Coral Gables employee tried to get inmate off death row
Lori St. John married Joseph O’Dell in his jail cell just hours before his execution. “When you’re on a mission and you are true to yourself, and you have the truth in your pocket, it doesn’t matter...
View ArticleAsh dumped at Coconut Grove park called biggest health risk, remains under...
Toxic ash that billowed from an old municipal incinerator in Coconut Grove and left soil contaminated for more than 40 years after it was shut down does not pose a health risk to the surrounding...
View ArticleA tour of Cartagena without leaving the country
Patrick Alexander has a passion for history and wine.He began drinking wine with his meals at age 5. Originally from England, Alexander lived in the wine-producing meccas of France, Italy and...
View ArticleJunior Orange Bowl, Coral Gables and Biltmore reach deal on golf tournament
For 50 years, the Biltmore Hotel’s golf course has been the setting for the international Junior Orange Bowl Golf Classic. Every Christmas week, some of the world’s top amateurs like Tiger Woods,...
View ArticleLittle Asian Kitchen a gem on Coral Way
One step into the harsh fluorescent glare of this Coral Way pan-Asian might make you think about doing an about-face. But don’t. Though it has all the charm of a high school cafeteria with purple...
View ArticleLetter: No ‘wild parties’ coming to downtown Coral Gables
As planning and zoning director for the city of Coral Gables, I would like to dispel the misinformation being disseminated in your letters page. In the latest case, a letter published Sept. 15, Coral...
View ArticleNorth Coral Gables residents unhappy about burglaries
The arrest of four men in the armed robbery of a Coral Gables man who was jogging in the early morning hours along North Greenway in early August wasn’t enough to calm the fears of about 40 residents...
View ArticleCoral Gables leaders unanimously OK $164.6 million budget and tax-rate decrease
Coral Gables held its second public budget hearing on Tuesday evening, and it only lasted about 30 minutes, as the city’s leaders unanimously approved the city’s $164.6 million budget, an increase from...
View ArticleCoconut Grove trolley garage neighbors ask judge to reconsider decision
Miami residents fighting to stop a controversial trolley garage in their West Grove neighborhood want a judge to reconsider their case, arguing the city misled them in public notices.In court papers...
View ArticleMerrick House to host monthly events
Laura Yusko, 62, has been a teacher for the last 40 years. She teaches reading at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church & School in Coral Gables and now looks forward to giving residents of Coral Gables a...
View ArticleGulliver’s key to improve young students’ math, engineering...
First-graders learn about light and sound waves; second-graders study the engineering designs of dispersing seeds; and third-graders experiment with motion, stability and flight — all without a...
View ArticleLetter: Coral Gables officials attack messenger, but mostly ignore message
I was surprised and saddened that in reply to my opinion letter regarding the news that the city may license night clubs in downtown Coral Gables, that the current administration decided to direct two...
View ArticleArmed invader ties up owner of Coral Gables mansion, escapes in her Aston...
The masked robber had his prize: a $120,000 black Aston Martin, black, the kind James Bond likes.He had just left its owner tied up in her $11 million mansion in Gables Estates, the kind of...
View ArticleNo charges in car crash that killed University of Miami student
No charges will be filed against the driver involved in a crash that killed a University of Miami graduate a day after the student participated in commencement services.Dino Ghilotti was a passenger in...
View ArticleLetter: Coral Gables should raise parking-meter fees
For too long the City of Coral Gables has maintained a de facto policy of subsidizing on-street parking in the downtown area by undercharging for it. Downtown Coral Gables property values average 25 to...
View ArticleCoral Gables boutique plans jewelry trunk show
For several years, Sara Zamikoff, a former pastry chef, set her sights on opening a tea house. But after considering a number of shop concepts, she decided to take her vision in a different direction....
View ArticleLocal governments get an extension from feds to address Coral Gables trolley...
Miami-Dade County, Coral Gables and city of Miami officials will have another month to map out a response to findings that they violated the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allowing the construction...
View ArticleFeds: Local governments violated the Civil Rights Act in Coral Gables trolley...
Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami and Coral Gables violated part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they allowed a controversial trolley garage to be built in a historic black...
View ArticleCoral Gables may allow property owners to split a residential lot
Coral Gables commissioners on Tuesday tentatively agreed to allow a property owner to split a residential lot into two, a rarity in the City Beautiful.The property, on the west end of a block fronting...
View ArticleUM, Coral Gables tout partnership at annual meeting
Traffic calming, new beautification projects on the University of Miami campus and in the city of Coral Gables, the opening of a $46.5 million Student Activities Center … and the demise of onion rings...
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