Flautist left Cuba behind to pursue his music
Ernesto Fernandez performed his final master’s flute recital at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music on a recent Friday evening.“I’ve been practicing the music for half a year now,” said the...
View ArticleCoral Gables Museum offers walking tours of downtown
Celita Lamar remembers when horses from the long-gone riding academy roamed the streets of Coeal Gables, when the city’s first car dealership became an oyster house, and when a couple purchased the...
View ArticleCoral Gables Bike Tours take a romantic turn
Helmets and spandex riding gear may not sound like the most romantic things in the world, but on Sunday, couples boarded their bicycles and set out throughout Coral Gables to trace the historic love of...
View ArticleNumbers, musical and financial, dominate Coral Gables’ commission meeting
Musicals and numbers defined Coral Gables’ City Commission meeting Tuesday morning.Finance director, Diana Gomez, brought the numbers with her report on the city’s quarterly report for the period...
View ArticleSomerset kindergartners in Coral Gables in limbo for next school year
A month into the school year, when Somerset Academy Gables called to say a coveted seat had opened up, Jorge Guerra pulled his 5-year-old son George out of South Miami K-8 Center and placed him in the...
View ArticleCoral Gables candidates set for elections in April
Ten candidates have qualified to run for office in the April 9 Coral Gables elections, according to the Friday deadline to enter the race.Three of the commission’s five seats are in contention: the...
View ArticleMarquee Memories: A look at Miami’s movie theaters over the years
John Travolta set his boogie shoes strolling in Saturday Night Fever at Miami’s The Omni 6. Angie Dickinson shared her shower with us as she Dressed to Kill at the Concord on Bird Road and 114th...
View ArticleFundraising gala to feature cuisine by student chefs
Although student chefs prepare the dishes for Coral Gables Senior High School’s annual Gala Night, the food is nothing like cafeteria fare. Menus have included blueberry- and pistachio-crusted goat...
View ArticlePioneer Day to honor early settlers buried at historic cemetery
“Pioneers! O, Pioneers!” wrote Walt Whitman of the intrepid folks who pushed ever westward when the nation was young. But brave souls ventured far south, too, into a vast, mosquito-infested...
View ArticleCoral Gables native Martin Zweig, Wall Street wiz, dies in Florida
A decade before he foresaw the 1987 stock market crash, Coral Gables native Marty Zweig was already considered a Wall Street wizard.Renown business journalist Dan Dorfman called him “the country’s...
View ArticleBoard places 1928 home on historic registry
The Coral Gables Historic Preservation Board voted to place the home at 745 Minorca Ave. on the city’s historic registry, thus preventing it from being demolished.In a 5-2 vote, the board said the...
View ArticleGables women, restaurants team up for medical fundraiser
Teaming up with several Coral Gables restaurants and other sponsors, a group of philanthropy-minded Gables women presented a fundraiser Thursday evening, Feb. 21, at the Westin Colonnade to support...
View ArticleUM, county clash with mall owner over pedestrian bridge above U.S. 1
After several University of Miami students have been killed or seriously injured trying to cross busy U. S. 1 to get to popular retail spots on the other side, Miami-Dade County has finally approved...
View ArticleMoms run center for therapy, parent education in Coral Gables
A few years ago, Alina Vega was living in Los Angeles, far from her native Miami, with her daughter and husband. A marriage and family therapist, Vega said she longed for the support system she had...
View ArticleYouth jazz ensemble selected for Lincoln Center competition
The Community Arts Program (CAP) All-Star Jazz Ensemble, an after-school program offered at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, is headed for the Lincoln Center in New York City.Jazz at Lincoln...
View ArticlePublic safety and health are main topics at Coral Gables/UM Community...
The impasse of a proposed pedestrian bridge that would rise above U.S. 1 and connect with University Centre, the strip center that includes T.G.I. Friday’s, Bagel Emporium and Pier 1 Imports, was the...
View ArticleOrchid Festival is this weekend at Fairchild
The 11th Annual International Orchid Festival continues through Sunday at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables. The festival runs daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30...
View ArticleMiami-Dade driver charged with DUI in death of 13-year-old back in jail
A Coral Gables man awaiting trial for the DUI hit-and-run crash that killed a 13-year-old girl was re-jailed Friday after he tested positive for amphetamines.Sandor Guillen had been on house arrest and...
View ArticleThree Coral Gables friends build a home for orphaned children in India
Lynn Bauer doesn’t just write a check to help a cause.As the owner of Bauer Financial, a Coral Gables bank-rating firm, Bauer, 64, has spent a good part of her professional life doing research. And she...
View ArticleCoral Gables Group 3 candidates agree on pension reform, curbing crime
Pension spending, curbing crime, and pizza boxes dominated discussion at the first of three candidate forums sponsored by the Ponce Business Association. The forums, moderated by CBS4 news anchor...
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