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And then there were two.
Gabrielle Redfern eked past Alex Fernandez during a Friday morning recount, earning the challenger spot in a runoff for Miami Beach Commission Group 3.It's a wall-to-wall work of art: an 1,100 square-foot cafe painted with kaleidoscopic swirls and electric colors.
But on a recent afternoon, the massive, labor-intensive mural bore some extra elements: a scuffed floorboard here, a fingerprint there.After a meager 2008 Veterans Day, the Miami Beach posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars have teamed up with City Commissioner Jerry Libbin to organize a beefed-up 2009 parade.
A minority of Miami Beach's voters reelected Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Commissioner Jerry Libbin on Tuesday, while sending two races to a Nov. 17 runoff.
Several municipalities in Northeast Miami-Dade will observe Veterans Day on Wednesday with parades, picnics and patriotic displays.
Some of the events happening around town:MIAMI BEACH | A thief stole a GPS valued at $300 after breaking a window on a 2008 Chrysler Sebring in the 400 block of 18th Street between 1:15 and 2 p.m. Oct. 25.
Former Beach Commissioner Michael Góngora is definitely in the Nov. 17 runoff for the Group 3 seat. A recount will decide who his opponent will be.
When the city envisioned the festival in 2005, part of the concept for the night was to bring tourists to Miami Beach earlier in the season. Though the event may be a boon for local business, it isn't cheap.
MIAMI BEACH | A robber punched a woman in the face, knocking her to the ground, and took her purse containing a cellphone in the 1300 block of West Avenue at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 24. The woman told police she had left a club at Fifth Street and Lenox Avenue and was walking home when someone suddenly approached her and knocked her out. The items were valued at $250.
Miami Beach voters cast their ballots Tuesday for mayor and three commission seats, but they may have to return to the polls in two weeks if a runoff is needed.
MIAMI BEACH | A thief stole a woman's digital camera, cellphone and four credit cards after she set it down on the sand to go swimming in the 800 block of the beach at 5 p.m. Oct. 23. The camera and cellphone were valued at $700.
Miami Beach mail boxes and television sets have been flooded with political potshots by two commission candidates.
The mayor's seat and three commission seats are up for grabs during Tuesday's election. Beach voters will also decide the fate of four charter amendments.
Malka Mordujobich used to buy her produce from a local supermarket, but starting this week, she'll begin to pick up her carrots, onions, strawberries and other fresh produce at her Miami Beach temple.
Traffic cameras are rolling in Bal Harbour, but violators won't be fined until next year.
Under investigation by Miami and Miami Beach police, commission candidate Oduardo ``Oddy'' Segui denies accusations that he cashed thousands of dollars in bad checks at several Miami-Dade banks.
Starting Sunday, red-light runners caught on camera in North Bay Village will have to pay up.
Three intersections on John F. Kennedy Causeway are currently under surveillance thanks to traffic cameras installed by a private corporation contracted with the city.Soprano Victoria Bechtold Kush will be the featured artist at a musical program titled Songs of Love and Inspiration at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's on the Lake, 4760 Pinetree Dr., in Miami Beach.
South Florida might not have the reputation of Salem, Mass., but we hold our own in the world of the supernatural.
Community leaders gathered Oct. 22 to recognize the Anchors Away Foundation that helps students with disabilities learn how to sail and the sponsors that make its work possible.
MIAMI BEACH | Two women stole a man's bank card after he met them at the Fontainebleau, 4441 Collins Ave., and took them to a store at 1407 Washington Ave., and then to the 100 block of Lincoln Road between 1 and 2 a.m. Oct. 9. The man said they got in a cab and drove to the Washington Avenue store where he took out money from an ATM and noticed one of the women looking at him punching in his pin. The three got back in the cab and while one woman was ``maintaining the victim occupied'' while driving to Lincoln Road, according to the police report, the other woman reached into the man's pocket and took out his bank card. When they got to their stop, the women got in another cab and took off with his card.
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