http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com West Kendall 60 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:47:07 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more-info/story/445408.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more-info/story/445408.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:30 EST <b>Your editor: </b> Steve Locklin, <a href="mailto:slocklin@MiamiHerald.com">slocklin@MiamiHerald.com</a>, 305-671-4328 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/796969.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/796969.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Sweetwater officials are adopting an ''if you build it, they will come'' philosophy by starting an academy that would provide city youth an opportunity to be trained by professional baseball players. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/796971.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/796971.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST SWEETWATER AREA | A thief stole a laptop computer after breaking a window on a 2008 GMC Yukon in the 500 block of Northwest 136th Avenue between 7 and 7:45 p.m. Nov. 19. The laptop was valued at $1,900. Damage was estimated at $150. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791802.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791802.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson and state Rep. Julio Robaina will hold a ceremony naming a part of Southwest 87th Avenue after the late Rabbi Barry Tabachnikoff at 9 p.m. Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791815.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791815.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The National Park Service will reopen the Chekika day-use area on Monday -- one of the Everglades' closest spots to Miami. Its popular picnic area will be open from dawn to dusk until May 1. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791791.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791791.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST David E. Lyons knows more than a bit about getting involved. He has a history of it. As a young man in Jamaica, Lyons dabbled in a little of everything -- helping out in the family business, patenting a tubeless tire repair kit and founding his own consumer products distribution company, and a real estate company. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791769.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791769.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The Principal for a Day program is a one-day event that puts business people in the shoes of public school principals. The program aims to develop long-term relationships between educators and local executives. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/797681.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/797681.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:07 EST Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School students will be running or walking five miles Saturday to raise $5,000 for hurricane victims in their sister school in Haiti. Race 5K to Raise 5K will take place Saturday, at 9:30 a.m. at the high school, 10300 SW 167th Ave. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/791769.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/791769.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The Principal for a Day program is a one-day event that puts business people in the shoes of public school principals. The program aims to develop long-term relationships between educators and local executives. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/787684.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/787684.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:36 EST I believe my neighbors in South Florida really are good at heart, and here is why. Since I have lived in Redland I have heard a lot about the abandoned dogs who roam the farmlands, the ''road warriors'' as one of my new friends calls them. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/787776.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/787776.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST A national educational program is teaching local high school students how to win at the stock market game. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/782837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/782837.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Girl Scout Troop 1938 learned a lot about home building at a gingerbread house making workshop at the Coral Gables Youth Center. The event was part of the Coral Gables Museum's first gingerbread house contest open now through Dec. 14. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/779410.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/779410.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:16 EST Miami-Dade County's Planning Advisory Board voted 7-3 to recommend that commissioners move the Urban Development Boundary in western Miami-Dade for a new 19,000-person suburb called Parkland. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/778060.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/778060.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations has decided not to take a position on the controversial Parkland community that could bring up to 18,000 people to the edge of the Everglades after only 25 people showed up Monday to discuss the development. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/776175.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/776175.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:31 EST More than 300 works of art by students from throughout Miami-Dade will be on display in a new exhibition, The Shapes of Space, now on view at 801 Art Studio, 801 SW Third Ave. in Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/772275.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/772275.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The attorneys and staff of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP put down their legal documents for a day and picked up paintbrushes, shovels and gardening tools to polish the grounds of the Seymour Gelber Senior Day Care Center in Kendall. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765546.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765546.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Given the nation's newfound awareness over climate change, energy and other environmental issues, South Florida educators say they have witnessed an increased appetite among students and parents to ``go green.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765629.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765629.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Students from schools throughout Miami-Dade County were named the September winners of the Do The Right Thing Program, sponsored by the Miami Police Department, British Airways, The Miami Herald and WTVJ-NBC 6. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/767071.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/767071.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:25 EST A Miami-Dade jury has awarded almost $1.2 million to a 21-year-old man hit in the groin by a batting-cage pitch. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/766925.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/766925.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:01 EST With Florida ranked second in the nation in foreclosures, not only are homeowners hurting, but local homeowners associations are feeling the effects of a failing economy as well. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765682.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765682.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:29 EST Miami-Dade police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a car with an assault weapon inside and then rammed a police cruiser before trying to escape into a house. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/765342.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:24 EST The Roxy Theatre Group is hosting a memorial concert conducted by various Felix Varela Senior High School alumni to honor Miss Tuly Andrea Gonzalez on Thursday, Nov. 13 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762105.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762105.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Almost every weekend, Coral Gables Rotarians meet to help others with community outreach projects. Most recently, they teamed up with young Special Olympians at Bird Bowl for a day of tournament bowling. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762233.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762233.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST In a 5-1 vote, the West Kendall Community Council passed a motion Monday recommending approval of the controversial Lennar led Parkland 2018 development, a 6,841 residential unit community estimated to eventually be the home for 18,000 people in Southwest Miami-Dade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762235.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762235.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST If your fifth-grade child is supposed to attend the new Zelda Glazer Middle School next school year, pay attention because there could be a change in plans as Miami-Dade County Public Schools officials weigh boundary changes at several West Miami-Dade schools. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762236.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/762236.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Sister Marisa Ducote, newly appointed principal of Archbishop Coleman Carroll High, was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Jenny Jones Foundation for classroom improvements. Ducote, named one of this year's Jenny's Heroes, plans on using the money for interactive white boards and projectors. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/797680.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/797680.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Are you ready to travel to one of the oldest cities in the world? No luggage is required when children and their families take an imaginary trip and experience A Walk though Jerusalem, a hands-on exhibit opening Sunday at the Lisa Ann Watson Children's Discovery Museum. http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/793927.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/793927.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:58 EST The slow road to death runs high above the scenic coastline, past the crumbled bridges and buried rivers. It traverses a jagged trail passing green slopes and red fertile dirt before arriving here: an isolated mountain village where little Haitian girls dream of eating rice and the doctor is a three-hour walk away. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/796972.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/796972.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A 17-foot 300-pound green Anaconda awaits you at Metrozoo's much-anticipated Amazon and Beyond exhibit, featuring flora and fauna from Tropical America and more than 100 new species of animals from jaguars to giant river otters. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796653.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Katherine Suarez-Espinosa knows what it is like to help navigate a child who faces challenges at school. So she and three other counselors recently started EdSpecialists in Palmetto Bay to help parents help their struggling children. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/797659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/797659.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:57 EST The county's youngest municipality does not shy away from grand ideas -- even if they sometimes stir controversy, Cutler Bay Mayor Paul Vrooman said at his second state of the town address Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796659.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Last month, Palmetto Bay officials listened to people who live on village canals complain about loud, speeding boaters. Set a speed limit on the waterways, they asked. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796657.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The Palmetto Bay Broncos youth football team was nowhere to be found on the agenda for a Village Council meeting Monday night. But the Broncos, in a standoff with the village over the demolition of a storage and concession building at Coral Reef Park, made it on several agenda items anyway -- a reflection of how the controversy continues to brew in Palmetto Bay. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/796662.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The funeral Mass was held Tuesday in Cutler Bay for Monroe County Deputy Nick Pham, of Homestead, who died last week when his unmarked patrol car collided with a tractor trailer at mile marker 62. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/797683.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/797683.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The 26th Annual Santa's Parade of the Elves will be held Sunday, starting at 2 p.m. in downtown South Miami. Hundreds of children dressed as elves will lead the annual festivities down Sunset Drive. Children (babies to sixth grade) are invited to join in the festivities by dressing as Santa's cutest elf. Parents should bring their children to South Miami City Hall, 6130 Sunset Dr., at 1 p.m. to march in the parade with the lead elf and receive a parade ribbon. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/797682.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/797682.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:07 EST The city of Coral Gables' annual holiday gift to downtown shoppers starts this weekend: an hour extension on expired metered parking and free parking in several municipal garages for two hours every Saturday in December. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/796964.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/796964.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST About 100 children from two Miami inner-city elementary schools spent half a day last weekend getting up close and personal with sea creatures and talking to marine researchers at the University of Miami's first Ocean Kids Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/796963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/gables_smiami/story/796963.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST FLAGAMI AREA | A thief stole a GPS after breaking a door lock and damaging the dash on a 2005 Chevrolet in the 8800 block of West Flagler Street between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Nov. 19. The GPS was valued at $2,500. Damage was estimated at $500. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/798634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/798634.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A rare condition means 2 ½-year-old Emily cannot move the muscles in her face and eyes. But a Toronto doctor may be able to help. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796656.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796656.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST With a flick of a switch, the dimly lit banquet room of the Mutineer Restaurant transforms into the ''Comedy Central'' of South Dade. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796658.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A packed room listened to survivors talk about battling cancer at an event kickoff earlier this month at Florida City's Capri Restaurant. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/796662.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The funeral Mass was held Tuesday in Cutler Bay for Monroe County Deputy Nick Pham, of Homestead, who died last week when his unmarked patrol car collided with a tractor trailer at mile marker 62. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795229.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795229.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST The same mayor. The same council members. Aside from the appointment of a new city manager, the make up of Doral's dais was looking much the same as it did when the inaugural council members were first elected in 2004. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795222.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795222.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Days before Thanksgiving, while some prepared for vacations and heavy meals, hundreds of children in Hialeah prepared for fitness in the city's traditional Turkey Trot. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795230.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795230.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:01 EST MEDLEY | A thief stole a computer system from a truck yard at 11300 NW 97th Ave. on Nov. 17. The computer system was valued at $3.500. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795860.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/795860.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:11 EST Hours after an armed man fleeing police barricaded himself in a Hialeah apartment Tuesday morning, Hialeah SWAT officers managed to arrest him without firing a shot, according to police. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791793.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/791793.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST SWEETWATER AREA | A thief stole a city of Miami firefighter badge, identification card, driver's license and other items after breaking a window on a 2007 GMC Yukon in the 700 block of Northwest 135th Court between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m. Nov. 19. The items were valued at $111. Damage was estimated at $100. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787776.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787776.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:32 EST A national educational program is teaching local high school students how to win at the stock market game. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787684.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787684.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:36 EST I believe my neighbors in South Florida really are good at heart, and here is why. Since I have lived in Redland I have heard a lot about the abandoned dogs who roam the farmlands, the ''road warriors'' as one of my new friends calls them. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787779.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787779.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's Sweetwater's stance on becoming a bigger and better city. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/787778.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST SWEETWATER AREA | A thief stole clothes after breaking a window on a 2005 Honda in the 11900 block of Southwest Fourth Street between 11:45 p.m. Nov. 11 and 2:15 a.m. Nov. 12. The clothes were valued at $200. Damage was estimated at $100. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782837.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Girl Scout Troop 1938 learned a lot about home building at a gingerbread house making workshop at the Coral Gables Youth Center. The event was part of the Coral Gables Museum's first gingerbread house contest open now through Dec. 14. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782874.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782874.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Palmetto Expressway expansion plans are facing obstacles from two camps opposed to the Kendall-area project. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto worries eight-laning the Bird Road segment facing Tropical Park would transform the road into a highway, making it a safety issue for residents who cross the road to get to the park. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782875.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/782875.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST SWEETWATER | A thief stole a VCR and a briefcase after breaking a window on a 2001 Mazda at the corner of Northwest 102nd Avenue and Flagler Street at 2:45 p.m. Nov. 17. The items were valued at $300. Damage was estimated at $200. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/778061.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/778061.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Marching to the sounds of local school bands, bagpipes, junkanoo, mariachis and more, The Falls shopping center begins the holiday season with the 12th annual Miracle on 136th Street Parade, which will be Saturday at 4 p.m. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/778062.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/778062.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01 EST SWEETWATER AREA A thief stole three pairs of sunglasses after breaking a window on a 2001 Mitsubishi in the 1000 block of Northwest 123rd Court between 9 p.m. Nov. 2 and 3 p.m. Nov. 3. The sunglasses were valued at $110. Damage was estimated at $50. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/776175.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/776175.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:31 EST More than 300 works of art by students from throughout Miami-Dade will be on display in a new exhibition, The Shapes of Space, now on view at 801 Art Studio, 801 SW Third Ave. in Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/776327.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/776327.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:07 EST A second teenager accused in the fatal robbery of Coral Park High School student Erik Bostock, 17, has been arrested and charged with murder. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772278.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772278.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The Kendall Community Council welcomed a new two-year term by electing council member Elliot N. Zack as its new chairman and council member Alberto Santana as its new vice chairman at Wednesday's nonzoning meeting. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772279.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772279.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Beginning as a food drive proposed to The Cheesecake Factory in Dadeland, the peanut butter project quickly reached schools throughout South Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772274.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Every September, preparations for the annual Greek Festival at the St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church of Kendall begin. After nearly 30 years, the festival has become a tradition for the hundreds of church members who work behind the scenes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772273.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST When Miami-Dade Expressway Authority officials met with Kendale homeowners about Killian Parkway Interchange improvements in August, they agreed to come back with an update three months later. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772275.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/east-kendall/story/772275.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The attorneys and staff of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP put down their legal documents for a day and picked up paintbrushes, shovels and gardening tools to polish the grounds of the Seymour Gelber Senior Day Care Center in Kendall. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/796972.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/796972.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A 17-foot 300-pound green Anaconda awaits you at Metrozoo's much-anticipated Amazon and Beyond exhibit, featuring flora and fauna from Tropical America and more than 100 new species of animals from jaguars to giant river otters. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/797681.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/797681.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:07 EST Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School students will be running or walking five miles Saturday to raise $5,000 for hurricane victims in their sister school in Haiti. Race 5K to Raise 5K will take place Saturday, at 9:30 a.m. at the high school, 10300 SW 167th Ave. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/795283.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/west-kendall/story/795283.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:01 EST An uncertain economy has made for a slow start for many toy drives -- ''Unfortunately, I think there are going to be a lot more people looking for toys than giving them,'' said Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Fred Maas, whose department has only gotten a trickle of toys so far.