The Palmetto Bay Village Council narrowly agreed earlier this month to allow the Falls and the Fairway Estates neighborhood in Perrine to gather information and start a petition among their residents to join Palmetto Bay.
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UNIVERSITY PARK AREA A thief stole documents after breaking a window on a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder in the 10700 block of Southwest 36th Street at 1:30 p.m.
Commissioner Katy Sorenson will host a ''Free Alternatives to Foreclosure'' workshop on from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Kendall Branch Library, 9101 SW 97th Ave.
Jorge Castañeda, former Mexican foreign minister, will give the keynote address during the lunch session May 29 of Florida International University's Summit of the Americas Center conference.
Before Gloria Parlade came to Royal Palm elementary, the West Miami-Dade school had mostly drab, pasty white walls. Now there isn't a hallway void of Parlade's artistic mark.
The 57th annual Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition recently awarded $124,000 in college scholarships to more than 60 dedicated high school seniors in Miami-Dade County.
Set lights and cameras were recently added to the newly renovated South Dade Animal Hospital when the producers of Marley & Me chose to film the vet scenes on location in South Miami. The movie, about lessons learned from a loving pet, is based on the true story bestseller by John Grogan.
Cycle World supporters and Bird Road Baptist Church members joined together Thursday night to fight a common goal -- a zoning change.
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SWEETWATER
For the first time, the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is coming to Sweetwater. The city is hosting the walkathon at Ronselli Park, 250 SW 114th Ave., from 1 to 10 p.m. May 31. The event's goals are to raise funds for the treatment and prevention of cancer and create community awareness.
CRIME BLOTTER
WESTCHESTER A thief stole a purse and $60 from a 2007 Saturn as the owner entered a bank in the 9100 block of Southwest 24th Street between 5 and 5:15 p.m. May 7. The purse was valued at $80.
ROTARY CLUB OF PERRINE-CUTLER RIDGE/PALMETTO
Randell Rainey spent many long nights searching for scholarships to pay for his college education. It paid off. Randall, a student at the Robert Morgan Education Center who has also been working at Publix, got a recent phone call announcing that he'd won a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Perrine-Cutler Ridge/Palmetto Bay.
TROPICAL PARK
Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto and Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson will participate in the opening ceremony of the first Miami International Agriculture and Cattle Show at 11 a.m. Friday.
CRIME BLOTTER
SWEETWATER AREA Someone damaged the hood of a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser in the 10800 block of Northwest Seventh Street, setting off the alarm between 10 and 10:30 p.m. May 3. Damage was estimated at $800.
KENDALL
The Miami Dade College Community Chorus celebrated its 25th anniversary by performing a reunion concert at the Riverside Baptist Church last weekend.
KENDALL
On a whim, the Rev. Eudokimos-Martin Harding visited a Greek Orthodox Church in his hometown of Reading, England. Immediately he was stirred by the depth of the spirituality and the extended chanted liturgy dating to apostolic times.
