Released by judge, man accused of $2.8 million Coral Gables gold heist now a...
When Raonel Valdez Valhuerdis, a felon charged with planning a $2.8 million armed gold heist in Coral Gables, asked for release on bail, prosecutors thought it was a bad idea — and told the judge...
View ArticleUM offers dual medical-legal degree program
Alexander Heydemann and Dillon Bannis, both University of Miami students — Heydemann in law school, Bannis in medical — are learning fast about each other’s worlds.“As a medical student and future...
View ArticleUM institute to honor Cuba’s Damas de Blanco leader Berta Soler
Cuban dissident Berta Soler, president of the famed Damas de Blanco group, will visit South Florida in May to be honored by a University of Miami institute. Soler will be bestowed with the Cuba...
View ArticleOutgoing Coral Gables commissioners say goodbye
Coral Gables commissioners Maria Anderson and Ralph Cabrera, with their respective children in the front row at City Hall, ended their 12 year terms at Tuesday’s regular commission meeting on a high...
View ArticleGables candidates add $100,000+ to campaign accounts
Candidates in the April 9 Coral Gables City Commission election added $103,080 to their campaign accounts during the first two weeks of March, according to campaign treasurer reports filed Friday,...
View ArticleCoral Gables commission candidates discuss schools, parking
Candidates for Maria Anderson’s vacated Coral Gables City Commission Group 3 seat include two familiar faces at City Hall thanks to their involvement on many city boards, a long-time community...
View ArticleFairchild Garden turns 75 and keeps on growing
David Fairchild had a wish list of places he wanted to visit to fortify the garden named for him in Coral Gables — the Caribbean and Indonesia, among them. But his trip to Indonesia was cut short by...
View ArticleCoral Gables candidates raise more than $630,000 so far for April election
Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason has pulled ahead of City Commission candidate Vince Lago as the top campaign fundraiser going into the city’s April 9 election.Until the latest report, covering the period...
View ArticleCandidates for Coral Gables mayor differ in style, views on the city
The adage that opposites attract doesn’t apply to the candidates in the mayor’s race in Coral Gables.Challenger Ralph Cabrera and incumbent Jim Cason agree on almost nothing.Take crime, for...
View ArticleBlogger Yoani Sánchez hits the books at the University of Miami
Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez spent several hours on the University of Miami campus Tuesday, learning how to access the university’s digital collection on the Cuban experience and diaspora and holding a...
View ArticleGulliver hosts more than 200 students in 10th annual AIDS fundraiser
Gulliver Preparatory School’s dance department and Sundancers recently raised $2,500 for Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) during its 10th annual AIDS Benefit at the prep’s Miller Drive campus...
View ArticleCommunity mourns loss of generous businessman Ralph Sánchez
Businessman Rafael “Ralph” Sánchez, who brought Grand Prix races and the Homestead-Miami Speedway to South Florida, died Monday morning, April 1. He was 64 and had been in declining health for much of...
View ArticleActing student wins UM’s first playwriting competition
The University of Miami Department of Theatre Arts on Tuesday, April 2, announced the winner of its inaugural playwriting competition: junior Mona Pirnot for her play Practicum.Majoring in acting,...
View ArticleDynamic duo: Gables High, Ransom Everglades share track & new pool
The high school kids are so wrapped up in staring at themselves on the Jumbotron, they don’t even notice the coach trying to get their attention. Swimmers from Coral Gables Senior High School, they’ve...
View ArticleCoral Gables elections get testy in final days of campaign
A campaign flier implies the Coral Gables mayor is a big spender — and big drinker. Another candidate says he is preparing a lawsuit alleging his opponent filed improper campaign records. And in...
View ArticleUM's Herrick Center new resource for film buffs
Do you enjoy intellectual discussions about movies? If so, the University of Miami’s Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies has something to offer.The Herrick Center in UM’s School of...
View ArticleJunior Orange Bowl launches Royal Court Search
The Junior Orange Bowl has begun its Royal Court Search for three young ladies to serve as goodwill ambassadors during its 2013-14 festival season.The queen and princesses are chosen based on...
View ArticleVoters head to polls in Coral Gables, Miami Shores
Voters in two major Miami-Dade cities will head to the polls Tuesday to select from 16 people vying for seats in Coral Gables and Miami Shores.Precincts in the two communities will be open from 7 a.m....
View ArticleCason, Lago & Keon win Gables elections
Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason, a retired U.S. diplomat, cruised to a second term by a 71% to 29% margin Tuesday, April 9, over longtime City Commissioner Ralph Cabrera.Political newcomers Vince Lago and...
View ArticleCoral Gables reelects mayor, 2 new commissioners; new mayor for Miami Shores
Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason handily won reelection Tuesday to a second two-year term, fending off an aggressive challenge from Commissioner Ralph Cabrera.For the first time in 12 years, the Coral...
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