Archive for June, 2009
Miami Changemaker Conference: July 18, 2009
It’s time for the 2nd Miami Changemaker Conference on July 18, 2009.This conference is the 2nd in a 3-year series – each one with its own focus. In July, participants and speakers will focus on “Placemaking”: How Local Residents Can Create Better Parks, Beaches, Blocks, Read More
Read More >>Hills. sheriff faces lawsuit
By admin at 30 June, 2009, 11:00 pm
Jasmine Bedwell’s baby was tossed from a moving car on I-275 in early May. Her ex-boyfriend Richard McTear is charged with the murder of baby Emanuel. It was a heartless, callous act that shocked the Tampa Bay community. Now, the grieving mom plans to sue the Hillsborough County Read More
Read More >>Burglar runs up $150 in adult calls. She knew him — really well
What wives don’t know about their husbands. Take the 73-year-old woman who claimed that someone broke into her home and made $150 in adult entertainment phone calls. Nothing was missing and no evidence of forced entry was found, according to the Bay County Sheriffs Office. Turns out, the Read More
Read More >>Oh where oh where is Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles?
Where oh where is Michael Jackson’s beloved chimp Bubbles? Turns out he’s been in here in Florida since 2005 — in Wauchula at a place called “The Center for Great Apes.” When Bubbles became too large to be handled by Jackson, he lived his earlier years at the Read More
Read More >>Here, have a drink. He stole it for you.
Hey, drinks on the house! Maybe that’s what Robert Pearce, 23, was thinking when he reportedly grabbed a bunch of vodka. Make that two bottles of Three Olive vodka. And one bottle of Kettle vodka. And one bottle of Smirnoff Razz vodka. They all came from the bar at Riters Beer Garden in Read More
Read More >>Chamber of Commerce heads to … nudist resort?
The guys down in Kissimmee (who’ve done this before) are going a looooong way towards helping chamber members all over the world shed their image as uptight business types. And that may not be all they’re shedding, reports the Orlando Sentinel We guess they are taking the new Read More
Read More >>‘Bubbles’ now has Bay Area home
One of Michael Jackson’s most famous former pets now lives right here in the Bay Area. “Bubbles” the chimp has lived at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula since 2005. Jackson got the chimpanzee as a baby, but he ended up back with a trainer as he got bigger and stronger. He Read More
Read More >>The Sugar Hill Gang at Bova Restauraunt
I admit to not being very well-versed in the art of hip-hop, but according to this release The Sugar Hill Gang recorded the genre’s first big hit “Rapper’s Delight.” The Gang performs Wednesday night (July 1) at BOVA Ristorante , 1450 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. The Read More
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