Gables High principal receives major award
When Adolfo Costa became the principal of Coral Gables Senior High School five years ago, the graduation rate was poor, opportunities for students were limited and the school was 12 points away from...
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 ArticleTree donation to Fairchild provides environmental lesson
Some people give potted plants as gifts.Janá Sigars-Malina gives towering trees – some that stretch majestically 50 feet into the air. Sigars-Malina recently donated a number of mature native hardwood...
View ArticleGulliver Academy hires first non-family member head of school
When Gulliver students return to classes on one of the academy’s four campuses for the 2014-15 school year, they will be greeted by the first non-Krutulis family member to serve as a head of school in...
View ArticleWooden Hugo Franca sculptures on display at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Wooden sculptures by artist Hugo Franca have been delivered and installed at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The sculptures will be on view throughout the...
View ArticleTuskegee Airmen will be grand marshals of Jr. Orange Bowl Parade
Lt. Col. Leo Gray, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the squadrons of African-American pilots who flew combat missions during World War II, served as a pilot in Italy in 1945.The Tuskegee...
View ArticleJr. Orange Bowl parade is set for Sunday
The 65th Annual Junior Orange Bowl Parade has a new date: Sunday.The Coral Gables parade, which used to be held in late December to lead into the Orange Bowl game, is now scheduled to kick off the...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving tradition
For the past 20 years, students at Ponce de Leon Middle School in Coral Gables break out into two teams during the school’s annual Turkey Bowl game, which was played on Wednesday, the day before...
View ArticleUM students design award-winning homes to withstand a rising sea
To discover some solutions to the impending seawater rise in South Florida, aspiring architects at the University of Miami went into the field to study “living buildings” in Little Havana and Overtown....
View ArticleWish Book: After losing job, Miami grandmother hopes for permanent place to stay
Emilia Azum Fernandez spends the better nights on her daughters couch, or on an inflatable mattress on a close friends floor.The rest of the time, the 57-year-old parks her car outside her daughters...
View ArticleBullying is the hot topic at student gathering
About a month ago, a freshman at Palmer Trinity School who is a member of the cross country team was tackled by his fellow teammates in what several people have described as a bullying incident.The...
View ArticleMaking over a consignment business in Coral Gables
Just over three years ago, following the birth of her twin daughters, aviation architect Claudia Baroni decided it was time to rethink her busy career, which took her to Los Angeles or immersed in the...
View ArticleThis week’s Coral Gables walking tour focuses on photography
These days, everyone fancies themselves a photographer thanks to the omnipresence of camera phones. Walking tours and snapping pictures seems a natural combination.But for the latest Coral Gables...
View ArticleMerrick House to host series of events
Alexandra Golovac does not have much room in her home for a garden.As a tenant in a Coral Gables apartment, Golovac, 24, can only fit a couple of pots on her balcony. So far, she has two pots: In one,...
View ArticleSaturday Farmers Market opens at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral...
Claire Tomlin’s greening of Miami expanded to another location Saturday when her Market Company opened an anticipated Farmers’ Market on the grounds of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral...
View ArticleCoral Gables approves lot split, discusses downtown parking
Coral Gables’ City Commission discussed valet parking in the downtown area, a possible new look for garbage pits throughout the city and voted to allow a resident to split a residential lot into two,...
View ArticleCoral Gables opens new Epicure Gourmet Market at the base of the Gables Ponce...
John Tomberlin has been waiting for years for his hometown, Coral Gables, to open an Epicure Gourmet Market.Friday morning, he was the first customer to place an order and sit at the counter at the...
View ArticleHoliday drama
Expecting their three children home for Christmas, parents Ruthie and Bill have prepared their home. Ruthie has cooked a savory meal and Bill has put on his signature red sweater. It’s the holidays,...
View ArticleTrolleys undergo required inspections in controversial garage
Coral Gables trolleys have been spotted at a controversial maintenance garage nearing completion in Coconut Grove.But the city is not using the garage for maintenance. The trolleys were on site because...
View Article270 luxury condos proposed for Bird Road in Coral Gables
Coral Gables, currently enjoying a wave of new developments, could add more luxury condos and retail space adjacent to The Collection car dealership on Bird Road by mid-2016.The proposed 10-story,...
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