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Episode 10 of 57weeks.COM pOdcast. Apple Dumpling Episode

Tom Truex, is the featured host in the podcast, 57Weeks. In Episode 10 he gives you some details on the life and death of “Wild Bill Hickok.” Also his take on the importance of an old school recipe for apple dumplings. Episode available on 57Weeks.Com or Spotify. ... Read More

Retail Roundup: Debuts of ‘Dueling water coaster,’ Danish furniture store, and golf club fitter studio

Rapids Waterpark in Riviera Beach is debuting Mega Mayhem — a new attraction it calls the longest dueling water coaster of its kind in North America, and the only one in Florida. What’s a dueling water coaster, you ask? Well, the coaster part is easy. It’s like a roller coaster but instead of rolling on wheels, water-propelled participants slide through the ride. Mega Mayhem, the largest attraction ever built at 45-year-old Rapids Waterpark in Riviera Beach, is billed as a dueling water... Read More

Weekend things to do: Florida Derby fashion, a great Cure tribute band in Delray Beach, NSYNC vs. Backstreet at Broward Center

Serious question: What does one wear to the Florida Derby?  The thoroughbred race, known more formally as the Curlin Florida Derby, returns to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach on Saturday, and I’m flummoxed (not to be confused with the racehorse of the same name).  I am familiar with the fashionable crowds that attend the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, sartorially splendid and seersuckered, feathery wide-brimmed hats at a rakish angle. Surely the Florida Derby — the... Read More

MAP: Where Trump won big in Broward — and where he performed poorly

With all his opponents having dropped out, former President Donald Trump won every city in Broward in Florida’s presidential primary, though he didn’t perform quite as well as he did in the rest of the state. And the Republican votes in the county’s cities and towns weren’t uniform. Some communities provided him a much larger share of the vote than the 79.8% he received countywide, and others much less. There was a swath of Trump support in the southwest part of Broward — Miramar,... Read More

Daily Horoscope for March 28, 2024

General Daily Insight for March 28, 2024 We can all benefit from letting our emotions grow naturally. Gentle Venus in Pisces is sextiling change-maker Uranus at 9:58 am EDT, encouraging us to feel outside the box in addition to thinking there. The Moon in Scorpio will oppose Jupiter and Uranus, both in Taurus, causing sparks to fly, before locking into a lunar trine to Venus. That will add a cosmic cherry on top of an already lovely day! We should lean into any upcoming opportunities that... Read More

Warm waters may precipitate ‘hyperactive’ 2024 hurricane season, AccuWeather predicts

Hotter Atlantic waters could mean a “super-charged” hurricane season this year — with possibly more systems than 2023, AccuWeather predicts in its newly released seasonal forecast. The weather forecasting service … Click to Continue » ... Read More

FAU hires Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, gives him 5-year deal

By TIM REYNOLDS (AP Basketball Writer) Florida Atlantic is hiring Baylor associate head coach John Jakus as its coach, a move that comes four days after Dusty May capped his six-year run with the Owls and took over at Michigan. Jakus and the school have agreed on a five-year contract. Financial terms were not immediately released and the school was planning to hold an introductory news conference on Friday. “This program has been in such great hands, and I have a tremendous amount of... Read More

Federal judges uphold DeSantis’ redistricting plan

TALLAHASSEE — A three-judge federal panel Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.” The decision was the second time in less than four months that courts have upheld the map in cases focused on the overhaul of a North Florida district that in the past elected a Black Democrat. The state’s 1st... Read More

Coral Springs man convicted in 2011 murder of restaurant worker

A Coral Springs man was found guilty Wednesday of the 2011 killing of a restaurant worker whose body was surrounded by enough blood for investigators to piece together who committed the offense. Kadian Andre Garfield Roper, 43, will learn his fate May 1, when Broward Circuit Judge Tim Bailey imposes his sentence. Life in prison is possible but not mandatory for the second-degree murder conviction. Bailey ordered a pre-sentencing investigation to determine the fairest possible sentence. Roper... Read More