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.
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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.
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.
For the 14th year in a row, the 20 South Florida Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers that created the Salute to Education program have awarded scholarships, including to two dozen students in South Miami-Dade.
PINECREST A thief stole a laptop computer valued at $2,700 from a Ford F-150 in the 8400 block of Southwest 132nd Street between 3:30 and 4 p.m. June 29.
From the outside, the Pinecrest Community Center looks ordinary enough. A covered walkway connects two main buildings, rich wooden slats overhead giving the subtle impression of some friendly abode in the Adirondacks.
After watching her father battle Stage 4 lung cancer, 33-year-old Samantha Sharpe wanted to help fight the disease. So two years ago, Sharpe helped create Young Philanthropists for Sylvester, an organization of 21- to 40-year-olds committed to finding a cure at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The hook: lower donation requirements than other organizations.
S ally Baumgartner was awarded the Rotarian of the Year Award by the Rotary Club of Coral Gables for her many volunteer hours spent on club projects. Baumgartner edited the newsletter, organized monthly social events, ran a successful weekend garage sale for charity and was at most every outreach service project throughout the year. This is the second time she has won the award.
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The Cutler Ridge Citizens Advisory committee will discuss sex crimes and park safety in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a
Two well-regarded South Miami-Dade high schools whose grades slipped last year -- and a third that was failing -- celebrated moving up when school grades were released this week.
CUTLER BAY
Cutler Bay has begun the year-long process of writing its own zoning code and is looking for residents to show-and-tell what they want to see.
CRIME BLOTTER
PINECREST A gunman man wearing a ski mask and a red shirt tied up a woman with a phone cord and made off with 2008 Lexus valued at $40,000, jewelry valued at $60,000 and $200 cash at a house in the 1 2600 block of Southwest 64th Avenue at 10:30 a.m. June 30. Police said the man entered the home through an open garage door and demanded the owners hand over the car keys and money before tying up the woman of the home, taking the items and speeding away.
PALMETTO BAY
Whoever decorated the five-bedroom Palmetto Bay home had a creative approach: a lone sofa and several hundred marijuana plants. Miami-Dade police confiscated the drugs -- worth about $800,000 -- before 8 a.m. Thursday, after being tipped off that the home at 15555 Old Cutler Rd. was a marijuana grow house.
FAIRWAY ESTATES
For Huong Doan and his wife, Chau Nguyen, good food accounts for only one aspect of a successful Vietnamese restaurant. Another is good luck.
PALMETTO BAY
The Palmetto Bay Village Council will consider raising the tax rate for the next fiscalyear -- but most homeowners might not see much of a change in their village tax bill.
CUTLER BAY
Flags blew along the Whispering Pines streets as the community prepared for its 41st annual Fourth of July parade. Spectators lined the sidewalks in lounge chairs as they eagerly awaited the start of the parade Friday, hosted by the Whispering Pines Women's Club and the Whispering Pines Civic Association.
PALMETTO BAY
Palmetto Bay's summer camp program is in full swing with kids 6-13 able to register for the 2008 Softball Camp at Palmetto Bay Park that will be the weeks of July 14-18 and Aug. 11-15.
PALMETTO BAY
Palmetto Bay officials decided Monday against spending nearly $400,000 to retrofit the village's long-awaited library and community room project, which is under construction, to make it an environmentally friendly building.
