http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Coconut Grove, Little Havana, Brickell & Key Biscayne 60 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:51:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/1060/story/445313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1060/story/445313.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:35 EST <b>Your editor: </b> Carolyn Guniss, <a href="mailto:cguniss@MiamiHerald.com">cguniss@MiamiHerald.com</a>, 305-376-4565 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540917.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540917.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT First it was too broad. Then it was too specific. Now, Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff says a law change that would grant a Milam's Market expansion is just right. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540920.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540920.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT FLAGAMI PARK AREA Thieves made off with eight pigeons from a business at 6791 SW Eighth St. April 18. KINLOCH PARK AREA A burglar forced open a rear window at a house in the 3900 block of Southwest Fifth Street April 15. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536725.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT She got used to the cramped hallways and the constant noise from her old school, but now that students at Mater Academy East Charter Middle/High have a building of their own, Yanely López, 15, appreciates the silence. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536723.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536723.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT The oaks and figs that create the Grove's beloved, lush canopy are also blocking out the community's street lights, creating dark corridors in which criminals can roam, city police told the Cocoanut Grove Village Council Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536684.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536684.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT Set lights and cameras were recently added to the newly renovated South Dade Animal Hospital when the producers of Marley & Me chose to film the vet scenes on location in South Miami. The movie, about lessons learned from a loving pet, is based on the true story bestseller by John Grogan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536729.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536729.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT St. Stephen's Episcopal Day School teacher Mercy Gonzalez makes an effort to incorporate math into whatever subject she is teaching. One way she has been able to do this is by incorporating math with her lifelong passion for reading. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536726.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536726.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT I know how to solve the energy crisis. Silvio Fajo nearly wears out the pavement dancing in front of his Cuban music stand at the Flagler Dog Track Flea Market. If we all plugged into his endless energy Florida Power & Light would go broke. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/540918.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT Mariano Baires returned to his Little Havana apartment Friday and found a charred apartment and heard that his wife and daughter had been sent to the hospital. http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/211662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/211662.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:59 EDT <b>Submitted by Rita Regev, Bay Harbor Islands:</b> "JAFCO-Jewish Adoption & Foster Care Options, hosted a luncheon & silent auction. From left: Tova Zohar, Event hostess; Rita Regev, volunteer; Marsha Hoffman, Co-Chair; Karen De-Cou, Co-Chair; Miri Mazor, Pres. Miami Chptr; Sharlene Lustig." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/541111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/541111.html Thu, 22 May 2008 10:22 EDT It takes chutzpah for a restaurant to call itself Por Fin (At Long Last), as if we were all waiting for it. Well, we were. Por Fin, in the crowded Coral Gables restaurant scene, is already earning raves on foodie websites. It draws a full crowd to its airy downstairs room, with tall ceilings, white walls and dark furniture, and its friendly bar and sweet veranda upstairs. The secret? Really good food. While most serious restaurants offer interesting, innovative yet totally forgettable dishes, Por... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540907.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540907.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT The search for a new operator at the Country Club of Coral Gables has turned academic, as Florida International University -- specifically its School of Hospitality Management -- has expressed an interest in running the facility. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540930.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540930.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT Coral Gables employees eligible to elect members of the trial board have until Friday to nominate candidates they will later vote for. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540931.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540931.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT FLAGAMI AREA A thief stole a purse and a cellphone after breaking a window on a 2004 GMC in the 500 block of Southwest 79th Avenue between 12:45 and 1:30 p.m. May 11. The stolen items were valued at $120. Damage was estimated at $200. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/540302.html Tue, 20 May 2008 13:32 EDT A trial set to start Wednesday that challenged the Feb. 12 reelection of Commissioner Velma Palmer has been postponed. Attorneys for the parties involved will meet Thursday morning to set a new hearing date with Miami Circuit Judge David Miller. Rene Guim filed the lawsuit 10 days after the election, when he lost to incumbent Palmer by 24 votes. At the heart of the dispute is an error by the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, which sent out postcards to dozens of South Miami voters stating they... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/543037.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/543037.html Thu, 22 May 2008 11:53 EDT No major developments are in the pipeline in Cutler Bay, and council members want to keep it that way -- unless the projects are environmentally friendly. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/543114.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/543114.html Thu, 22 May 2008 13:03 EDT At its recent grand opening celebration at its new Cutler Bay store, Staples donated a total of $12,500 to the community -- $10,000 awarded to Cutler Ridge Park for placing second in the 2008 Dream Park Challenge and the remaining $2,500 for area schools. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/540816.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/540816.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT When Eli Tako was a high school student at Gulliver Academy, he often stopped by the nearby Wayside Market in Pinecrest with friends for an after-school smoothie or snack. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/540925.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/540925.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01 EDT The Palmetto Bay Village Council narrowly agreed earlier this month to allow the Falls and the Fairway Estates neighborhood in Perrine to gather information and start a petition among their residents to join Palmetto Bay. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/541658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/541658.html Wed, 21 May 2008 12:59 EDT Palmetto Bay's town hall-style meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. May 29, has been postponed because Village Council members have scheduling conflicts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/542406.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/542406.html Thu, 22 May 2008 14:49 EDT The man shot and killed in self-defense by Janepsy Cindy Mesa was a suspect in her husband's murder, North Miami police said Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/541117.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/541117.html Thu, 22 May 2008 03:01 EDT When Claude Postel met Callie Bienvenu, sparks flew. They met through a mutual friend Bienvenu was staying with after moving from Austin, Texas, a few years ago (her roots are Cajun). Postel had a boat and offered her a ride, telling her he was a famous four-star chef from Montreal. Unimpressed, she later looked him up online and voilà! He was a well-known chef, originally from Chartres, France, where he began culinary school in Paris at 15. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/541763.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/541763.html Wed, 21 May 2008 14:14 EDT Dozens of concerned residents in the Sky Lake area showed up for a second time Tuesday to hear whether the North Miami Beach council would allow them to vote on becoming a special taxing district to pay for a roving patrol. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/539651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/539651.html Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01 EDT In one room, three teenage boys shaped a lump of white clay into vases. In another room, a 9-year-old girl practiced her concentration skills with a computer game. Down the hall, five preschoolers sat around a small table listening to a story. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/539637.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/539637.html Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01 EDT Bonsai a gogo : The Flower Bar -- you can't drink here but you can still be intoxicated by perfumes. Essentials for fresh life are found here: perfumed candles, some made of soy, some with fig and watermelon, from the YeYe and Kate Hall brands. Owner Alex Rodriguez and his staff sell ornamental orchids, beautiful bamboos, fragrant peonis, antique-looking roses, Buddhas of every size and unusual greeting cards. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536724.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536724.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT The groups that pay the city to use the Marine Stadium Basin are hoping for a quick solution to what they say is a dangerous environment where motor boats share the same space as rowers and swimmers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536732.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/536732.html Sun, 18 May 2008 03:01 EDT FLAGAMI PARK AREA Thieves ransacked a house in the 100 block of Southwest 64th Court between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. April 10. LITTLE HAVANA http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/533714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/533714.html Thu, 15 May 2008 13:45 EDT Miami River marine businesses are frustrated and dismayed at the Miami City Commission vote that would weaken the marine industry's protections against residential development along the banks. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/533700.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/533700.html Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44 EDT After years of delays, controversy and finger-pointing, Miami's Grapeland Water Park opened Wednesday in glimmering fashion -- greeted by hordes of giddy, bathing-suit-clad children. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/532215.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/532215.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Slightly nervous, Graciela Núñez explained to her schoolmates and their parents the curative qualities of several plants. Once she was done, the 13-year-old offered them some chamomile, which alleviates indigestion.