Arnold Markowitz of Waterfront Times answers questions about fishing in canals. He tells his favorite spots as well as what exotic animals you can find in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade canals.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
It used to be that Key West, Victoria Park and South Beach were the centers of gay life in South Florida. Over the last decade, this tiny town of about 12,000 people, just outside of Fort Lauderdale – has taken over. Wilton Manors has more same-sex couples per capita than anyplace but Provincetown, Massachusetts. Kenny Malone tells the story of how this little village surrounded by metropolitan South Florida became a gay mecca.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Broward is the most racially diverse county in S. Florida, according to the South Florida Business Journal and U.S. Census Bureau. Miami-Dade still leads in the number of Hispanics. Under the Sun's Dan Grech spoke with a demographer during the census to talk about the issue of ethnicity and the government's use of the Hispanic label.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
High school is hard enough already. Imagine facing a foreign language, culture, and school system. Haitian students at Boyd Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes paired up with new arrivals after the earthquake to help ease their way. We are playing stories to commemorate the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti throughout the month of January. Listen to the story here.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Under The Sun's Ruth Morris asked several cyclists for their opinion on South Florida drivers... and on what can be done to make our community a more bike-friendly place.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Students at Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes created videos to help their new Haitian classmates learn the ropes at their new school. ESOL Coordinator Jenna Moniz talks about how the videos came to be. Listen here.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Under the Sun listeners were introduced to students James Celestin and Michel Philco from Boyd Anderson High in our "Teens Buddy up with Quake Survivors" story. Here are some more voices from the students at Boyd Anderson High.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
You may think the "seltzer man" went the way of the rotary phone, but Paul Urbant still delivers seltzer bottles. He came to Miami via Buenos Aires and New York City. He is a "sodero" who travels throughout South Florida, delivering bottles to front doors. Listen to the story here.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Hromada family of Pompano Beach owns fifteen chickens. They are part of a growing national trend of people keeping chickens as pets. Listen to the story here.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Kenny Malone profiles the artist behind some of the most widely seen art work in South Florida -- an artist few know anything about. John McMahon, a police composite sketch artist. The police department does not keep statistics on this, but America's Most Wanted estimates that McMahon's drawings may have helped apprehend almost 800 suspects. Listen to the story here.
WLRN contributor Terence Cantarella begins his journey through Miami-Dade's canal system by canoe on Monday, April 16.
Follow his journey on Twitter and Facebook, and tune in to WLRN 91.3 FM every morning and afternoon to hear about his travels.
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