Home safety

How to snuff a kitchen fire

Four out of five fire-related deaths among civilians occur in the home, according to the National Fire Pro...

Desk set

Home repair

Water leaks: costly surprise

Sometimes it takes getting soaked with water-bill sticker shock for homeowners to find out about a leaking ...

Fairchild’s tropical garden column

Planting native palms

When people think of South Florida landscapes, their minds immediately conjure images of palm-tree-lined ro...

Hot property: Los Angeles

Ellen buys Brangelina’s beach house for $12 million

In one of the more talked-about transactions in town, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold thei...

Desktop decor

Condo Line

Board should have odd number of directors

You need to fall back to FS 617.0803 and your Articles and Bylaws. Apparently, sometime in the past, the bo...

Plant Clinic

Weed whackers are harming trees

Plant Clinic

Are spots on ferns scale (bad) or spores (good)?

What look like scale insects on your fern are actually fern spores. Insects would not be found in neat row...

Plant Clinic

Yellowing may indicate iron deficiency

Dania Beach

Dania Beach hosting gardening classes

Nurture your green thumb by learning how to grow and replicate plants.

Plant Clinic

‘Beautiful shrub’ is invasive weed

Unfortunately, you have a Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), also known as Florida holly, Christ...

Plant Clinic

Too much water is bad for the garden

Unless your plants were recently planted and still establishing their root system or your plants are in con...

Plant Clinic

Nam Doc mango tree is infected

Your ‘Nam Doc Mai’ mango has either anthracnose or powdery mildew or both (they are fungal d...

Dr. Dolittler

FIV-positive cats not as hard to manage as most people think

FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus) is a big deal in the world of feline adoptions. It seems to be the one ...

Obese pets: Vets say more than half of dogs, cats are overweight

America's obesity crisis is spreading - to our pets.

Cat's limp may be from claw growing back

Jag is a 9-year-old indoor cat who recently developed a limp in his left front leg.

Experts disagree on trap, neuter, release program for feral cats

In an area of Akron, Ohio, that residents don't want disclosed live three colonies of wild, or feral, cats.

The Dogs of War: training, deployment and the golden years

Veterans returning from wars can often count on a reservoir of goodwill from the public to help them make t...

How to ease your dog into married life

The wedding and honeymoon are over, and now the real work begins. The American Kennel Club wants to remind ...

Dr. Dolittler

What to look for in a vet

Condo Line

Board should have odd number of directors

You need to fall back to FS 617.0803 and your Articles and Bylaws. Apparently, sometime in the past, the bo...

Condo Line

Documenting board actions in the minutes

Minutes have only the basic information about the business conducted by the board or members at an annual m...

Washington Report

A timeout on mortgage payments

Some homeowners who lose their jobs can have their mortgage payments temporarily reduced or suspended under...

Condo Line

Rules for attending meetings by phone

Q. How can non-U.S. citizens, who may spend less than half a year in residence, run for the board? We have ...

Condo Line

Board oversteps its bounds

Your questions are well taken. This is an example of a board overstepping its powers. Boards of directors n...

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Role of HOA president: Officer or director?

The problem with using Roberts Rules is that the state statutes override them. If you think about the proce...

Condo Line

Cat owners flout no-pets rule

The last person to enforce the rule is a judge. All the board could do is send rule enforcement letters. I...