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It’s no news that it’s raining if you’re with us here in Florida. It’s as if the hurricane season took a look at the calendar and said: oh, it’s June, let’s roll. Colin is the first tropical storm to make landfall in Florida since 2013. The forecast is: rain, rain and rain.   Florida Gov.… Continue reading Tropical Season Starts Early This Year In Florida: Here Comes Colin

Florida might be the sunshine state, but when it comes to the Miami based ice hokey team, the Florida Panthers, it’s a song of fire and ice. Yes people, it just got hotter on the ice:  The Panthers have announced they will change their logo and uniforms long ago, as they felt the long time… Continue reading It’s A New Era On Miami’s Ice – The Florida Panthers Unveil Their New Look

After the recent blowback from the estimated 80,000 person large beachside event on Miami Beach, city commissioners are taking measures to curb and control future “high impact events.”  Scenes of trash strewn beaches full of plastic floatation devices and empty beer bottles, were posted all over social media with neighbors up in arms over the… Continue reading Miami Beach city moves to curb big blowout events following Floatopia backlash

A shocking occurrence of vandalism rocked the Boca Raton community earlier this month. Two religious prayer scrolls on the doorways were stolen.  Authorities have chalked it up to the possibility of it being linked to the fact that Chabad of East Boca Raton’s plans to expand the religious center.  This may have spiked the attention… Continue reading Vandalism at religious institution in Boca Raton

Chances are you’re familiar with with Floatopia if you’re a Miami Beach resident, but for those of you that are not residents, Floatopia is a huge raft party that draws thousands revelers to South Beach.  The massive event drew crowds of more than 100,000 people with many of these people leaving behind their floatation devices… Continue reading Floatopia event trashes South Beach – Residents are up in arms

Buying older smaller homes, knocking them down, and building bigger, luxurious places isn’t a new business – it’s called flipping a home and it happens from coast to coast.  The increasing development of Miami’s beachfront is in part due to the massive influx of foreign dollars coming into the area. Developers are tearing down Miami… Continue reading McMansion Mania: Preserving and saving Miami Beach’s unique look in a housing boom era

Some Commissioners have been disappointed by the quality of administrative services from  the Fort Lauderdale City Commission.   These “serious shortcomings” include staff grievances and dissatisfied employees, and lengthy delays for people trying to get permits for building purposes or even something as simple as replacing windows and doors.  The slow pace of things at… Continue reading Fort Lauderdale City Commission in disarray as they propose new sales tax

One of Miami Beach’s main attractions is it’s architecture. With the energy of the sun and colors to rival a rainbow, Miami Beach architecture is one of a kind. You don’t have to be an architect to appreciate the city’s Art Deco and Miami Modern sensibility. Real and curvy, most buildings are in condition that… Continue reading There goes the neighborhood! Miami beach residents want to monitor the building of all new single-family homes to preserve cultural history

Spring Breakers’ Mess on Fort Lauderdale Beach Upsets Surfers and residents are up in arms over the flippancy of out of town college kids. Spring Break has been known for rowdiness, debauchery, and pure disregard for residents but residents of a Fort Lauderdale beach have had enough. The above picture has been shared hundreds of… Continue reading Spring Break on Fort Lauderdale Beach – Disaster Strikes!

A neighborhood in Palm Beach, Florida had a rude awakening on the morning of Friday, March 25th. More than a dozen vehicles were burglarized leaving shards of glass strewn in the street and neighbors uneasy about the recent invasive crimes. It happened overnight Friday at the Presidential Golfview Condominiums, on North Congress Avenue. Police haven’t… Continue reading West Palm Beach sees uptick in car burglaries and residents take innovative measures to stop future occurances