Coral Springs’ Three Mountain Natural Area features three hills about 40-45 feet and height and was created from sand that was used to dredge local canals in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Broward County’s Markham Park is known for its picnic areas and other recreation but it also features a hidden nature trail that boasts rabbits and other wildlife on the edge of the Everglades.
Lake Louisa State Park is located in Lake County just south of Clermont off of US 27. This slideshow is of the lake itself.
Order the book here! It’s difficult for modern Floridians to conceive what prohibition was like even with dry counties in the parts of the state persisting into this millennium. It was a different time – a time of intense factionalism and “wets versus dries” defining everything about a person or an elected official. The country […]
This is an excerpt from the introduction in Kartik Krishnaiyer’s new book Florida and the American Revolution. We learn as young children in school about the American Revolution and the “fight for freedom” of the colonists in the 13 “original” colonies. We learn about how plucky freedom fighting “patriots” fought the greatest world power and […]
Southwest Airlines (WN) will abandon its efforts to build a Latin American gateway in Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in June 2024, shifting most flights to Orlando (MCO). As a result Orlando gains new service to San Jose, Costa Rica, Providenciales, Nassau, Punta Cana, Grand Cayman and Cancun all of which will be axed from FLL. Additionally, […]
The long-standing effort to connect traffic from the Sawgrass Expressway to Interstate 95 is moving forward. Florida DOT has released a statement regarding the SW 10th Street Connector project in Deerfield Beach. The SW 10th Street Connector will be moving forward into the final design and construction phase in 2024 with the selection of a Design-Build […]
A quick look at the schools who aren’t in power five conferences (outside FAU who we did a full preview of due to their status nationally). Bethune-Cookman A lack of depth probably dooms any real chance for improvement this season. Keep an eye of Zion Harmon, a potential SWAC player of the year. Florida A&M […]
Florida State were probably consistently the best team in the ACC from 2017 through 2021 (Virginia has an argument but I opt for FSU). The bad news is part of that period coincided with Covid which curtailed the Seminoles otherwise excellent chances of winning titles in 2020 and 2021. While the Seminoles have beaten in-state […]
Year one of the Todd Golden era in Gainesville didn’t go according to plan. After a whirlwind media tour where Golden professed confidence in the roster he built, the Gators struggled to score for much of the season and limped their way to a 16-17 season and a first round exit from the NIT. The losing […]
The Florida Squeeze 