UM debate team wins national tournament at UF
The University of Miami debate team won the championship at the national tournament for Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, the national forensics and debate honorary, held March 1-3 at the University of...
View ArticleTheater patrons celebrate debut of 'In The Heights'
Actors’ Playhouse launched its latest production, In The Heights, with a pre-curtain reception on Friday evening, March 8.Barbara Stein, executive producing director, and David Arisco, artistic...
View ArticleJunior Orange Bowl celebrates new offices in downtown Gables
The Junior Orange Bowl recently celebrated its new downtown Coral Gables office with an open house reception and ribbon cutting ceremony.Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason joined Junior Orange Bowl President...
View ArticleGables Commission candidates surpass $525,000 in campaign fundraising
During the first two months of 2013, candidates for Coral Gables City Commission raised $194,040 for their campaigns, bringing their fundraising totals to $528,141, according to documents filed Friday,...
View ArticleSpa-like Latin fusion in a cozy Coral Way house
Casabe 305 Bistro chef-owner Diego Texera doesn’t just want you to enjoy his food. He wants you to feel good and sleep well after you’ve eaten it, too.Texera, who studied and ran a center for...
View ArticleA spice bazaar in South Miami
Spice Galore is new boutique spice shop that carries everything from black truffle sea salt to wasabi powder in a homey space with a counter built from recycled wood. Whole and ground spices, house...
View ArticleRed Cross presents Spectrum Awards to 12 outstanding women
The American Red Cross honored 12 outstanding women, including several civic leaders from Coral Gables, with the Sarah Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards for Women during a luncheon March 5 at the Hotel...
View ArticleCoral Gables Group 2 candidates discuss schools, pensions, crime and...
Three Group 2 commission seat candidates vying to fill term-limited commissioner Ralph Cabrera’s set — Marlin Ebbert, Ross Hancock, Vicente (Vince) Lago — debated in the second of three candidate...
View ArticleGables High student chefs wow patrons at fundraising dinner gala
Coral Gables Senior High Principal Adolfo Costa was one proud man Monday night, March 18, as he charmed a restaurant full of supporters of his school’s Culinary Arts Academy, one of the elite programs...
View ArticleFairchild Garden to launch 75th anniversary celebration
On March 23, 1938, 83 acres of land were dedicated in a ceremony that brought together some of the biggest names in America’s horticultural history: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Dr. Walter T. Swingle and...
View ArticleCommunity service ingrained in Tony Rogers, Gables Foundation chair-elect
He is a vital part of the Coral Gables Community Foundation and founder of his own full-service financial firm, Planning Consultants Group. But there is much more to Anthony “Tony” L. Rogers than many...
View ArticleLetter: $16 million Miracle Mile parking plan is a bad idea
As a long time resident of Coral Gables, I am very much worried about the $16 million to make changes to Miracle Mile. I agree with City Commission candidate Marlin Ebbert about feeling uncomfortable...
View ArticleTop shipboard chef, bartender honored at Bacardi Cruise Competition
The eighth annual Bacardi Cruise Competition announced the 2013 Bacardi Bartender of the Year and Bacardi Chef of the Year at an exclusive awards event held recently at the Bacardi Americas...
View ArticleGimenez stumps for Coral Gables mayoral candidate
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez popped over to the Biltmore Hotel’s Fontana Courtyard Tuesday evening to host a fundraiser for Coral Gables commissioner Ralph Cabrera.Cabrera, who is...
View ArticleCoral Gables mayoral candidates clash at forum
In this year’s Coral Gables elections, the candidate forums have been like church socials, characterized by back-patting and friendly disagreements. But Thursday night’s mayoral forum sponsored by the...
View ArticleCoral Gables Group 2 candidates include civic volunteer, environmentalist,...
Candidates for Ralph Cabrera’s soon to be vacated Group 2 seat include a longtime community volunteer, an environmentalist who eschews politics but finds himself drawn to races, and a young executive...
View ArticleLife after prostate cancer improved thanks to better detection and more...
Significant advancements in the detection and treatment of prostate cancer — the second-most common cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer — means prostate cancer doesn’t have to be a death...
View ArticleBiking to work, Miami-style: It’s getting better, but more work to do...
It’s national Bike to Work Day. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and other local mayors are riding to promote bike commuting, and they have legendary Olympic track-cycling medalist Nelson Vails along....
View ArticleJam at PAX to benefit injured trumpeter, Guitars Over Guns
Ted Zimmerman’s parents found that playing the trumpet could calm their 11-year-old troublemaker of a son.“When I picked up the trumpet I really felt like I found something that I loved, and then other...
View ArticleExtreme home takeover: dubious deeds used to scoop up Dade properties
Scavenging the remnants of South Floridas housing crisis, a partnership called Presscott Rosche appeared to gobble up almost three dozen foreclosed homes in Miami-Dade County last year. The company is...
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