Carlton Gillespie
Broward County Bureau ReporterCarlton Gillespie is WLRN's Broward County Bureau Reporter.
He is a digital broadcasting major at FIU. He previously worked for Caplin News where his work placed in the top-10 of the Hearst journalism awards and he has appeared as a panelist on WPLG's This Week in South Florida.Carlton Gillespie is a summer 2024 intern.
Carlton is lifelong Broward County resident and loves telling stories, playing music, and cooking. When he's not watching sports, he's out exploring nature and identifying birds and butterflies.
You can reach Carlton at cgillespie@wlrnnews.org.
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At the 2024 Condo Summit in Broward, experts and state senators from both parties gathered to tackle rising costs — but warned there is no silver bullet. Senate Democratic Leader Jason Pizzo said that owners, including those of the collapsed Surfside building, could shoulder some of the blame for the state of affairs. -
Florida lawmakers hold a condo summit to tackle skyrocketing costs due to regulations after the 2021 Surfside condo collapse.
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Players and coaches worked arm and arm with volunteers to give out hot meals to shelter residents and hundreds of Thanksgiving food baskets to families. "I never get tired of doing this, said captain Bam Adebayo. -
A well-known Davie businessman and political heavyweight, Ron Bergeron, has lost his appeal in a long-running lawsuit. The case alleges his former business partner, Anthony Lomangino conspired with Waste Management to undermine the recycling business they had together.
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Nan Rich, Broward County Mayor, delivered her final state of the county address, highlighting her efforts to address affordable housing and homelessness.
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Wellpath filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas. That move allows for the company to be reorganized. It's one of the largest prison health providers in the country.
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The 39th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival takes place this week. The festival was one of the many arts organizations negatively impacted by the governor’s veto of arts funding this summer. -
The proposals would allow for the height of the landfill to up to 325 feet tall — an increase of 100 feet — and expand the horizontal footprint of the site by almost 25 acres. -
The film Blind AF, which is showing at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, tells the story of Shawn Cheshire a blind woman from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea who is striving to ride across the United States on a solo bike. -
The popular Veterans Day weekend drone show on Nov. 11 in Pompano Beach is back —and it's bigger than ever.
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The City of Pompano Beach has announced details for this year’s iteration of the popular Veterans Day weekend drone show.
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Broward voters gave a resounding thumbs up to the creation of an inspector general for the county's corruption-checkered public schools system.
