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Millionaire May coming to Mardi Gras Casino

During the month of May, Mardi Gras Casino Players’ Club members can step into the lap of luxury and become the next millionaire! Every Saturday and Sunday, players can earn 10 points for a chance to win $1 million dollars in the Million Dollar Vault promotion. During the famous Mardi Gras Fat Tuesdays through May [...]

Hamptons South Condominium: Luxury Redefined

Nestled between the Intracoastal and Turnberry Golf Course, Hamptons South is a quintessential Aventura high-rise; a fivestar luxury condominium community with beautiful ocean, Intracoastal and immaculate green views. “We focus on providing world-class service and amenities in a secure, gated community. Our well-manicured landscape with palm trees, waterfalls and water fountains offers a feeling of [...]

Turnberry Isle Miami hosts seventh annual Reid & Fiorentino Golf Classic

Turnberry Isle Miami hosts seventh annual Reid & Fiorentino Golf Classic

Sun Sports HEAT TV broadcasters and two of South Florida’s leading sports media personalities, Eric Reid and Tony Fiorentino, celebrated the end of the seventh annual Reid & Fiorentino Call Of The Game Dinner & Celebrity Golf Classic presented by SHARP Business Systems, alongside today’s sports icons and philanthropic heroes of the community, with a [...]

Howard Palmetto Orioles win Atom 2 Championship

Howard Palmetto Orioles win Atom 2 Championship

The Howard Palmetto Orioles won the Atom 2 Championship on Saturday, Apr. 27, with a convincing 13-2 victory over the Yankees at Suniland Field. This final win was a fitting end to a dominating 21-2 season of youth baseball where the Orioles outscored their opponents by 200 runs during the 18-game regular season. For many [...]

Leadership spotlight -Alex Fernandez

  Alex Fernandez is part of a new generation of leadership emerging in the Miami Beach political scene. Passionate about public service, Fernandez works in the Miami Beach Office of the Mayor & Commission as a Deputy to Commissioner Deede Weithorn. Recently he was appointed by Weithorn to serve on the Miami Beach Charter Review [...]

Lifesaving aid earns officer honors from Hammocks CAC

Lifesaving aid earns officer honors from Hammocks CAC

Miami-Dade Police Hammocks District Officer, Jonathan Dweck ,earned, Citizens Advisory Committee(CAC), Officer of the Month ,honors for April ,after he gave lifesaving aid to an elderly man, who suffered a broken arm as well as head and internal injuries when struck by a truck on Krome Avenue on Mar. 3. “All part of our training,” [...]

Officer earns CAC recognition for nabbing fleeing suspect

Officer earns CAC recognition for nabbing fleeing suspect

Officer Diego Serrano (center), who captured a robbery suspect on the run, won honors as Miami-Dade Police Kendall District Officer of the Month from Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) chair Barry White (left) and congratulations of Maj. Christopher Carothers. The presentation was made at the Apr. 24 CAC meeting.Officer Serrano, answering a call within minutes, identified [...]

Michael Aller Receives Beach High Diploma

Michael Aller Receives Beach High Diploma

Yes, Michael Aller went to high school and received a diploma in Detroit, where he is originally from. However, he will be receiving an honorary diploma from Miami Beach Senior High as part of the City National Bank Hi-Tides Outstanding Achievement Award being presented at the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 91st Annual Dinner Gala [...]

Doral Students win Chess National Championship

Doral Students win Chess National Championship

Last Thursday afternoon, 23 students from Divine Savior Academy climbed into vans and airplanes to make the trek up to Nashville, Tennessee, to compete in the Chess Super Nationals. This event occurs every three years and combines students from every age (kindergarten through high school) into one mega tournament. Over 5,300 players from across the [...]

Reading the ‘News’ at Cream

Reading the ‘News’ at Cream

Tamra Gordon from Cream, which is located on Sunset Drive, is all smiles as she holds a copy of her favorite newspaper with Francisco Vasquez, who just happens to work at the South Miami News. Funny thing how that worked out.

Mayor Boria Forms Immigration Team

Mayor Luigi Boria along with several community leaders and pastors formed a special coalition to support comprehensive immigration reform on April 9. Joining Mayor Boria to support new legislation were Ralph Reed, Founder, Faith and Freedom Coalition; Dr. Alberto Delgado, President, Pastor’s Association of Greater Miami; Mr. Rudy Fernández, Member of the Partnership for a [...]

Life by Design with Stuart Geller

Design doesn't just apply to the spaces we inhabit, says Stuart Geller, president of Geller Design Group. "The choices we make design our lives," he asserts. "You don't have to be a designer to make choices in your life that bring you joy, and to stay away from things that don't matter." Geller has designed [...]

Students’ artwork to benefit Huntington’s Disease research

Students’ artwork to benefit Huntington’s Disease research

Riviera Prep School students donated their artwork to a silent auction benefiting research to combatHuntington’s Disease. The silent auction took place during a gala on May 4 at the Palmetto Bay Village Center. The following students are pictured with their art: Maya Masucci, Kelly Roberts, Gabriela Cedeira, Alexis Diaz, Bruna Giampetro, Ann Gottenger, Shelby Onabowale [...]

Making History

Making History

The Palmer Trinity School varsity baseball team beat Marathon High School to win the South Florida Baseball Conference Championship for the first time in school history. Several Falcons were selected to the all-Conference Team, Blake Miller, Gio Soto and Justin Ziegelasch were named first team. Nick Font and Ben Roberts were second team, and Dustin [...]