http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com South Miami-Dade 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:27:44 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more-info/story/471380.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more-info/story/471380.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:56 EDT <b>Your editor: </b> Donna Gehrke, <a href="mailto:dgehrke@MiamiHerald.com">dgehrke@MiamiHerald.com</a>, 305-671-4343 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A new mayor, vice mayor and three new council members took their places Wednesday night inside the standing-room only council chambers -- 24 hours after voters ousted four incumbents including the city's first woman mayor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST the kind that actually fly -- are back in the Everglades National Park for the cold season.<p/> So as a treat to honor America's service men and women, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is offering free admission to national parks and other federal areas Wednesday on Veterans' Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321239.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Downtown Homestead will be ground zero for school bands, soldiers and veterans, who will march Wednesday in this year's 48th annual Veterans' Day Parade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321238.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sitting on the patio in the early hours of the morning is one of life's pleasures. The sun's rays are warming the canal at the yard's end and all kinds of birds -- egrets, ibises, gallinules, ducks, bitterns, mockingbirds -- offer cheerful songs and chatter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321270.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After two years of not being heard at City Council meetings, the residents of Homestead have been heard at the polls.<p/> Not to take anything away from the newly elected City Council members -- signs, mailers, phone calls, forums and knocking on doors -- Tuesday's election was a rocking referendum on the recalcitrant members of our council who would ``block vote'' every major issue and rebuff any opinion from the public to the contrary. All four were expelled! http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321274.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST NARANJA | A thief drove off with a 1990 Honda Civic in the 13800 block of Southwest 270th Street between 7 and 8 a.m. Oct. 26. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321262.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A blimp naval station on land west of what is now the Florida Turnpike. Air fields further south. Troops training -- South Dade was filled with military activities during World War II. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A new mayor, vice mayor and three new council members took their places Wednesday night inside the standing-room only council chambers -- 24 hours after voters ousted four incumbents including the city's first woman mayor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST the kind that actually fly -- are back in the Everglades National Park for the cold season.<p/> So as a treat to honor America's service men and women, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is offering free admission to national parks and other federal areas Wednesday on Veterans' Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321239.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Downtown Homestead will be ground zero for school bands, soldiers and veterans, who will march Wednesday in this year's 48th annual Veterans' Day Parade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321238.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sitting on the patio in the early hours of the morning is one of life's pleasures. The sun's rays are warming the canal at the yard's end and all kinds of birds -- egrets, ibises, gallinules, ducks, bitterns, mockingbirds -- offer cheerful songs and chatter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321270.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After two years of not being heard at City Council meetings, the residents of Homestead have been heard at the polls.<p/> Not to take anything away from the newly elected City Council members -- signs, mailers, phone calls, forums and knocking on doors -- Tuesday's election was a rocking referendum on the recalcitrant members of our council who would ``block vote'' every major issue and rebuff any opinion from the public to the contrary. All four were expelled! http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321274.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST NARANJA | A thief drove off with a 1990 Honda Civic in the 13800 block of Southwest 270th Street between 7 and 8 a.m. Oct. 26. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321262.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A blimp naval station on land west of what is now the Florida Turnpike. Air fields further south. Troops training -- South Dade was filled with military activities during World War II. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319233.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319233.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When some think about the old Homestead Air Force Base they talk about how Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992.<p/> Two presidents, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, weighed in on the need to rebuild it -- and it was as an Air Force reserve base. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319232.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319232.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of Miami-Dade's oldest events -- the Veterans' Day parade in downtown Homestead -- will take place Wednesday without the two groups that have been fighting over last year's flying of a Confederate battle flag. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1317144.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1317144.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:43 EST Blame it on higher taxes, the brouhaha over a rebel flag, big-ticket items, even dissent at council meetings.<p/> Homestead voters swept four of five incumbents out of City Hall Tuesday -- handing Mayor Lynda Bell and her political slate a stunning defeat. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1315000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1315000.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST REDLAND<p/> A burglar stole a push lawn mower, a tractor lawn mower and a water pump from a storage room at an abandoned house in the 21400 block of Southwest 232nd Street after cutting a lock on a chain between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20. The items were valued at $2,875. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1314951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1314951.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Maj. Sean Gustafson traded the tropics of Miami-Dade for the desert air of Las Vegas.<p/> But some high-flying action whisks him and family back home this weekend for the Homestead Air Reserve Base's Wings Over Homestead Air Show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309343.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309343.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT In a small, mirrored studio at ArtSouth, a dozen elementary and middle school students are learning about characters, conflict and compromise in their drama class -- heavy concepts for younger children. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309345.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309345.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homestead residents will vote for a mayor and four council members Tuesday.<p/> The council seats include the northwest council seat (No. 1), southwest seat (No. 4), Waterstone seat (No. 5) and Oasis seat (No. 6). Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1310560.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1310560.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homestead voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote for a mayor in the middle of the city's worst budget crisis in decades.<p/> The city saw a 24.7 percent drop -- a nearly $1 billion loss -- in its tax base this year, the steepest in Miami-Dade County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309314.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309314.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Ever since Sam Vinikoff laid his eyes on the Everglades, he hasn't stopped painting the national park.<p/> ``You can't get bored of painting it,'' says Vinikoff, a London transplant, whose work hangs in galleries today and has amassed quite a following throughout the years. ``There's always something new to see when you go there.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309302.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Dreaming to make a difference is what Liliam M. Lopez has always tried to do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309323.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT After coming to America from Sicily in 1918, John Torrese toiled in New York City to save enough for his dream -- buying land upstate to grow lettuce and onions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309346.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309346.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Keys Gate Charter School intended the Homestead mayoral debate to be a learning experience for its students, but that didn't stop things from getting heated between the two opponents as they scrapped over the city's budget, property tax rate, jobs and a proposed charter school. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309347.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Palmetto Bay Council is considering two resolutions to rename public property in honor of two current council members.<p/> Naming public assets after living politicians still in public service is self-serving -- and wrong. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:17 EST As the F-15 Eagle roared out of a barrel roll and climbed toward the sun, Alvaro Ramos craned his neck and spilled his beer onto the tarmac.<p/> Ramos, a former pilot in the Colombian air force, traveled from Naples to join the thousands at this weekend's Wings Over Homestead air show -- the first of its kind in almost two decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/1303210.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/1303210.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:27 EDT A U.S. man faces life in a sweltering Caribbean prison after a jury convicted him of drowning his wife during a scuba-diving trip a decade ago in what prosecutors called a near perfect murder. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:17 EST As the F-15 Eagle roared out of a barrel roll and climbed toward the sun, Alvaro Ramos craned his neck and spilled his beer onto the tarmac.<p/> Ramos, a former pilot in the Colombian air force, traveled from Naples to join the thousands at this weekend's Wings Over Homestead air show -- the first of its kind in almost two decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shoppers in Pinecrest and Kendall beware: Thieves are preying on customers who leave their electronics purchases in their cars while they eat or continue shopping. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Palmetto Bay will hold a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for its environmentally friendly Village Hall to be built in the Franjo Triangle Island commercial district. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After two years of not being heard at City Council meetings, the residents of Homestead have been heard at the polls.<p/> Not to take anything away from the newly elected City Council members -- signs, mailers, phone calls, forums and knocking on doors -- Tuesday's election was a rocking referendum on the recalcitrant members of our council who would ``block vote'' every major issue and rebuff any opinion from the public to the contrary. All four were expelled! http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321238.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sitting on the patio in the early hours of the morning is one of life's pleasures. The sun's rays are warming the canal at the yard's end and all kinds of birds -- egrets, ibises, gallinules, ducks, bitterns, mockingbirds -- offer cheerful songs and chatter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321228.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321228.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Brother-sister teenage dog whisperers have won more than 100 awards for their dog training in challenges across the country. It all started with an apprenticeship at the Miami Seaquarium. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321261.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321261.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST What will fill the giant vacancy left by Circuit City at the Greenery Mall?<p/> A supermarket can now join the list of possibilities.<p/> The Kendall Community Council, by a 4-2 vote, nixed a mall restriction that prohibited supermarkets. The decision came Wednesday night after four hours of debate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321262.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A blimp naval station on land west of what is now the Florida Turnpike. Air fields further south. Troops training -- South Dade was filled with military activities during World War II. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321260.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1321260.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TAMIAMI PARK AREA | A thief stole tools valued at $400 from a 2000 Ford F-350 in the 2500 block of Southwest 109th Avenue between 9 p.m. Oct. 28 and 7 a.m. Oct. 29. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1314949.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1314949.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST SWEETWATER AREA | A thief stole a 1996 Ford van in the 1400 block of Northwest 107th Avenue sometime between March 18 and Sept. 14. The owner only discovered the missing van when he returned to the country on Oct. 23. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1314956.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/1314956.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sweetwater leaders have secured a $2.5 million line of credit from Regions Bank to assist with improvements at the city's senior center and the second phase of a sewer drainage project. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1319509.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1319509.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the students of Felix Varela Senior's veterinary science magnet program, caring for injured dogs, feeding goats and even tending to the occasional pig is all in a day's schoolwork. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1309302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1309302.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Dreaming to make a difference is what Liliam M. Lopez has always tried to do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1303639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1303639.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT `How many people have to die from drinking and using drugs before we realize it is not cool?'' asked Peggy Sapp, president and CEO of Informed Families and volunteer president of the National Family Partnership. The 24th annual Red Ribbon Week is continuing through Saturday and organizers hope they can change lives hurt by alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1286928.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1286928.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Agrapefruit tree was placed on top of the new 3,000-square-foot Marian and Robert Fewell Gallery built in what was once a parking lot behind the historic Old Police and Fire Station in Coral Gables. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1275607.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/1275607.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:39 EDT The tough love that the men of the American Cobra Goju-Ryu karate dojo impart on their students stems from the difficult lessons learned two years ago when their beloved instructor, Nelson Garcia, was murdered by his brother. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319233.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319233.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When some think about the old Homestead Air Force Base they talk about how Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992.<p/> Two presidents, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, weighed in on the need to rebuild it -- and it was as an Air Force reserve base. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319232.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1319232.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of Miami-Dade's oldest events -- the Veterans' Day parade in downtown Homestead -- will take place Wednesday without the two groups that have been fighting over last year's flying of a Confederate battle flag. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1317144.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1317144.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:43 EST Blame it on higher taxes, the brouhaha over a rebel flag, big-ticket items, even dissent at council meetings.<p/> Homestead voters swept four of five incumbents out of City Hall Tuesday -- handing Mayor Lynda Bell and her political slate a stunning defeat. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1315000.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1315000.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST REDLAND<p/> A burglar stole a push lawn mower, a tractor lawn mower and a water pump from a storage room at an abandoned house in the 21400 block of Southwest 232nd Street after cutting a lock on a chain between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20. The items were valued at $2,875. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1314951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1314951.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Maj. Sean Gustafson traded the tropics of Miami-Dade for the desert air of Las Vegas.<p/> But some high-flying action whisks him and family back home this weekend for the Homestead Air Reserve Base's Wings Over Homestead Air Show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309343.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309343.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT In a small, mirrored studio at ArtSouth, a dozen elementary and middle school students are learning about characters, conflict and compromise in their drama class -- heavy concepts for younger children. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309345.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309345.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homestead residents will vote for a mayor and four council members Tuesday.<p/> The council seats include the northwest council seat (No. 1), southwest seat (No. 4), Waterstone seat (No. 5) and Oasis seat (No. 6). Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1310560.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1310560.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homestead voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote for a mayor in the middle of the city's worst budget crisis in decades.<p/> The city saw a 24.7 percent drop -- a nearly $1 billion loss -- in its tax base this year, the steepest in Miami-Dade County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309314.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309314.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Ever since Sam Vinikoff laid his eyes on the Everglades, he hasn't stopped painting the national park.<p/> ``You can't get bored of painting it,'' says Vinikoff, a London transplant, whose work hangs in galleries today and has amassed quite a following throughout the years. ``There's always something new to see when you go there.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309302.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Dreaming to make a difference is what Liliam M. Lopez has always tried to do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309323.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT After coming to America from Sicily in 1918, John Torrese toiled in New York City to save enough for his dream -- buying land upstate to grow lettuce and onions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309346.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309346.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Keys Gate Charter School intended the Homestead mayoral debate to be a learning experience for its students, but that didn't stop things from getting heated between the two opponents as they scrapped over the city's budget, property tax rate, jobs and a proposed charter school. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309347.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Palmetto Bay Council is considering two resolutions to rename public property in honor of two current council members.<p/> Naming public assets after living politicians still in public service is self-serving -- and wrong. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309342.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT GOULDS | A thief stole a stereo from a 2006 Dodge Charger in the 11000 block of Southwest 226th Terrace between 8 p.m. Oct. 8 and 6:15 a.m. Oct. 9. The stereo was valued at $1,000. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309340.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1309340.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homestead City Council candidates differ on housing, jobs<p/> Six days before the Homestead election, council and mayoral candidates expressed their vision for Homestead's future during a two-hour debate at the Keys Gate Golf Course Clubhouse. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1307472.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1307472.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Jessie Capote's father started growing boniato, or the Cuban sweet potato, on five acres of land off Krome Avenue in Homestead more than 40 years ago. Around the same time, a few miles west, Lynn Chaffin's father-in-law began his own farm of vine-ripened tomatoes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1303639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1303639.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT `How many people have to die from drinking and using drugs before we realize it is not cool?'' asked Peggy Sapp, president and CEO of Informed Families and volunteer president of the National Family Partnership. The 24th annual Red Ribbon Week is continuing through Saturday and organizers hope they can change lives hurt by alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1322709.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:17 EST As the F-15 Eagle roared out of a barrel roll and climbed toward the sun, Alvaro Ramos craned his neck and spilled his beer onto the tarmac.<p/> Ramos, a former pilot in the Colombian air force, traveled from Naples to join the thousands at this weekend's Wings Over Homestead air show -- the first of its kind in almost two decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321273.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A new mayor, vice mayor and three new council members took their places Wednesday night inside the standing-room only council chambers -- 24 hours after voters ousted four incumbents including the city's first woman mayor. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1321271.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST the kind that actually fly -- are back in the Everglades National Park for the cold season.<p/> So as a treat to honor America's service men and women, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is offering free admission to national parks and other federal areas Wednesday on Veterans' Day.