Lincoln Road is in such a state of content flux that even national chain stores that have sat on the strip for more than a decade can’t keep up. William Sonoma and Pottery Barn, neighboring chain stores in the 1000 block of Lincoln that share a corporate parent company, will…
Some Republicans in the state legislature may be ready to legalize medical marijuana (though only if it’s the nonsmokable stuff), but at least one Democrat wants all weed legalized. Sen. Dwight Bullard, a Democrat representing Cutler Bay and current chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, introduced SB 1176 yesterday. The…
This is essentially the different side of the same story from earlier this month, when an analysis showed that 65 percent of Miamians are renters. That’s because homeownership in Miami-Dade has plummeted since the recession and foreclosure crisis. Well, now the Census Bureau is out with new information basically pointing…
Today’s photo comes from Manuel Mazzanti’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
Miami Beach police responded to a tense scene last night at 7801 Abbott Ave. in Miami Beach. After responding to a domestic disturbance report, police noticed that the place was ablaze. A mattress had been set on fire in a hallway. During their investigation the suspect, 22-year-old Edwin Innis, was…
Paul Raifaizen probably thought he’d hit the corruption jackpot when he found a crooked Miami-Dade County bureaucrat named Jesus “Jay” Pons, who promised to overpay his company for work it never did. However, Pons’ scheme grew so outrageous that it toppled, ensnaring everyone involved in legal trouble. Oh, and just…
In a tradition documented in the very first line of Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” (Holly came from Miami, F-L-A), for years Miami’s creative and restless young would head to New York. In return, Miami would get New York’s retirees. This population transaction worked fine for decades, but…
What else do you expect from a state that isn’t sure if gay sex meets the legal definition of sex and let beastiality remain technically legal until 2011? It’s been technically illegal in Florida since the late 1800s for unrelated and unmarried man and woman to cohabitate. In fact, it’s…
Today’s photo comes from Roberto Bowyer’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
Back in 2013, Jeffrey A. Benjamin came in second place to Tomas Regalado in Miami’s mayoral race with 10 percent of the vote. You may remember that as the year when Regalado’s only real competition, Francis Suarez, abruptly dropped out of the race, leaving Regalado practically unchallenged. Still, Benjamin was…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
In response to an all too regular string of accidents involving drunk drivers and bicyclists on the Rickenbacker Causeway, police will set up a DUI sobriety checkpoint on the bridge to Key Biscayne tonight. The Miami Police and Miami-Dade Police departments will join forces for the checkpoint. See also: Another…
It’s really not fair that two travel sites have decided to release their awards for best beaches on this, a week of cold and misery across the nation. Here in Miami we can’t even use our own beaches right now. (We mean, there’s probably some weird European tourists out there…
Apparently, Pat Riley thinks Goran Dragic is the man to turn this Heat season around. According to numerous reports, the Miami Heat has traded Shawne Williams, Justin Hamilton, Danny Granger, and two first-round picks to the Phoenix Suns for the Slovenian star. Norris Cole was shipped to New Orleans in…
Today’s photo comes from Pedro Suarez’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
Remember when you were a kid and your parents drilled it into you that you weren’t supposed to take candy from strangers? And for most of us strangers never actually offered us candy, nor did we hear about it happening to any of our friends. However, turns out that it…
After originally investigating the death of Kristina Gomez Reinwald as a suicide, Miami-Dade police have now ruled the case a homicide investigation. The 46-year-old trans woman, also known as Kristina Grant Infiniti, was found dead in her home in the 2000 block of Southwest 58th Court on Sunday. According to…
It’s safe to say there’s a lot that sets cult hit RuPaul’s Drag Race apart from other reality competition shows — not the least of which is that many of its former contestants remain relevant. South Florida’s own Latrice Royale is no exception. She has toured the globe, with stops…
Want to pick up a bag of baby carrots, a carton of Hefty bags, and a fifth of vodka all in one quick trip? Well, lawmakers are currently debating whether to allow grocery and drug stores to sell hard liquor alongside other wares. See also: Beer Growlers May Finally Be…
Today’s photo comes from Christopher Eddy’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group…
Ever heard of the Eiffel Tower presented by L’Oréal or the Starbuck Seattle Space Needle? Of course not. Unlike many of the structures across the globe its being compared to by backers, the SkyRise Miami tower could feature some serious corporate branding…
On Saturday, Lavall Hall, a Miami Gardens man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, was having an episode. His mother called police to help her calm down her son. As it turns out Hall’s mother would never see her son alive again. Miami Gardens Police showed up the scene and…
