http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Pinecrest / Bays 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Palmetto Bay will hold a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for its environmentally friendly Village Hall to be built in the Franjo Triangle Island commercial district. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After two years of not being heard at City Council meetings, the residents of Homestead have been heard at the polls.<p/> Not to take anything away from the newly elected City Council members -- signs, mailers, phone calls, forums and knocking on doors -- Tuesday's election was a rocking referendum on the recalcitrant members of our council who would ``block vote'' every major issue and rebuff any opinion from the public to the contrary. All four were expelled! http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321238.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Sitting on the patio in the early hours of the morning is one of life's pleasures. The sun's rays are warming the canal at the yard's end and all kinds of birds -- egrets, ibises, gallinules, ducks, bitterns, mockingbirds -- offer cheerful songs and chatter. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321228.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321228.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321268.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST PINECREST | A man and a woman shoplifted teeth whitening products valued at $653 from CVS pharmacy, 11299 S. Dixie Hwy., at 2 a.m. Oct. 16. Store security said the theft was caught on surveillance video. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321262.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321262.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A blimp naval station on land west of what is now the Florida Turnpike. Air fields further south. Troops training -- South Dade was filled with military activities during World War II. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1319233.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1319233.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When some think about the old Homestead Air Force Base they talk about how Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992.<p/> Two presidents, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, weighed in on the need to rebuild it -- and it was as an Air Force reserve base. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314999.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314999.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST And with five words, the controversy was quelled.<p/> ``I'm going to respectfully decline,'' said Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn.<p/> With that, a resolution to rename Palmetto Bay Park in honor of Flinn, the village's first and only mayor, was taken off the agenda at the village council's meeting Monday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314951.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Maj. Sean Gustafson traded the tropics of Miami-Dade for the desert air of Las Vegas.<p/> But some high-flying action whisks him and family back home this weekend for the Homestead Air Reserve Base's Wings Over Homestead Air Show. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314997.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1314997.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST PINECREST | A thief smashed a window on a 2007 Infiniti in the 12600 block of Southwest 80th Avenue and stole a bag, an iPod, a computer charger and a BlackBerry together valued at $660 at 1:15 a.m. Oct. 14. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309323.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT After coming to America from Sicily in 1918, John Torrese toiled in New York City to save enough for his dream -- buying land upstate to grow lettuce and onions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309314.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309314.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Ever since Sam Vinikoff laid his eyes on the Everglades, he hasn't stopped painting the national park.<p/> ``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.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309344.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309344.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT What's in a name?<p/> In Palmetto Bay, the potential naming of a Palmetto Bay Park after Mayor Eugene Flinn -- the current and only mayor of the 7-year-old incorporated village -- and the community room and amphitheater at a new library for council member Edward Feller and his wife Arlene, has some activists agog. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309347.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Palmetto Bay Council is considering two resolutions to rename public property in honor of two current council members.<p/> Naming public assets after living politicians still in public service is self-serving -- and wrong. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309302.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Dreaming to make a difference is what Liliam M. Lopez has always tried to do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1309341.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT PINECREST | A man wearing a brown polo shirt and a black baseball cap robbed Mercantil Commerce Bank, 8181 SW 117th St., at 10 a.m. Oct. 8. He handed a teller a note that said, ``put 15,000 in the bag or I'll shoot you,'' took $6,080 and then drove away in a four-door Ford Taurus . http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303600.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT It seems like a natural thing to do: displaying Everglades paintings at the 19th annual In The Park With Art in Palmetto Bay.<p/> This weekend's event will offer a chance for festival-goers to revel in South Florida's cooling temperatures while enjoying artists' renditions of Biscayne Bay, the Everglades and other South Florida sites. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303604.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303604.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Fans passionate about radio-controlled planes will gather this weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Aero Modelers of Perrine. <p/> The aerofest will take place at Silver Field, 2.4 miles west of Krome Avenue on Southwest 168th Street. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303599.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303599.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT About 600 people and their dogs attended the first Pawareness Pet Fair in Pinecrest on Sunday, presented by Girl Scout Troop 317.<p/> Because dogs are prohibited from parks in the village -- which has proposed turning Wayside Veterans Park into a dog park -- the fair was held on the grounds of Bet Shira Congregation, 7500 SW 120th St. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303597.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1303597.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT PINECREST | A thief smashed a window on a 2008 Ford in the parking lot of IHOP, 11927 S. Dixie Hwy., and stole a MacBook Pro valued at $1,500 and other computer equipment valued at $170 between 5 and 5:45 p.m. Oct. 9. The owner had just made the purchase at the Apple Store inside the Falls Shopping Center. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shoppers in Pinecrest and Kendall beware: Thieves are preying on customers who leave their electronics purchases in their cars while they eat or continue shopping. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321256.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shoppers in Pinecrest and Kendall beware: Thieves are preying on customers who leave their electronics purchases in their cars while they eat or continue shopping. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321267.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Palmetto Bay will hold a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for its environmentally friendly Village Hall to be built in the Franjo Triangle Island commercial district. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/1321270.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST After two years of not being heard at City Council meetings, the residents of Homestead have been heard at the polls.<p/> Not to take anything away from the newly elected City Council members -- signs, mailers, phone calls, forums and knocking on doors -- Tuesday's election was a rocking referendum on the recalcitrant members of our council who would ``block vote'' every major issue and rebuff any opinion from the public to the contrary. All four were expelled!