Our Lady of Charity Mass to be held on Sunday
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity, also known as La Ermita, will celebrate Mass on Sunday at BankUnited Center on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables.The departure of the image of...
View ArticleEx-Coral Gables commissioner: Previous commissions did a lot for city
Re: the Sept. 1 letter from Coral Gables development services director Jane Tompkins ( Former mayor’s letter a misrepresentation), it is amazing that the response to a letter written by former Mayor...
View ArticleDade property appraiser changes appeal process
By now, most Miami-Dade property owners have received a letter in the mail called the TRIM or “Truth in Millage” notice from the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s Office.Each letter includes information...
View ArticleGables woman from Spain brings gazpacho to Miami markets
“It’s the black sheep of Spanish food,” Eva Alcaraz says of gazpacho, the cold tomato-based soup of southern Spain. “I don’t see it anywhere.”In truth, it is available at local Spanish restaurants. But...
View ArticleHalf-forgotten tradition: UF and UM used to play for rights to Indian war canoe
For many years, the trophy for the winner of the biggest college football game in Florida was a canoe.Long before the bad blood between the University of Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles,...
View ArticleCoral Gables imposes new terms on non-uniformed employees
Coral Gables commissioners on Wednesday imposed new contract terms on Teamsters Local 769, the union representing the city’s 290 or so non-uniformed employees.The commission decided on the terms at an...
View ArticleCity inaction on polluted soil angers residents
When Jimmy Ingram attended what was then a segregated Carver High School in 1959, smoke and ash would billow from a Miami city incinerator a block away, sometimes drifting through the open classroom...
View ArticleHalf-forgotten tradition: UF and UM used to play for rights to Indian war canoe
For many years, the trophy for the winner of the biggest college football game in Florida was a canoe.Long before the bad blood between the University of Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles,...
View ArticleThousands pay homage to Cuba’s patron saint on her day
Thousands of devotees of Our Lady of Charity gathered Sunday to worship the patron saint of Cuba in one of the largest annual Catholic church celebrations in South Florida. The parishioners, many whom...
View ArticleContaminated soil found in Blanche Park
Miami city workers on Monday trucked away contaminated dirt and paved the parking lot at a popular park for children and dogs in Coconut Grove after tests showed the soil contained lead, arsenic and...
View ArticleTours are a fun way to learn about Miami-Dade history and culture
South Florida has many faces — beautiful beaches, acres of farmland, a bustling international center for business, and even a canvas for world-renowned graffiti artist. In recent years, the cultural,...
View ArticleCity, county to meet over soil samples around contaminated site
A public meeting to discuss findings from soil sampling around Coconut Grove triggered by contamination at the site of an old Miami incinerator has been rescheduled. Miami-Dade County environmental...
View ArticleCoral Gables sues developer over Coconut Grove trolley garage
Coral Gables has sued the company building a controversial trolley garage for the city in neighboring Coconut Grove, saying the garage doesn’t comply with zoning rules in the surrounding historic black...
View ArticleAlumni of Cuba’s French Dominicans Catholic school hold reunion
The alumni women of the Catholic school run by French Dominican nuns in Havana, which was eventually closed by the 1959 Cuban Revolution, are hosting their annual reunion on Sunday in Coral...
View ArticleWorkers drill down for tainted soil samples in Coconut Grove park
Workers lifted up benches and tried not to disturb artificial turf Thursday as they dug down into as much as two feet of soil at a popular playground and dog park in Coconut Grove that may have been...
View ArticleUM cafeteria operator, workers still far apart on wage agreement
At noon Thursday, during the heavy lunch rush, nearly half of the on-duty University of Miami dining hall workers walked off the job to protest for living wages. They formed a picket line at the...
View ArticleDomestic violence: More than one in three women experience this
Miami-Dade Countys Community Action and Human Services Department is hosting an event in which it hopes the majority of attendees are men. Sexist? Hardly.Calling All Men: Rejecting the Culture of...
View ArticleCoral Gables boosts fire fee and considers adding members to pension board
Coral Gables plans to increase its annual fire fee from $50 to $70 on Oct. 1 — a 40 percent increase — a move that angered a pair of residents who spoke out at a public hearing.“It is an appropriate...
View ArticleFour men arrested in early-morning assault on Coral Gables jogger
Hours before Miracle Mile finds its first customer they are already up and out, facing a new day.“They” are the walkers, joggers and dog-walkers who populate a scenic path along North and South...
View ArticleCoral Gables proposes increased budget and reduced property tax rate
Coral Gables plans to fund 10 capital projects and hire seven police officers under the budget proposed last week.City leaders unanimously approved on Thursday a budget of $156.2 million for its...
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