http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Communities in Miami-Dade County 60 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:43:30 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/609222.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/609222.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:40 EDT Several years ago, when The Home Depot wanted to move into Coconut Grove, big box retailers were seen as the enemy. These days -- not so much. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/608730.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/608730.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48 EDT Starting Wednesday, Aventura will give drivers 90 days to get adjusted to the city's new automated ticketing system for red-light runners. During the warning period, which will run through Oct. 10, mounted cameras will capture images and video of red-light violations, and warning notices will be sent to the vehicle owners. The camera takes two pictures, one in the front of the light and when the vehicle is crossing the intersection. Video footage will be available online. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/605617.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/605617.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:51 EDT Aventura resident Elie Neufeld wants you to vote for him. No, he's not a politician running for office. Rather, Neufeld is a competitive body builder and personal trainer at Olympia gym in Aventura. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/606082.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/606082.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50 EDT When disaster strikes, Donna Halpern wants to be ready to help the animals. Halpern, 46, of West Kendall is the president and founder of Fairy Tails, a 6-year-old dog and cat rescue nonprofit. http://www.miamiherald.com/996/story/602384.html http://www.miamiherald.com/996/story/602384.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Early Miami was home to many larger-than-life characters. Capt. Charles H. Thompson, scion of a Bahamian family that migrated to southeast Florida in the 1800s, was one of those compelling characters in the fledgling city. http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/211662.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1033/story/211662.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:50 EDT <B>Submitted by: jb***92062</B> "Severe weather at the airport." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/606058.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/606058.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Mango pie anyone? How about a little mango rice for the kids? Ever tasted a Zebda mango from Egypt or the Champagne mango? Anything mango was the craze at this year's International Mango Festival held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/607218.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/607218.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:44 EDT A proposed $250 transport fee for residents who use fire-rescue services to take them to area hospitals has commissioners and residents seeing red. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/607215.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/coral_gables/story/607215.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:44 EDT An idea flitted through Galya, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2000 and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment ever since: to provide DVD players, headsets and DVDs to cancer treatment centers throughout South Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606056.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606056.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Ashley Russell began incorporating fire into her baton twirling routines one month ago. After all, that is what people expect when they watch the halftime show at Florida State University football games. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606124.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Decked in matching black suits and gold ties, Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe A. Martinez and State Rep. Juan C. Zapata hosted a joint town hall meeting Thursday in Country Walk where they talked taxes, traffic and education with at least 100 residents. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606082.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/606082.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14 EDT When disaster strikes, Donna Halpern wants to be ready to help the animals. Halpern, 46, of West Kendall is the president and founder of Fairy Tails, a 6-year-old dog and cat rescue nonprofit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606072.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The number of robberies and home burglaries in the Cutler Ridge police district jumped dramatically in June, Miami-Dade police said Monday at the Cutler Ridge Citizens Advisory Committee. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606071.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606071.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Lucy Li will return to Palmetto Senior High School with a new perspective after meeting survivors of the Liberian civil war and of the Rwandan genocide at the Aspen Ideas Festival. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606070.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/606070.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Colonial Drive Park in Fairway Estates will have bushes trimmed -- and the county will try to install better lighting -- after the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl at the park last month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608733.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608733.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Four years ago Fignoliste and Anne Marie Victor decided it was time to move out of their cramped two-bedroom apartment near Liberty City and buy a house. But after 15 years of renting, a mortgage was a daunting prospect. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608870.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608870.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The county's parks department says it needs a new dockmaster facility at Pelican Harbor Marina. And the Miami zoning board says it has no problem with that. The board voted 7-1 to recommend that Miami commissioners approve a new 3,337-square-foot building on the 79th Street Causeway site. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608868.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northeast/story/608868.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT An Edgewater commercial development making the rounds at City Hall since late 2004 is one step closer to final approval, with a few conditions attached. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608724.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608724.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Under a neat green awning just west of Ocean Drive on 12th Street, architecture aficionados and Deco devotees can find the temporary new home of Miami Beach's Art Deco Welcome Center. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608751.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608751.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Though stopping short of an outright ban, city commissioners made it harder for pedicabs to do business in Miami Beach with a new ordinance approved Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/608757.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Miami Beach leaders will cut cultural events and raise all sorts of fees -- for parking, golfing and beachside weddings, among others -- but one thing they pledged not to raise was the city's tax rate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608767.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608767.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Parents with school-age children should add immunizations to the top of their to-do lists, since they have less than a month to get it done. In Miami-Dade, the new school year starts on Aug. 18. Since 1985, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has provided free vaccinations for children from 2 months to 18 years old. At any one of six centers in the county, hundreds of patients a week are immunized from diseases like polio, rubella, the mumps and chicken pox. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608779.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608779.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT I am a native of Miami old enough to know many of Paul George's stories first hand. He has a good reputation of relating Miami history to more-recent arrivals, of which there are many... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/608766.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Marian Shannon, now in her 80s and living in Brownsville, recalls many events during the time black neighborhoods ''were limited by customs and laws,'' because of race. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609829.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:48 EDT Two major Coconut Grove projects going before the Miami City Commission next week received support Thursday from the Cocoanut Grove Village Council. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609222.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609222.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:37 EDT Several years ago, when The Home Depot wanted to move into Coconut Grove, big box retailers were seen as the enemy. These days -- not so much. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609218.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/609218.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:32 EDT With mid-rises already peppering Coral Way, residents wary of development turned out to Miami City Hall Wednesday to ward off a proposal to pave a parking lot next to the Montserrat Apartments in the Roads area. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/605626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/605626.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The inaugural Christmas in July Bike Run takes place Sunday to benefit the Kids & Families Foundation. The run begins at 10 a.m. at Peterson's Harley-Davidson, 19400 NW Second Ave., and ends at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St. The Kids & Families Foundation will collect unwrapped toys and funds for programs to help children in need, particularly pediatric cancer patients. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/606057.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/606057.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT SWEETWATER AREA A thief stole a 1994 Honda Civic in the 1100 block of Northwest 135th Court between 11 p.m. June 30 and 10 a.m. July 1. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/602407.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/602407.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Alex Aguilera knows first-hand the importance of child healthcare. Diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia at age 4 -- the most-common of blood cancers in children under 15 -- Alex, now 9, is just one example of children benefiting from federally funded programs like Medicaid. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606081.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606081.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Tara Tarnowski, Marcio Pereira and Isaya Kisekka are three researchers with a common goal: improving South Florida agriculture. On Saturday, their hard work was honored with a ceremony and a check. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606072.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The number of robberies and home burglaries in the Cutler Ridge police district jumped dramatically in June, Miami-Dade police said Monday at the Cutler Ridge Citizens Advisory Committee. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606079.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/south/story/606079.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Earlier this year, candidates for the Florida City Commission fretted that the city wasn't doing enough to help kids. On Saturday, the Florida City Commission delivered by providing sports and other activities at its first Family and Friend Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608726.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608726.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT After years of waiting for a designated dog park, Aventura residents finally got what they wanted on July 7. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608730.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608730.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Starting Wednesday, Aventura will give drivers 90 days to get adjusted to the city's new automated ticketing system for red-light runners. During the warning period, which will run through Oct. 10, mounted cameras will capture images and video of red-light violations, and warning notices will be sent to the vehicle owners. The camera takes two pictures, one in the front of the light and when the vehicle is crossing the intersection. Video footage will be available online. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/aventura/story/608725.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Aventura's tax rate will stay the same next year under a preliminary budget approved by the city commission Thursday. No services are being cut, City Manager Eric Soroka said, even though the city's taxable property value is dropping 1.7 percent, to $9.44 billion compared to the last budget year's $9.61 billion. http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608750.html http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608750.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT As I made my way around, I saw plenty of people using credit cards like there was no tomorrow. I saw people getting their cards back wrapped in the receipt, and then not checking to make sure it was their card. I saw people placing credit cards in back pockets or just tossing them into purses. http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608765.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT As blacks in Miami-Dade face disproportionately higher mortality rates than their counterparts, county health officials are weighing the significance of race in obtaining quality healthcare. http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/608766.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Marian Shannon, now in her 80s and living in Brownsville, recalls many events during the time black neighborhoods ''were limited by customs and laws,'' because of race.