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CitiGroup employees lend `helping hand'

 

Citi volunteers, family members and friends, help make improvements to the Easter Seals South Florida- Miami-Dade Facility (1475 NW 14th Ave) during Citi's fourth annual Global Community Day on November 7. Volunteers in this picture include: Daniella Quintero (left) and Valeria Sica (right).

An international financial company with offices in South Florida recently recruited dozens of its employees for an annual campaign to ``give a helping hand'' in the tri-country area.

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Grammy award-winning artist, producer and member of the musical group N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams, addressed the entire student body at Miami Edison Senior High School to offer encouraging words and to motivate students to work hard, be responsible and strive for academic excellence, Monday, November 16, 2009.

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    Recording artist Pharrell Williams encourages students at Miami Edison

    Grammy-winning recording artist Pharrell Williams visited Miami Edison Senior High School to motivate students to succeed academically.

  • MIAMI GARDENS

    In Miami Gardens, T-Mobile tower sparks controversy

    A proposed cellphone tower intended to provide T-Mobile cellphone users better service in Miami Gardens has angered some parents and homeowners.

  • Police reports from local municipalities

    GRATIGNY | A thief stole a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina at the corner of Northwest 98th Street and Seventh Avenue between 9:45 a.m. and

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11/13/09 - Michelle Spence-Jones, (center) turns herself in at the Metro Justice Building to turn herself in after being charged with diverting of grant money to her family business. She is surrounded by her husband, Nathaniel Jones (left) and bodyguards.

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    Miami District 5 residents rally behind Spence-Jones

    Many in Miami's District 5 remain stunned over the arrest of popular City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.

  • Mass will honor area's medical professionals

    A Mass for all medical professionals will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Nov. 21 at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 9500 SW 184th St.

  • Miami-Dade's crime watch going strong

    Iwant to thank the many readers that e-mailed me in reference to my budget and I truly appreciate your e-mails. I know that somehow, we will continue our efforts in servicing our community because we cannot allow the criminals to take over.

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Saturday, October, 24 Left-Right Ruby Cruz, and Mrs, Thelma Gibson, look at some photo of on the the stoy's of The Christ's Church on that church history of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida on  Telling our Stories and History Honoring the Founding of Miami Dade and the Keys Historic Black Episcopal Churches at the Historic St.Agnes Episcopal Church in Overtown

    OVERTOWN

    Miami's black Episcopal churches recall segregation

    An oral history presentation at the Historic St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Overtown recalled stories of black Episcopalian congregations in Miami-Dade during a time when active segregation in the church prevented blacks from worshipping with whites.

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Saturday November, 7 - As part of the Harvest of Love Garden Clean Up at the Liberty Square Community Volunteer from Bank of American and the Community help paint the wall that was to divide the Black from the White on 12th ave in Liberty City.

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    Volunteer groups continue makeover of Liberty City

    Hands on Miami continued its project to make over Liberty Square recently.

  • Police reports from local municipalities

    MIAMI GARDENS | A burglar broke a glass door of a house in the 18100 block of Northwest 47th Avenue between 4:15 and 4:35 a.m. Nov. 3. Damage was estimated at $200.

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October 27, 2009 - Peterson Christophe, from Haiti, in his adoptive home, Tuesday, October 27, in Miami Gardens. Abandoned by his parents, Christophe was taken in by Janet Hall.

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    Against the odds, a young man rebuilds his life

    A young man left to fend for himself after his father died in Haiti is striving for a new start in South Florida.

  • Teen continues tradition of helping homeless

    Julio D. Anta, 19, has fed the homeless for years, but from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, he has invited the community to share in this gift-giving project as he, through his ministry Humility Now, hosts the inaugural Homeless BBQ/Clothing Drive.A warm Neighbors in Religion salute to Julio D. Anta, 19, who has the homeless at heart.

  • Police reports from local municipalities

    MIAMI GARDENS | Burglars stole a refrigerator after breaking a sliding glass door at a house in the 20300 block of Northwest 40th Court between noon Oct. 24 and 6:45 p.m. Oct. 26. The refrigerator was valued at $1,200. Damage was estimated at $100.

  • Police reports from local municipalities

    MIAMI GARDENS | A vandal slashed two tires and damaged a door lock on a 1995 Honda Accord in the 2500 block of Northwest 165th Street between 12:15 and 10 a.m. Oct. 24. Damage was estimated at $400.

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10/21/09-North Campus President Jose A. Vicente reads in the late afternoon sun inside the new Palmetum an arboretum of more than 400 palm trees from throughout the world at the North Campus of Miami Dade College in Miami.

    MIAMI DADE COLLEGE

    Miami Dade College North Campus boasts more than 400 palms

    Every Friday at 8 a.m., a group of students plant palm tree seeds at Miami Dade College North Campus' new palm tree nursery.

    ``Students learn a lot about palms even though they aren't science majors,'' said Juliette Llado, Student Government Association president. ``Each palm has a unique way about itself.''

  • Female scholars to be featured on Book Fair panel

    Next Saturday will be a proud day for the community.

    Two local high school graduates, now college professors and published authors -- Tera W. Hunter and Edda Fields-Black -- are participating on the African Diaspora Panel at the 26th annual Miami Book Fair International.

  • Police reports from local municipalities

    MIAMI GARDENS | A burglar stole a television, computer, car stereo, sneakers, a ring, watch, earrings and two bracelets after ransacking three bedrooms at a house in the 2400 block of Northwest 168th Street between 9:30 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Oct. 23. The items were valued at $14,700.

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October 27, 2009 - Rev. Dr. Gilbert S. Smith, with his wife, Geneva O. Smith at his side, unwraps a copy of the sign renaming NW 15th Avenue, Tuesday, October 27, in Miami. Smith was honored for more than 50 years of service to the Liberty City community.

    LIBERTY CITY

    Street named after pastor for years of work in the community

    Rev. Dr. Gilbert S. Smith, CEO of the Apostolic Evangelistic Association, was honored by the naming of Northwest 15th Avenue after him for fighting crime in the neighborhood where he long has been a force for change.

  • MAIMI-DADE

    Aging adults keep on moving, stay active

    Ann Monroe emerged from the glittering Olympic-size pool with water still dripping off her green bathing suit after about an hour of twisting, kicking and completing crunches.

  • A Thanksgiving dinner for only $7? It's true

    A Harvest Baazar, hosted by the Revelation Christian Academy at 8390 NW 14th Ave., will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the church.

  • Crime Watch appoints new board members

    Citizens' Crime Watch recently held its 35th Annual Board meeting and the election of its officers.

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