Music was still blaring from store fronts. Stray dogs were still lumbering around. Women were still getting their hair done. And Maguet Thimotus turned down the stereo playing outside of his namesake record store on NE Second Avenue to express his frustration at not reaching his loved one. “All of…
Hayes Bowen, a firefighter with a green thumb, has done manual labor at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for eight years. The 48-year-old volunteer happily shoveled and pruned the stunning landscape, where plants and reptiles looked as if they’d been torn from the pages of National Geographic. The work was a…
After today’s executive order suspending her again, the next big date in the Michelle Spence-Jones saga is Tuesday afternoon. Earlier this week, attorneys asked a Miami-Dade judge for an emergency hearing to prevent Governor Charlie Crist from suspending Michelle Spence-Jones. But the Guv pulled his trigger faster than the judge…
Charlie Crist isn’t even going to wait until Michelle Spence-Jones is sworn in again. He has already pulled the trigger on resuspension.Miami city Commissioner Spence-Jones turned herself in on November 13 on charges that she siphoned $50,000 of county money to a family business. Crist swiftly suspended her, setting up…
So, Miami Beach is officially on the street corner with a leg out hoping for a big corporate sugar daddy to send a little money its way in exchange for a few favors. According to The Herald, the Miami Beach commission unanimously approved a contract with the Superlative Group, a marketing company. The…
For nearly a decade, Guillermo Socarras has had a dream of constructing the world’s tallest building in Miami. But plans have shifted. Backers, if they were ever really there, have backed out. The local economy, especially the building boom, has flat-lined. And just earlier this month, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the…
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In this week’s New Times, you can read my update about the Bolivian victims of a 2003 conflict now known as Octubre Negro. More than 60 mostly indigenous protesters and bystanders died when the government called the military on demonstrators. Then, Bolivia’s president and defense minister fled to Miami. Today,…
The past months have seen a lively game of musical chairs in the NCAA and NFL. Though the hottest action hasn’t concerned Miami teams much, the effects are being felt here. The Dolphins fired defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni last week, and it seems like they’re hoping to replace him with some Miracle-Groh. Al Groh has…
On December 29 around 11 p.m., the call came in: A woman was being assaulted near NE 70th Street and North Miami Avenue.A few minutes later, a squad car pulled into an alley behind 45 NE 70th St. Cops found Regina Renee Crawford on the ground, unconscious and with bruises…
Hey, Fidel, you might wanna take a break from the sex maniac routine to take a hard look at the University of Havana’s journalism programs. We’re beginning to get the impression your state publication’s reporters are less than entirely committed to the truth.Peruse the Juventud Rebelde that ran earlier this…
Owing to its proximity to Haiti and the large local Haitian population, Miami has become something of a domestic headquarters for U.S. efforts to provide relief to Haiti after being devastated by a massive earthquake.This morning, President Obama announced Vice President Joe Biden will be in the area this weekend.”I’ve…
The great snake scourge of the Everglades continues to thrive despite the recent cold snap and Sen. Bill Nelson’s giant-snake-killing parties.During a recent sweep, state officials found five African rock pythons, including a 14-foot female in an area near the Tamiami Trail and Krome Avenue. In Africa, these pythons have…
There’s more than enough weird things that happen here in Miami-Dade, but sometimes it seems we’re downright sane compared to the rest of Florida. WTF Florida is our new weekly survey of all the weirdness our Peninsula has to offer. Florida’s Oldest SnowballIt rarely snows here in the Sunshine State, but…
Following Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the Haitian Consulate in Miami has been overwhelmed with phone calls from locals seeking information, advice, and support. But Consul General Ralph Latortue is as much in the dark as they are. He spoke with First Lady Elisabeth Delatour Preval twice Tuesday but has…
The Haitian community in Miami waits patiently for word on their family on the Island. [NYTimes]Despite reports yesterday that all 12 Lynn University students in Haiti were accounted for, five are actually still missing. [CBS4]UF is also waiting to hear from two students who were in Haiti. [WSVN]The cold temperatures…
Cabbies tell Miami-Dade officials where to shove their SunPass transponders
Ex-Miami Beach cop Adam Tavss kills two, gets caught with drugs, and earns a nice payout
From Bolivia: Massacre victims get no justice
Sex machine Fidel Castro is now only 56 percent dead, experts fear
Gays are leaving South Beach for Fort Lauderdale
Gender, as much as societal norms want us to believe it, isn’t always a black and white issue. The issue hit the headlines last year when South African runner Caster Semenya’s sex came into question after she won gold in the 800 meters event during the World Championships.Both the International…
