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A carousel from the 1950s brings back memories -- and fun -- to Virginia Key Beach Park.
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.
KINLOCH PARK AREA | A burglar ransacked a house in the 4900 block of Southwest Seventh Street between 10 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Sept. 16.
A University of Miami student is among the nine elected to the Coconut Grove Village Council.
With implacable confidence and boyish charm, Ruben Silva, 36, raised his drumsticks to rev up the crowd as smoke from a fog machine permeated the stage.
The price of a beer just jumped from $3 to $8 at Jimbo's Shrimp Shack on Virginia Key. The hike may be enough to put the fabled beer bar out of business.
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Two men ransacked a trailer behind a business at 4920 NW Seventh St. at 2 a.m. Oct. 4. Surveillance video showed the men fleeing in a white Chevrolet 1500 extended cab truck with chrome side steps, according to the police report.The Coconut Grove Art Stroll brings paintings, dance, music and other art this Saturday to pedestrians.
A popular hot spot serves up traditional Irish fare and service -- by a kilt-wearing server.
Potlucks are becoming glamorous and the Ritz-Carlton is offering cooking demonstrations to make the inexpensive meals.
Consider it drive-by history.
In October, during Hispanic Heritage Month, the Miami-Dade Transit Department sponsored free bus tours that showed the Hispanic past of Miami.Ever since Sam Vinikoff laid his eyes on the Everglades, he hasn't stopped painting the national park.
``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.''
Dreaming to make a difference is what Liliam M. Lopez has always tried to do.
Isabel Ramos-Quinones' father shot home movies of family parties -- childhood memories that are now beginning to decay.
But she found out a way to preserve the old film, now tucked away in her closet.BLUE LAGOON AREA | A thief stole a laptop computer from a 2009 Saturn in the 5100 block of Blue Lagoon Drive at 8:45 p.m. Oct. 20. The laptop was valued at $1,499.
Two years ago, Miami and Audi of America began a joint effort to revitalize downtown's Simpson Park, one of the city's few remaining hammocks.
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, landscape designer Enzo Enea and Miami-based green architect Chad Oppenheim soon joined the project.The future of the open space at 530 Crandon Blvd. -- what used to be a gas station -- will be decided soon.
One cold October night they buried me in a California graveyard.
The cool and quiet that came with surrounding dirt could have passed for peace, had I not been breathing.
`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.
BLUE LAGOON AREA | A thief took a car entertainment system, an iPod and registration after breaking a window and side view mirror from a 1997 Chevrolet pickup in the 5700 block of Blue Lagoon Drive between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 10. The items were valued at $1,117.50.
An innovative Miami preschool is on track to become a national model.
The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education, a demonstration school for educators and parents, has partnered with a national network that aims to put into practice the best research on how kids learn.
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