Girl Scouts, Baptist Health help restore camp's native greenery
Baptist Health South Florida recently partnered with Girl Scout volunteers for a morning of “green happiness” as they planted more than 350 native small trees and shrubs at Girl Scout Camp Mahachee in...
View ArticleCoral Gables activist Roxcy Bolton shares lifetime of historic memorabilia...
An observant writer once said of Roxcy O’Neal Bolton, “I have heard Roxcy Bolton laugh, as elusive an event as seeing the great Greta Garbot smile.”The Roxcy Bolton who opens the door to her Coral...
View ArticleInspiration fuels Kendall woman’s ‘Pure of Heart’...
Daniela Garcia had been selling life and health insurance for 13 years, but felt something was missing from her life. So earlier this year, she created Pure of Heart, an eco-friendly fashion line with...
View ArticleZoo Miami’s Ron Magill to lead Junior Orange Bowl Parade
Zoo Miami “goodwill ambassador” Ron Magill has been named grand marshal of the 64th Junior Orange Bowl Parade, which sets out through downtown Coral Gables on Sunday, Dec. 30.Involved with wildlife and...
View ArticlePolice chief: Crime is down in Coral Gables
The perception that Coral Gables is in the grip of a crime wave is inaccurate, acting police chief Scott Masington told the City Commission on Tuesday.“Coral Gables is a safe place,” the chief said....
View ArticleGables High wins again for 6-game streak in girls soccer
Heading into the tough, final stretch of district competition, the Coral Gables Senior High Girls Varsity Soccer Team capped a six-game winning streak on Monday, Dec. 10, with a 4-1 home-field victory...
View ArticleFamilies find tidings of joy at historic Merrick House
The city of Coral Gables and the Coral Gables Merrick House Governing Board held a festive holiday party on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, at the historic home of city founder George Merrick.Guests at the...
View ArticleKnight grants help local arts groups
Earlier this month the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation granted nearly $2.3 million in awards to 34 winners of its 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami.The awards range from $10,000 for the Pablo...
View ArticleSouth Florida college radio offers alternatives to Top 40
Old-school hip-hop. Folk. And tunes from popular video games.They are not musical genres often played on mainstream radio. But South Florida listeners can tune into student-run stations for these types...
View ArticleCoral Gables balks at hiking pension payments
A Coral Gables advisory board wants to give retired employees a near 6 percent cost-of-living increase to their pension benefits, but city commissioners put the brakes on that plan Tuesday.Under city...
View ArticleUM offers community service program for students facing minor pot charges
Last May, a resident advisor caught a University of Miami freshman smoking marijuana in his Coral Gables dorm room.Had he been arrested by school police, he might have been booted from school. Or sent...
View ArticleCoral Gables police investigate gun fired inside hotel near UM; no one hurt
Coral Gables police were investigating why a man fired a gun Monday inside a hotel near the University of Miami campus. No one was hurt, police said. But the incident did lead to UM blasting out an...
View ArticleJunior Orange Bowl royalty hard at work as festival unfolds
The 2012-13 Junior Orange Bowl Royal Court has been working hard to serve the South Florida community since being crowned in November. The first event on the new Royal Court’s calendar was volunteering...
View ArticleLet there be light: The best of South Florida’s holiday lights displays
Nothing says holidays in South Florida like front-yard decorations of melting snowmen and flamingos dressed in hula shirts relaxing beneath umbrellas. These are just some of the elaborate holiday...
View ArticleGive the foodies on your list a designer-kitchen expedition
For the foodies on your holiday shopping list, tickets to the fourth annual Tour of Kitchens might be the ideal gift.Visiting from six to 10 homes each year, the highly anticipated tour offers a...
View Article6 Gables businesses crowned in holiday display competition
‘Tis the season to be noticed for Coral Gables businesses in the inaugural Festival of Lights and Storefront Display competitions.The six winners were announced Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Coral Gables...
View ArticleGables High girls soccer team finishes regular season with 6-0 win
The Coral Gables Senior High Girls Varsity Soccer Team punctuated a successful season Thursday, Dec. 20, with a 6-0 shutout victory over Braddock High at the Braddock field in West Miami-Dade.The win...
View ArticleJunior Orange Bowl Parade is a family tradition for Slesnick siblings
There’s a brother-sister duo who are mighty glad the Junior Orange Bowl International Youth Sports Festival is celebrating its 64th season with its famed parade hitting downtown Coral Gables on Sunday,...
View ArticleGables middle-schoolers make snowflakes for kids in Connecticut
When the children of Sandy Hook Elementary arrive at their new school in a nearby town in January, a surprise winter wonderland will be greeting them with an unlikely element: snowflakes from Coral...
View ArticleDesign contest gives legendary brew a new look
Winners of HATUEY beer’s inaugural marketing-design contest were announced recently at the Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Ave.The contest challenged artists to design an ad for the product, originally...
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