Fall festival comes to Bedner’s Farm in Boynton Beach | PHOTOS

Sandra Delgado, Ingrid Reyes, Norma Montoya, and Ana Vallejo have their picture taken at Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market in Boynton Beach during the annual Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. The festival continues through October 312, and offers a corn maze, pumpkin patch, animal encounters, tractor rides, sunflower picking and a variety of seasonal food and drink. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $24.99+ on weekends, $19.99+ weekdays. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun... Read More

Dolphins have starting decision to make on O-line; Darren Waller ready to play

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins are still working through the possibility of either Kion Smith or Daniel Brunskill — and maybe even Cole Strange — starting at right guard in Monday night’s game against the New York Jets. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said the competition this week is continuing through Saturday ahead of “Monday Night Football.” “We’ve had a good work week, and there has been competition,” McDaniel said. “After (Saturday) and, Monday night, you’ll find... Read More

Fort Lauderdale’s famed Day of the Dead set to return without charismatic creator Jim Hammond

Fort Lauderdale’s nationally ranked Day of the Dead celebration will return in November — but for the first time without its lively creator, pied piper of puppets Jim Hammond, leading the way. The founder of the annual downtown Día de Los Muertos parade and street festival, which has delighted tens of thousands of costumed celebrants since 2010, Hammond has announced he is stepping away from the event. In a conversation on Friday, Hammond declined to delve into the “many subtexts”... Read More

Revamping the Galleria Mall: No details yet on a redesign, but new GM wants to add tenants

For store operators who are tenants at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale, there was no better time than late September, when business is slow and tourist traffic is thin, for news to arrive that fresh ownership had taken over the once-burgeoning retail destination on East Sunrise Boulevard. Last week, the $73 million buyout by a group led by Miami Beach-based developer Russell Galbut’s GFO Investments, stirred flourishes of hope and anticipation throughout the multi-block mall. The... Read More

Fort Lauderdale’s Progresso Village next in line for growth? ‘You can’t stop it. It’s a matter of time.’

Fort Lauderdale, the trendy town known for its growing skyline, doesn’t typically argue over a developer’s request to build 10 feet higher. But this time, the request concerned a 1.5-acre piece of land right in the heart of Progresso Village, a working-class neighborhood right next to Flagler Village, the hip, booming area discovered by developers more than a decade ago. The project — which can’t move forward as planned without a rezoning — calls for five buildings, each with 15... Read More

Push is on to cut Florida property taxes. Who’s helped and who’s hurt?

Florida lawmakers are navigating a political minefield: whether to radically reshape or even eliminate property taxes that cities and counties use to pay for critical services, including police and fire-rescue. “This is a shift in the paradigm,” state Rep. Griff Griffitts, a Panama City Beach Republican, said as lawmakers wrapped up two days of in-depth hearings on the issue. “We have to figure it out, doing (so) in a very conscientious way.” What, if anything, to do around property... Read More

Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan

Today is Saturday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2025. There are 95 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 27, 1996, the Taliban, the extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, the capital, and executed former President Najibullah. Also on this date: In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of... Read More

No. 8 FSU bobbles would-be TD pass in second OT, loses to Virginia

By MIKE BARBER CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Chandler Morris scored on a 4-yard run in the second overtime and Virginia beat No. 8 Florida State 46-38 on Friday night for its first home victory over a Top 10 team since also beating the Seminoles in 2005. Morris ran for three scores and had two touchdown passes for the Cavaliers (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). After the go-ahead TD run, he completed a pass to Trell Harris for the 2-point conversion. Florida State (3-1, 0-1) had a chance... Read More

At annual legislative conference, Black lawmakers confront Trump-era cuts and civil rights setbacks

By MATT BROWN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus kicked off its annual legislative conference this week, which has been upended by President Donald Trump’s second term and by the presence of National Guard patrols near the conference’s venue. The 62-member caucus, all of whom are Democrats, gathered with business leaders, activists, policy experts, local government officials, and other professionals from across the country to strategize how to build its... Read More