Today’s biggest news may just hit Miami harder than any other city in the world. Pope Francis has released his Encyclical, “Laudato Si’” on the Good of the Common Home. It states that It is time to change the way we act toward the earth. It starts out thusly, defining…
When Ivan Dorvil’s Nuvo Cafe on West Dixie Highway burned down in 2012, his admirers mourned. The place was a neighborhood favorite, and Dorvil was a ministar, having cooked for the likes of P. Diddy, Gloria Estefan, and Lil Wayne. He’s also worked in high-end restaurant’s in South Beach’s Delano…
For the second time in six years, a fire has broken out at a North Miami Beach Costco store, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of customers and staff. The blaze broke out around noon Monday on a top shelf near the pharmacy. The lights quickly went out a few minutes…
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled Thursday that an injunction he had issued should be lifted, confirming an earlier decision that gays have a constitutional right to marry in Miami-Dade County. “The Constitution requires the Clerk to issue [marriage] licenses,” he wrote. Florida’s conservative attorney general, Pam Bondi, who had…
For months, Wynwood restaurants and visitors have been fuming about a new parking policy that has made formerly free parking expensive and — at times — inconvenient. Now Shots Miami, a bar on NW 23rd Street, and a Southwest Miami-Dade Harley dealership are firing back by offering a free motorcyle…
Miami Beach Police Chief Daniel J. Oates sent a letter to his staff today outlining his concerns about an upcoming story in Miami New Times. “This email is for your information only. My request is that you not release it outside the Department,” he wrote. Minutes after he sent the…
Yenis Delgado is a green-eyed, 45-year-old Cuban beauty. She left the island a decade ago with her husband and young son. Her dad stayed behind, though, and it’s hard to keep in touch. Calls cost $1 per minute. Sending gifts sets her back $50 per pound. “Who can afford that?”…
“The city of Miami is only 200 miles or so from Havana. Countless thousands of Cubans have come to Miami — on planes and makeshift rafts, some with little but the shirt on their back and hope in their hearts. Today, Miami is often referred to as the capital of…
Here is the full White House news release on Cuba. It is stunning. Updated at the end with Vatican news release on the matter. See also: TV Crews Outnumber Protestors at Versailles As Obama and Castro Normalize Relations Charting a New Course on Cuba Today, the United States is taking…
In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. After 45 years of poisoning the mostly black residents of West Coconut Grove, the incinerator Old Smokey…
Ten people were injured Saturday in Buena Vista when a Toyota Camry careened onto the sidewalk and plowed through a sidewalk caf�. It happened around 4 p.m. at Lemoni Caf�. None of the injuries were serious, police said. One elderly woman broke her foot. For months, that stretch of NE…
The Overtown Optimist Club Rattlers have practiced here since 1993. They’ve won four national championships and produced not only model citizens but astounding athletes. For example, there’s former Rattler Dave Thomas, a cornerback who earned a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants. Then there’s Ben Hanks, who played…
After football practice at Overtown’s Williams Park each day, 13-year-old wide receiver Gerald Johnson walks off the grassy field with sweat sluicing down his forehead. “Bye, Fat Albert,” his buddies call. That’s Gerald’s nickname, even though he’s skinny as a twig. He tucks soggy shoulder pads into a bag and…
Tiny-but-tranquil Miami Shores isn’t often rocked by controversy, but a vote last month that failed to endorse gay marriage has turned neighbor against neighbor. After the North Dade town’s mayor, Herta Holly, and two others killed a resolution in July that would have supported marriage equality, which is bubbling its…
The mom of Steven Sotloff, the 31-year-old American journalist and Pinecrest native whom ISIS has threatened to kill, has issued a moving video begging for her son’s release. In the minute-long video, Shirley Sotloff says: “He is a loyal and generous son and grandson. We have not seen Steven for…
Developer Jeff Berkowitz’s plan to build an enormous observation tower in downtown Miami passed at the polls Tuesday, but its effect on downtown remains to be seen. The few voters who showed up to cast ballots in the city yesterday approved the $400 million, 1,000-foot tower by a two-to-one margin…
Everything I have ever said about Gawker is false. Everything. The gossip/news (or is it news/gossip?) website this morning admitted inadvertently stealing copy from Miami New Times. We didn’t bring it to their attention. The plagiarism related to a post last week by Miami New Times news blogger Kyle Munzenrieder,…
For half an hour this morning, North Miami Avenue — one of the city’s most crowded arteries — was shut down. By peacocks. For most of the show, it was funny, but not to the honking buses, swerving drivers, and cops who didn’t show up…
Randy Katz is a stand-up guy. An emergency room doc at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, he recently raised $35,000 for a buddy, Jeff Fogel, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — Lou Gehrig’s disease. The money helped Fogel buy a high-tech wheelchair to deal with the malady that is…
Randy Katz is a stand-up guy. An emergency room doc at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, he recently raised $35,000 for a buddy, Jeff Fogel, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — Lou Gehrig’s disease. The money helped Fogel buy a high-tech wheelchair to deal with the malady that is…
After 13 years of stalling, bureaucratic ineptitude, and political gamesmanship, Liberty City’s Hadley Park will finally get a $6.5 million community center. This historic 28-acre spot at NW 50th Street and 14th Avenue is one of the most infamous in Miami history. Thirty-five black families were ejected from the area…
My God! Rick Scott did something right. Florida’s governor announced yesterday he will veto a bill, approved by the state Senate and House, that would raise the speed limit on much oft the state’s highway system. Though law enforcement mostly supported the plan — Scott proposed the veto after attending…
