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• Walking to discounts — who’s In and who’s out

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  There is a sign at Epicure that says it won’t accept the InCard after today. The InCard is that discount card started by the Miami Beach chamber that provides discounts on food, restaurants, spa services and attractions, lots of them walking distance from our homes in Belle Isle. It’s free if [...]
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• Belle Isle residents — start your questions!

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  Wondering why the city insists on locking one side of the dog park all the time, even if that’s the side with pools of standing water? How the city stands on the South Beach Local bus service? Is there a way to improve free WIFI coverage so you can actually use it [...]
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• Will Google test its high-speed network on the Beach?

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  Miami Beach’s  free WIFI experiment may not be setting the world on fire, but at least our city commissioners are looking ahead. Wouldn’t it be something if the Beach and Belle Isle became a test site for an “ultra high-speed broadband network” planned by Google? Here’s the background: On Feb. 10, Goodle [...]
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• The view from Belle Isle

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  Every once in a while, we need to take a look at how we live and where we are. Does it get any better than this? [...]
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• Today’s Belle Isle foodie tip

  We shared that Belle’s Isle’s Lido Restaurant at The Standard won a big award at the South Beach Food and Wine Festival’s  for executive chef Mark Zeitouni’s fabulous tater tots. The taters took the grand prize for best side-dish at the fest Burger Bash. Now we see that Lee Klein, in [...]
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• Red light runners get ready — Miami Beach cameras are coming

  The city of Miami Beach Commission has delayed enforcement of their red light cameras until the middle of April, but indicated this week that they intend to move forward (and even add more intersections with another contractor)  with $125 fines after April 14. For Belle Isle residents, the closest affected intersections [...]
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• Nine Island owners opt for change, turn out incumbents

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  Under the supervision of state election monitors, Nine Island Avenue condo residents chose a new board Wednesday, rejecting three incumbents. The new five-member condo board: lawyer Jeff Stokols, recording engineer Michel Webe, philanthropist Blanka Rosenstiel, real estate agent Mora Israel and current secretary Boris Klopukh, the only incumbent returned to office. The [...]
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• Red light cameras spark debate

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  You have lots of opinions on the red light cameras the city of Miami Beach is installing near Belle Isle. As we told you earlier, the closest intersection to us is Alton Road and 17th Street westbound. Other intersections in South Beach are 17th Street and Washington Avenue (southbound and eastbound); [...]
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• South Beach Local ride a trip — and a good one

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  With Miami Beach commissioners expected to decide on some South Beach Local route modifications Wednesday, the Belle Isle bloggers went exploring this weekend and had one heck of a time. Some nuggets from our adventure: – The buses were packed. We spent Sunday afternoon going all over South Beach and at [...]
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• Another Sunday for the dogs in Belle Isle Park

  Who likes Belle Isle the best on a beautiful Sunday like today? Mishu and Max and Murphy and Duke? And Zoey, too! You can check out other Belle Isle dogs here and here. [...]
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