Mosaic Outdoor Club of South Florida, a Jewish club named after Moses, “the original outdoor Jew,” has announced upcoming events for members and nonmembers. Gentiles are welcome to participate. On Sept. 19 club members will have a kayaking adventure off Key Biscayne, an island paradise connected by bridge to hectic Miami. A naturalist [...]

    popchips, an all-natural, never fried and never baked potato chip, has arrived at retail stores in the South Florida market. The company is based in San Francisco. popchips states that frying chips makes them unhealthy and baking chips makes them not taste good. Instead, it adds heat and pressure and pop! the chips [...]

  The Marine Industries Association of South Florida announced its partnership with the Florida Inland Navigation District for the 33rd Annual Waterway Cleanup off Broward County’s coastline. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 6 at 26 designated cleanup sites across the county. Its tagline “Where Green Meets Blue” [...]

  Sharks off Stuart Beach killed an experienced kiteboarder, according to the Palm Beach Post. Officials believe a group of great whites attacked 38-year-old Stephen Howard Schafer but they are still investigating. At 4 p.m. yesterday Schafer was kiteboarding when a lifeguard saw him in distress. After paddling out, the lifeguard put Schafer on a rescue [...]

  Get fit and grant wishes. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida is hosting its Inaugural Walk For Wishes 5K Walk/Run on Feb. 6 at Markham Park. Participants can go solo or start a team with friends, family members and co-workers. The registration fee is a $25 donation ($10 for children under 12). “Ultimately, our [...]

  Fears of a new “super snake” surfaced in Miami-Dade after a recent state-coordinated hunt encountered five African rock pythons, including a 14-footer. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, scientists fear that a proliferation of the carnivorous serpent will endanger indigenous animals and possibly even humans. “In Africa, the rock python eats everything from [...]

  According to the Palm Beach Post, Jack “the bike man” Hairston was beaten by “thugs” who tried to rob him last night. In December, Hairston’s West Palm Beach charity “gave away more than 300 bikes to children who couldn’t afford them.” The Post states that two teenagers broke his wrist, nose and false teeth, [...]

  The recent cold spell killed countless fish, including popular gamefish, reports the Sun Sentinel’s outdoors writer Steve Waters. “That’s why the (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) has prohibited the harvest and possession of tarpon and bonefish until March 31 and extended the closed season for snook until Sept. 1,” Waters writes. “Anglers will [...]

  At South Florida Adventures we love thrillers and mysteries that get our hearts pumping fast. Here are the November best sellers at Murder on the Beach, a Delray Beach-based bookstore. Hardcovers 1. 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $28) 2. Stuff To Spy For by Don Bruns (Oceanview, $26) 3. In Their Blood [...]

The Sun Sentinel media company is showing photographs of 56 local men and women who died in the United States’ post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. To view them, click here.