Under a statewide voter-approved tax reform plan, homeowners already were going to see a reduction in their tax bills this year, but now Hialeah's low-income seniors can soon expect to see even more savings.
Northwest Neighbors editor: Mohamed Hamaludin, mhamaludin@MiamiHerald.com, 305-376-2022, ext. 7106
It's almost that time of the year again, when the Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarships will be awarded to 30 deserving graduate students attending Florida colleges.
MIAMI SPRINGS A burglar stole two laptop computers and jewelry valued at $7,500 from an apartment in the 600 block of South Royal Poinciana Boulevard between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. June 25.
I received several e-mails regarding my comments on cyber crimes from parents who wanted to know more. An article published by the National Crime Prevention Council educates parents about this matter.
I applaud Alison and Leigh for their persistence in making this dream a reality for Liberty City and surrounding neighborhoods. The $3.6 million coming from the state is from the Department of Children and Families by way of a fiscal manager who is being paid about 23 percent of those funds to monitor progress on this new initiative. The grant will, in theory, push $1.2 million per year to children in Liberty City. Well, not really. It will push out $924,000 instead due to a management fee that will never leave Tallahassee.
Before they took the helm of Hialeah's public safety departments, Police Chief Mark Overton and Fire Chief Otto Drozd were already familiar with working on the same team.
In an effort to make cancer a top priority among politicians, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's Fight Back Express bus, on a 48-state tour, rolled into town on June 25.
DORAL A thief stole a 1992 Honda Prelude in the 7200 block of Northwest 36th Street between 11 p.m. June 29 and 2:15 a.m. June 30.
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NEIGHBORS IN RELIGION | BY BEA HINES
I t is so sad to say goodbye to friends and loved ones. Yet, it is a task that we all must face from time to time. Last Friday, we said goodbye to a dear friend and high school classmate, Melvia Williams Green, at a solemn, yet happy, home-going service in Palm Coast, where she and her husband, Randy, had retired 14 years ago from New York. She lived in New York since graduating from high school in 1956.
MIAMI-DADE
Students from schools throughout Miami-Dade County were named the May winners of the Do The Right Thing Program (DTRT), sponsored by the Miami Police Department, British Airways, The Miami Herald and WTVJ-NBC 6.
DORAL
To gauge just how far Doral has come since incorporation, some city leaders point no further than Doral Park. Five years ago, the park was a field of rocky soil with jutting shards of glass -- occupying space where a landfill once existed.
HIALEAH
The Hialeah Housing Authority announced it has opened its public housing waiting list. Application forms are being distributed and will continue between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at Hialeah Park, East Fourth Avenue and 32nd Street.
CRIME BLOTTER
MEDLEY A thief drove away with a car at Penser Transportation, Inc., 11701 NW 100 Rd., between 10:45 p.m. June 20 and 8:15 a.m. June 21.
HIALEAH
Miami-Dade Parks will host its fifth annual Fourth of July celebration at Amelia Earhart Park, 401 E. 65th St., Hialeah, from 1 to 10 p.m. July 4 with a full day of concerts by local hip-hop and Latin music performers, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display.
HIALEAH GARDENS
Catholic Hospice, a faith-based hospice established in 1988, is getting ready to open a facility in Hialeah Gardens that will be housed in a new rehabilitation hospital being built by Catholic Health Services of the Archdiocese of Miami.
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE
One has the Speaker of the Florida House in his corner, the other has a former U.S. Senator backing her candidacy -- a battle of political name recognition that marks the start of the race for the state District 110 seat that includes parts of Hialeah, Miami Lakes and Unincorporated Northwest Miami-Dade.
CRIMEWATCH | BY CARMEN CALDWELL
Citizens' Crime Watch has finally got the money owed us for our Youth Crime Watch program, thanks to School Board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who made it an agenda item at the board's June 18 meeting, when it was supported by the entire board.
