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published June 18, 2009

  "Piece of Mind"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 18, 2009

  "Piece of Mind"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published April 30, 2009

  "Pint-Size Preacher"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 5, 2009

  "If Looks Could Kill"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "Piece of Mind"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published June 18, 2009

  "Piece of Mind"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published April 30, 2009

  "Pint-Size Preacher"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published November 20, 2008

  "Drop Dead Sexy"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 25, 2008

  "Hog Huntin'"

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2008 Stories by Natalie O'Neill

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  COVER STORY

  Hog Huntin' in the Glades

  published December 25, 2008

  Without a word, blue-eyed, leather-skinned Mark Clemons steers a camouflage electric golf cart down a lonesome, bumpy dirt road about 25... More >>

• Coconut Grove Condo Owners Fight Nightclub

  published December 25, 2008

  Grove Square Condominium, a pristine peach-colored tower just a few blocks from CocoWalk, is the kind of place an empty-nester might settle... More >>

• Squatters Fight for Rights

  published December 4, 2008

  Maybe Riptide has been watching too much CNN, but we can't help feeling like we're headed for an apocalyptic crash-and-burn not seen since... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder

  published November 20, 2008

  Hauling a fishing rod and bait, Orlando Maytin and his 12-year-old son trudged through a vacant parking lot just past Mile Marker 31 on... More >>

• Squatters

  published November 20, 2008

  Her knee-length dreadlocks wrapped in a green cloth, Cassy hoists her two-year-old daughter up on a hip and shuffles in her socks into her big,... More >>

• Miami Loses

  published November 6, 2008

  Barack Obama cranked on Tuesday, so we're cranked. And he took Florida too. Wow! It's history, baby! But then we looked more... More >>

• Miami Loses

  published October 30, 2008

  Barack Obama cranked on Tuesday, so we're cranked. And he took Florida too. Wowsa! It's history, baby! But then we looked more... More >>

• Gay Hate in Miami Beach

  published October 16, 2008

  The call came in to Tower 41 Condominium, a salmon-pink set of buildings on Pine Tree Drive, on February 22, 2006. Why, asked real estate... More >>

• Big Girls Gather at AmazonCon

  published October 16, 2008

  On the way to the slot machines at Seminole Hard Rock last weekend, a little old lady was surrounded by a circle of seven-foot-tall women.... More >>

• Panty Thief Sparks Security Meltdown at Barry University

  published October 9, 2008

  It started with a troubled security guard stealing college coeds' underwear. It ended last month with the quiet resignation of the executive... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Invasion of the Amazon Women

  published October 2, 2008

  The elevator doors part, and Mikayla Miles joins a threesome of clean-cut executives on the way up to the ninth floor. It's 8 p.m., and... More >>

• Bestiality in Allapattah's Curtis Park

  published October 2, 2008

  Just after lunchtime Tuesday, September 18, Miami Police Det. Gary Jackson arrived at Curtis Park in Allapattah to investigate a crime. It... More >>

• Collection Agents and Guns Don't Mix in Miami Shores

  published October 2, 2008

  In October 2005, Joanne Hatton spotted a woman rifling through her parents' mailbox across the street from her Miami Shores home. The... More >>

• Horse Breeder Gina Silvestri Gets Kicked out of Calder

  published September 11, 2008

  In the predawn hours of late summer 2007, in the recesses of Calder Race Course, a groom opened stall number eight. Greenwood Mystery, a... More >>

• Police Patrol Park West and Overtown Clubs

  published September 11, 2008

  On a balmy night in May on NE 11th Street, not far from Club Space, Riptide witnessed a skinny girl in a green dress arguing drunkenly with her... More >>

• Topless Protesters on South Beach

  published September 4, 2008

  A couple of Saturdays ago, Donna Newman was walking the Miami Beach shoreline when she noticed a pretty ponytailed gal in a tight bikini and... More >>

• Coral Gables Muckraker George Volsky Busts City Manager David Brown

  published August 28, 2008

  Armed with a pen and notebook, 87-year-old George Volsky climbed the stairs in Coral Gables City Hall the afternoon of August 12. With his... More >>

• Advocates for Gay Marriage Rake in the Money

  published August 21, 2008

  The battle over Florida's constitutional gay marriage ban is a lot like a drawn-out arm wrestling match. Both sides are sweating, but the crowd... More >>

• Blogger Rumpole Ruffles the Courts

  published August 14, 2008

  Miami's criminal courthouse is abuzz with talk of a mysterious, irreverent blogger called Rumpole, an anonymous watchdog — and also a... More >>

• Sham Marriage Hell

  published July 31, 2008

  Ivan sits in the passenger seat of a dusty white SUV, fidgeting nervously. The trim Uruguayan shakes a Marlboro loose from the pack and stares... More >>

• Overtown Street Fighter Big Red Hustles and Grows

  published July 31, 2008

  A powwow of prostitutes and drug addicts is taking swigs from brown bags under the Metrorail in southeast Overtown when Big Red shows up. Tiny... More >>

• Orange Crush

  published July 24, 2008

  News Orange Crush A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse. By Alexander... More >>

• Unlucky Number

  published June 19, 2008

  News Unlucky Number A Miami Artist becomes an accidental witness to manslaughter. By Carlos... More >>

• Shack Attack

  published June 5, 2008

  News Shack Attack Grovites decry kiosks as empty vessels. By Tamara Lush Sometimes city... More >>

• The Sex Doll Diaries

  published May 22, 2008

  CULTURE The Sex Doll Diaries Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp. By... More >>