Local restauranteur featured on Fox TV show Thursday
Posted March 10 at 9:35 a.m.
Last year, Le Bistro, a French restaurant in Lighthouse Point was paid a visit by Chef Ramsay, a nationally-known chef who has created shows such as Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmare in which he helps local restaurants revamp their menus, service and looks. Last year, Ramsay, and Kitchen Nightmare visited Le Bistro and remade the restaurant in five days. Locals Andy and Elin Trousdale and their restaurant Le Bistro will be featured Thursday night at 9 p.m. on Fox in this week’s edition of Kitchen Nightmare.
“Watch the show to see locals, and a sampling of their new menu,” said Lighthouse Point Chamber president Michele Greene, “and then make it a point to dine one evening at the restaurant to "relive" the famous evening.”
Many locals in Lighthouse Point and Deerfield came out for the restaurant’s debut after Ramsay remade the menu, including the Observer Newspaper’s editor Diane Emeott and senior reporter Andrea Freygang.
Brummer wins seat in landslide; Hillsboro to close to call
Posted at 8:37 on March 9
With over 74 percent of the vote, Vice Mayor George Brummer easily won re-election for another term at the helm of Pompano Beach. In Hillsboro Beach, the race was almost too close too call. Voters came to the polls to vote for two candidates of their choice out of four, with the most votes winning. Incumbents Celinda Sawtelle and Tom Puleri both ran for re-election against active residents Joe Germano and Rhea Weiss in a friendly race that ended up pitting men against the women. Sawtelle was returned for another two years, and Puleri was ousted by Weiss.
Results
Joe Germano: 23.63% with 224 votes
Tom Puleri: 24.16% with 229 votes
Celinda Sawtelle:26.58% with 252 votes
Rhea Weiss: 25.63% with 243 votes
In Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, a fairly contentious race, Mayor Roseann Minnet also won with a landslide 72 percent. Scot Sasser won with 71 percent against Marjorie Evans for District 1 while Chris Vincent knocked out incumbent Jim Silverstone for District 2.
For more on elections, see Thursday's Observer Newspaper.
West Wellfield Project UPDATE
Posted 3:03 p.m. 3/9/10
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9: Late Work Hours to Finish Biscayne Well 22
The Biscayne Aquifer well, referred to as WW 22, is almost complete. The final reaming of the 29-inch well hole to 180 feet below land surface has been completed. On Tuesday, March 9, the driller will set the stainless steel screen and casing to a total depth of 177 feet. This will be followed by backfilling the remaining space outside the casing with clean gravel pack.
THIS WORK IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY MARCH 9 starting at 7 a.m. and will run into the evening (possibly as late as midnight). Once the procedure starts, it cannot be stopped.
The running equipment, mainly a generator for lights after dark, will be screened to reduce the noise as much as possible. Placing of the gravel into the space around the screen and casing may also generate some noise.
Notices regarding this issue were hand-delivered to residents of the impacted areas on Friday, March 5.
For more information, call 954-520-2549 or visit www.Deerfield-Beach.com and click on Project Updates under Quick Links.
Clerk wounds would-be robber in Deerfield
Posted March 7, 10:45 p.m.
A felon’s plan to rob a Deerfield Beach convenience store was foiled after he was shot by a clerk Friday night.
The incident occurred at approximately 9 p.m. March 5, at Snappy Convenience Store at 115 SE 10 Street. There were no customers in the store at the time and clerk Samir Al-Madi, whose father owns the store, told Broward Sheriff’s Office Robbery detectives that he was on the telephone when he looked out the window and saw a man with a handkerchief covering his mouth, the rest of his face, except for his eyes, concealed with the hood of his jacket, and a gun in his hand approaching the store.
Al-Madi said the suspect burst through the door yelling and demanding cash with the gun pointed directly at him. BSO Robbery detectives said at about the same time Al-Madi reached for a nearby gun and fired one shot, striking the gunman in the lower jaw area. When the robber started to get up, Al-Madi fearing for his safety fired several more shots. After hearing the commotion a clerk, who was in the back cooler area at the time of the shooting, came to the front of the store and grabbed the thief’s gun before he had a chance to retrieve it.
The suspect, who was later identified as, 24-year-old Alexander Brown, was rushed to North Broward Medical Center where he underwent surgery. He is expected to survive. Once he’s release from the hospital, Brown will be booked into a BSO jail on charges of armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of an altered firearm. Brown was released from a Florida State prison in March 2009 after serving time on burglary charges.
Posted March 3, 1:30 p.m.
On Monday, a man on a rendezvous with a woman at the Super 8 motel in Pompano Beach appears to have been scammed. An armed man knocked on the door demanding money. When Jasper Morland Jr. handed it over, the robber, who had long dreadlocks and a handgun, passed it on to the woman. When he realized the two were in “cahoots,” he bolted out the door and a struggle ensued, captured by motel surveillance. Morland was able to break free.
There were a few surprises in store for a Deerfield Beach man who scheduled a morning rendezvous with a woman at a Super 8 motel Monday in Pompano Beach.
Morland later found out that the woman, who he met on a chat line, is really a man. Yasmick Jeune, 21, is facing armed robbery charges. The BSO is hoping someone will recognize the dreadlocked man from the video, posted on www.observernewspaperonline.com.
Anyone with information on the suspect involved in this armed robbery is asked to call BSO Robbery Det. Tony Hierrezuelo at (954) 321-4270 or report it anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
On Wednesday night a 53 year old man was killed when he was struck by a car. BSO are trying to find relatives to inform them of his death. According to BSO “detectives are withholding his name in the hope that they can notify them (family) in person.” He was crossing NE 33rd Street in Pompano when he was hit by w white 1999 Buick Century.
The man was 6’ 3” and unshaven. His identification card listed an address in Elmhurst, New York, but the address did not appear to detectives to be current. He may be Brazilian and also may work with concrete or marble. He wore a black jacket, black jeans, black work shoes, and wore a silver Citizen “Blue Angels” watch with a blue face. He was also wearing a white baseball cap with the words “Smoker Regional Cigar Friendly Magazines.” The hat has a grey brim.
If you are a friend or relative of the victim please contact Traffic Homicide Detective J.M. Kersey at 954-786-4203. You can also report it anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS or www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
created shows such as Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmare in which he helps local restaurants revamp their menus, service and looks. Last year, Ramsay, and Kitchen Nightmare visited Le Bistro and remade the restaurant in five days. Locals Andy and Elin Trousdale and their restaurant Le Bistro will be featured Thursday night at 9 p.m. on Fox in this week’s edition of Kitchen Nightmare.
store at the time and clerk Samir Al-Madi, whose father owns the store, told Broward Sheriff’s Office Robbery detectives that he was on the telephone when he looked out the window and saw a man with a handkerchief covering his mouth, the rest of his face, except for his eyes, concealed with the hood of his jacket, and a gun in his hand approaching the store.