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…
City Life
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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…
Capturing the Waves
When you live with the ocean and natural Florida, it can be possible to forget their beauty and uniqueness. But fear not; Joey Waves is here to help. Few are…
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…
At Home in Harbordale
A new mixed-use development is part of a trend away from industrial and towards more residential in Harbordale. A fresh jolt of gentrification may be coming to Harbordale, the southeast…
The People Behind the Boats
There’s a new company behind the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. We got the information on Informa. Charlie McCurdy works around the world, but as he explains his company’s plans,…
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…
Mixing It Up
A proposed development at Federal Highway and SE 17th Street would be at the forefront of trends towards mixed-use development and increased south-of-the-river residential. Mixed-use residential development is in fashion.…
No Vacancy
A hotel next to a convention center seems like a fairly obvious choice, but nothing has been simple about the now decades-long battle to build lodgings next to the Broward…
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…