But that’s exactly when a fire broke out on the roof at Voodoo Bayou in Palm Beach Gardens, a Saturday night, Sept. 25, forcing the New Orleans-themed restaurant to close for nine days.

When spring came, they adjusted their expectations: Voodoo Bayou might open in the summer. But, as is common in the restaurant business, that didn’t happen. This week, a restaurant rep said the ...

Before the St. John’s Eve Voodoo ceremony got started, priestess Sallie Ann Glassman alerted the crowd of 100-plus along Bayou St. John to the possibility that someone could become possessed by ...