Carnesha and 10 others from the 30-member Miami Coconut Grove Track Club are set to leave for the AAU Junior Olympic Games on Friday. But to get there they will need a little luck themselves and some good will.
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Robert Vernon will serve two more years as mayor of Key Biscayne. Vernon, for the second time, drew no opposition. In 2006, the mayor was automatically elected when no one filed for candidacy by deadline. This year, the story repeats.
A major step toward establishing a Coconut Grove Business Improvement District could be taken by the Miami City Commission Thursday.
BLUE LAGOON AREA A thief stole a costume from a bag left in the lobby of the Hilton Miami Airport Hotel, 5101 Blue Lagoon Dr., at 4:15 p.m. July 13. The costume was valued at $389.
Eugene ''Jobie'' Steppe holds a tile face down against his chest, quickly turns it to reveal a black and white skull, and then hides it. Then, slowly, Steppe turns the tile again to reveal that the image is not a skull, but a woman staring in a mirror.
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida has invited local, state, and federal candidates for political and judicial office to meet members of Miami-Dade County's Asian Pacific American community at A Meet the Candidates forum taking place 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Rusty Pelican, 3201 Rickenbacker Cswy., Key Biscayne.
With mid-rises already peppering Coral Way, residents wary of development turned out at Miami City Hall on Wednesday to ward off a proposal to pave a parking lot next to the Montserrat Apartments in the Roads area.
KINLOCH PARK AREA A burglar broke into a business at 4700 NW Seventh St. between 10:30 p.m. June 2 and 7 a.m. June 3. LITTLE HAVANA
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KEY BISCAYNE
A line of excited adults and children fidgeted outside the Key Colony shopping mall in Key Biscayne. The reason: Starbucks was giving free coffee on the island.
Two major Coconut Grove projects going before the Miami City Commission next week received support Thursday from the Cocoanut Grove Village Council.
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS | BY CHRIS MAYO
Several patients under treatment at Holtz Children's Hospital recently helped create a special painting with internationally known marionette artist Pablo D. Cano. The finished art will be sold in October at the International Kids Fund Latin American Art Auction.
COCONUT GROVE
Two major Coconut Grove projects going before the Miami City Commission next week received support Thursday from the Cocoanut Grove Village Council.
COCONUT GROVE
Several years ago, when The Home Depot wanted to move into Coconut Grove, big box retailers were seen as the enemy. These days -- not so much.
