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Sailboats to superyachts: Boat show turns 60
By John Dolen City & Shore Magazine Fort Lauderdale’s International Boat Show celebrates its 60th year this month, tracing its first show back to 1959. The same year Fidel Castro took over Cuba. Ben-Hur won the [...]
Our giant Hard Rock & Roll fantasy playlist
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine I’m driving through west Hollywood and I hear music. A rocking guitar. Blasting from somewhere outside my car. Loud enough to drown out the tune playing in my Sonata [...]
Things to Know Before Splurging on a Boat
By Robyn A. Friedman City & Shore Magazine There’s an old saying you’ve no doubt heard – especially if you live in this boater’s paradise. It goes something like this: The two best days of a [...]
Looking back on long-lost restaurants
Staff report The face of South Florida is constantly changing, and that means that even the most iconic spots can sometimes disappear. Take a look back at some of the restaurants that were once synonymous with [...]
Confessions of a Woodstock deserter
By Greg Carannante City & Shore Magazine I have a confession to make. I was a Woodstock deserter. There, that feels better. But, yes, it’s true. On Aug. 16, 1969, after only one of the three [...]
It’s never to late to change along with world
By Lori Capullo City & Shore PRIME Fifty is the new 40, or so they say. What exactly does that mean, though? That the half-century milestone isn’t what it used to be when we were kids, and [...]
Happy holidays! Now let’s talk about taxes
By Robyn A. Friedman City & Shore Magazine It’s December — a time when you’re no doubt preoccupied with family, friends, shopping and celebrations. But there’s something else you should be thinking about now, before you [...]
Preview Ft Lauderdale International Film Fest
By Robyn A. Friedman City & Shore Magazine The 33rd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF) will roll out more than 200 American indie and foreign language features, documentaries and short films from Nov. 2-18. [...]
The difference a private education makes
By Patti Roth City & Shore Magazine A school in West Palm Beach offers an aviation program with a flight simulator. A barn with pigs and goats is part of a school in Davie. Students at [...]
Mike Mayo looks back at the year in reviews
By Mike Mayo Sun Sentinel Dining Critic The question I hear most these days is, “What’s the best restaurant in South Florida?”, or its cousin, “What’s your favorite restaurant?” In a region with 14,000 restaurants, it [...]
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- After impassioned plea, ex-senator gets $100,000 to open Smitty’s Wings on SistrunkOnetime lawmaker Chris Smith got his $100,000 taxpayer subsidy, but not without a little bit of drama. The former state senator said his wings place would open on Sistrunk Boulevard whether he gets additional taxpayer help or not. But on Tuesday, four commissioners — sitting as the Community Redevelopment...
- Reduce number of active shooter drills in schools, Stoneman Douglas commission urgesFlorida students would be subjected to fewer active shooter drills, under a recommendation by a commission investigating school safety in the wake of the Parkland tragedy. In response to complaints from students and teachers that emergency drills — now required monthly — are traumatizing students,...
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- After impassioned plea, ex-senator gets $100,000 to open Smitty’s Wings on SistrunkOnetime lawmaker Chris Smith got his $100,000 taxpayer subsidy, but not without a little bit of drama. The former state senator said his wings place would open on Sistrunk Boulevard whether he gets additional taxpayer help or not. But on Tuesday, four commissioners — sitting as the Community Redevelopment...
- Reduce number of active shooter drills in schools, Stoneman Douglas commission urgesFlorida students would be subjected to fewer active shooter drills, under a recommendation by a commission investigating school safety in the wake of the Parkland tragedy. In response to complaints from students and teachers that emergency drills — now required monthly — are traumatizing students,...
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- Free entry at museums on Saturday and SundayEnjoy free admissions to museums on Aug. 3-4 with Bank of America’s Museum on Us program. The year-round program offers free entry to more than 200 national arts institutions on the first full weekend of each month with an ID and a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. Get free...
- Consumer Reports: Trader Joe’s, Publix at top list of best grocery storesConsumer Reports readers weighed in on America’s best supermarkets and Trader Joe’s, Costco and Publix are near the top of the list in the magazine’s 2019 annual subscriber survey, published in the August issue. Readers rated 96 national and regional supermarkets, supercenters and warehouse clubs....
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- After impassioned plea, ex-senator gets $100,000 to open Smitty’s Wings on SistrunkOnetime lawmaker Chris Smith got his $100,000 taxpayer subsidy, but not without a little bit of drama. The former state senator said his wings place would open on Sistrunk Boulevard whether he gets additional taxpayer help or not. But on Tuesday, four commissioners — sitting as the Community Redevelopment...
- Reduce number of active shooter drills in schools, Stoneman Douglas commission urgesFlorida students would be subjected to fewer active shooter drills, under a recommendation by a commission investigating school safety in the wake of the Parkland tragedy. In response to complaints from students and teachers that emergency drills — now required monthly — are traumatizing students,...
- Woodbridge Ponzi scheme operator gets 25 years for $1.3 billion fraudAfter apologizing to his victims in a Miami federal courtroom, former South Florida businessman Robert Shapiro was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for masterminding a $1.3 billion fraud scheme that bilked more than 8,000 investors across the nation. Shapiro, 62, learned of his fate after...
