Irma Remembered
We filled bathtubs with water and dug out old radios. When phones blasted out tornado warnings, we huddled in closets and bathrooms. It will be fine, we told the children,…
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Style & History
The Needham Estate isn’t your usual Fort Lauderdale house on the market. It’s a genuine and important piece of Fort Lauderdale history. Viewed from the New River, the Needham Estate…
Captain and the Kids
A new ocean education center aims to teach youngsters – and grownups – about the sea. And its star attraction is ready to help. It’s midmorning, and Amy Hupp is…
Trashing the Beach
Beach and ocean pollution is a major issue, with plastic bags and polystyrene cited as two of the biggest culprits. Now though, cities and residents are finding ways to fight…
Angling for Change
In three decades, the Fort Lauderdale-based Billfish Foundation and its army – navy? – of angler volunteers have done vital work helping to preserve some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring…
Chef G’s Sizzling L’s
Fort Lauderdale High School is known as the home of the Flying L’s, but it’s also home to a fairly new restaurant-grade kitchen-classroom. In it, Jerry Guajardo is getting students…
Just Keep Swinging
After not making it last year, Dillard High School’s award- winning jazz band prepares for high school jazz’s biggest prize, New York’s Essentially Ellington competition. Microphones line a small Dillard…
The Abreu Legacy
Architect Francis Abreu was only in Fort Lauderdale for a short time in the 1920s, but he created some of the city’s greatest buildings. Now some of his work is…
Not Silent, Not Alone
Amy Daumit suffered in an abusive relationship for nearly 20 years. Today she works to help people find a different way. The Forget Me Not flower is a small, unassuming…
