Burying Gold
After a three-decade legal battle, Oakland Park can look forward to something new on the old Solid Gold and Pure Platinum sites. The Federal Highway corridor has a dual personality…
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Nourishment & Knowledge
Poverello has served the community for three decades. Over the years its mission has expanded – but a few core tenets remain as strong as ever. In the professional-grade kitchen…
Scaling Up on South Andrews
A proposed three-tower development on South Andrews Avenue, renamed Riverparc Square, is a massive work in progress. A city block just south of the New River on Andrews Avenue is…
Fueling the Industry
Many different types of businesses help make the local boating and yachting world go round. We sat down with the general manager of one place that’s celebrating 20 years in…
Water Panther
Nick Bjugstad has established himself as one of the leaders of an exciting new era in Florida Panthers hockey. Away from the ice, the Minnesota native has gotten used to…
Mariner 101
Training at crew schools is an overlooked current propelling Fort Lauderdale’s status as a leading hub of the yachting industry. The yachting industry in Fort Lauderdale has gained a reputation…
Whatever It Takes
The battle to redevelop Bahia Mar has been drawn out and ugly. Now the lead developer believes they can make it happen. Last year, controversy appeared to kill plans to…
“Want A Job, Kid?”
Good, blue-collar tradesman jobs — America just doesn’t produce those anymore, right? Wrong. And one of Fort Lauderdale’s biggest industries is an untapped resource. Millennials, pre- and post-college kids, young men…
Lights, Camera, Lauderdale
Every year, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival brings interesting, independent, foreign and short films to Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale and Cinema Paradiso in Hollywood. This year’s festival, which…
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,…