Latest Stories

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  Gainesville, Florida, Mourns the Loss of Native Son Tom Petty

  October 3 at 8:42 a.m.

  Tom Petty's music and influence was inescapable in his hometown, Gainesville, Florida.

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  Chris Wong Won, Member of Historic 2 Live Crew, Dies at 53

  July 13 at 10:48 a.m.

  "Life is life," Chris Wong Won said in an interview in 2000. "There's only X amount of time to shine." Wong Won, also known as Fresh Kid Ice and one of the founders of 2 Live Crew, has died. He was 53 years old. Along with rap mogul (and New Times columnist) Luther Campbell, Wong Won and several others made history in 1989 with their album As Nasty as They Wanna Be.

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  World Champion South Florida Lifeguard Killed by Car While Fishing Off Bridge

  July 5 at 8 a.m.

  Coach Chris Nowviskie impatiently checked his watch at the Pompano Beach Aquatic Center while four junior lifeguards dragged faceless mannequins to safety. One of his lifeguards was 45 minutes late for training for Worlds, the big leagues of lifeguard competitions.

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  "Nothing but Guts": RIP Lindell Trocard, Blue Note Records Expert and Miami Music Guide

  June 21 at 9:39 a.m.

  Tastemaker and beloved local music scene member Lindell Trocard passed away last fall.

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  Remembering Chris Cornell, Grunge Pioneer and Honorary Miamian

  May 18 at 11:16 a.m.

  I was just listening to "Fresh Tendrils." On my way home Wednesday evening, I decided it had been a good long while since I heard that ethereal voice — that cascading voice with unlimited range that could shatter a brandy snifter, but also put you in a lavender haze...

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  Roxcy Bolton, Dade's First Feminist, Is Dead

  May 17 at 12:36 p.m.

  Roxcy Bolton, a daughter of the South who fought harder and earlier for women's rights than anyone else in Florida, died early Wednesday morning. She was 90 years old. Bolton opened the rape treatment center at Jackson Memorial Hospital that bears her name. She helped introduce the Equal Rights Amendment in Congress (though it still hasn't passed). She fought a local Playboy Club, saying women shouldn't have to wear cotton bunny tails on their rear ends, and she removed "obey" from her wedding vows.