Florida East Coast Railway

Democratic nonprofits send funds to 'super PACs'

2012-02-03 18:21:00

President Obama's first campaign ad of 2012 decried "secretive billionaires attacking" him through conservative nonprofit groups that do not reveal their contributors. But two Democratic nonprofit groups that do not disclose their donors made payments...

Colbert super PAC got $500 from California's Gavin Newsom [Updated]

2012-01-31 16:38:30

Christine O'Donnell-Chris Coons debate: Full transcript

2010-10-14 04:34:24

Boynton neighbors forming watch program

2013-06-18 17:35:07

Residents of the Forest Park neighborhood in Boynton Beach are taking a stand against crime by joining with the Police Department to revitalize a Neighborhood Watch program. The Forest Park Neighborhood Watch will meet with Crime Prevention Officers at...

Cities may push to quiet train horns on FEC

2013-06-09 13:20:01

Q: Where can I learn more about quiet zones to silence train horns on the Florida East Coast Railway in downtown West Palm Beach? Shelagh Dufault, West Palm Beach A: Local governments in Palm Beach County are expected to team up to apply to the...

Thunderstorms, flash floods impact traffic, delay flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

2013-06-08 04:52:00

A thunderstorm raging directly above Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport caused extended delays for travelers Friday, and the rain flooded area roads. Planes were taking off and landing, airport spokesman Gregory Meyer said, but "because...

WAVE's a big waste

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Am I the only one who thinks that spending $142.6 million on this WAVE streetcar is stupid spending? We can't get riders for all the new buses or the free Sun Trolley, and they go all over Broward County — not just to the courthouse. If you think...

Car collides with train in Pompano Beach; driver survives

2013-05-30 15:17:57

A car on the Florida East Coast Railway tracks in Pompano Beach collided with a southbound freight train Thursday and landed 20 feet away, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue spokeswoman Sandra King said. Driver Joseph Desir, 29, of Deerfield Beach, survived the 1...

Driver killed when train hits van on tracks in Boynton

2013-05-05 13:31:13

Hallandale Beach Boulevard narrowed to provide extra 'green time'

2013-04-21 13:35:59

Q: Can you please tell us why eastbound Hallandale Beach Boulevard goes down to two lanes at Southwest Second Avenue and then opens up no more than 100 feet later to three lanes right before Southeast Third Avenue? This does not make any sense, and it...

Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good

2013-04-21 00:00:00

As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...

Will Fort Lauderdale's Wave streetcar be a wipeout?

2013-03-20 15:47:22

As a New Yorker who grew up riding subways, I'm all for mass transit. But the proposed Wave electric streetcar in downtown Fort Lauderdale sounds more like a massive boondoggle: A light rail loop that will go virtually nowhere and carry almost nobody,...

An FEC train transporting empty rail cars back to the yard for refills of overburden (dirt) passes in front of what will be the tunnel under the new south runway at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.

2013-01-28 00:00:00

Lion heads on the massive bronze front doors greet visitors as they enter the 60,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion built by Henry Flagler in 1902. The Standard Oil and Florida East Coast Railway magnate ushered in the Gilded Age, a period of opulence and rapid industrialization.

2012-09-06 00:00:00

Broward County Mayor John Rodstrom officiates the groundbreaking for the expanded south runway at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The $791 project which will elevate the runway over the FEC Railroad and Federal Highway is expected to generate 11,000 jobs.

2012-05-17 00:00:00