The proposed 11-acre development project known as “Shoppes of Cutler Bay,” featuring a large new Publix Supermarket to be located on Old Cutler Road and SW 208th Street, was denied approval by a 3-2 vote of the Cutler Bay Town Council during its Jan. 16 meeting. Vice Mayor Ernie Sochin and Councilmember Sue Ellen [...]
Palmetto Bay, which has been incorporated for only 10 years, recently had its first ever staff retirements, both in the Finance Department, with new people joining the team. Marti Brasovan, who had been with the village for nine years, retired in November and Dorothy Henderson retired in December. Both retirees were honored at a village [...]
Palmetto Bay youngsters at the 3C’s Preschool of Christ Congregational Church got to do something on Jan. 18 that children rarely do in South Florida’s warm climate — enjoy a “Snow Day” with sledding and winter clothes. Roughly 13 tons of “snow,” or shaved ice, was dumped on the campus at 14920 SW 67 Ave. [...]
Arecently completed drainage improvement project should greatly reduce flooding that has long been a problem for Cutler Bay residents within the Lakes by the Bay, Laguna Pointe and Catalina communities. Local flooding in the roadway caused by any moderate to severe rains should be alleviated by the roadway and drainage improvements along SW 97th Avenue [...]
The town’s fourth annual winter event, “Chili Day in Cutler Bay” on Saturday, Jan. 5, was rated “a tremendous success” by Parks and Recreation director Alan Ricke. “We had larger crowds than ever before, an excellent band — the Andrew Morris Band — and about 10,000 samples of chili, salsa and cornbread provided by the [...]
The Cutler Bay Business Association (CBBA) elected its officers and board of directors at the end of December to serve during 2013. The group’s monthly meeting on Jan. 10 was the first with the new board in place. Jonathan Wilson, the new CBBA president, conducted the meeting and luncheon. The guest speaker was Anapaula Lagarriga, [...]
Cutler Bay’s popular food and fun event, “Taste of the Bay,” is scheduled for Feb. 24 and organizers are ready for area food vendors and volunteers to get on board. The festival debuted in 2011, presented by the Cutler Bay Business Association, and returned the following year to even larger crowds. It takes place at [...]
The second annual Health and Wellness Fair, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 10, in Palmetto Bay, will feature something new — a talent show called “Boomers Got Talent.” Mary Fernandez, village events coordinator, explained how the entertainment contest for seniors will work. “The talent show is for folks 55 and up,” Fernandez said. “It’s an open [...]
A joint effort by the Hispanic Police Officers Association of Miami-Dade (HPOA), Miami-Dade Police Department, Early Development of Global Education Charitable Foundation (EDGE) and other volunteers, collected and distributed toys to more than 800 children of migrant families, domestic abuse victims and human trafficking victims in South Florida. Lt. William Gonzalez of the MDPD, who [...]
Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall, an early supporter of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, now has set an example by participating in it. His own home has the first PACE program solar power roof installation in the area. As part of the “Green Corridor” program in Cutler Bay, Coral Gables, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, [...]
Members of the Palmetto Bay Garden Club will be exploring one of the area’s natural treasures as the club has scheduled a field trip to the Montgomery Botanical Center for Saturday, Jan. 19. Club president Richard A. Dorn confirmed the details on Dec. 30. “This botanical garden was established to advance science, education and conservation [...]
A South Dade charitable foundation, the Early Development of Global Education (EDGE), received a $10,400 in-kind grant from Payless ShoeSource which was distributed to 520 children from low income families attending the EDGE Children for Children school in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Each child received a $20 gift card to purchase one [...]
Cutler Bay’s traditional fall event, the Hometown Harvest Bike Ride, returned for its sixth year on Sunday, Dec. 9, at Lakes by the Bay Park, attracting nearly 100 riders. The purpose of the annual ride is to provide a fun family event, promote bike safety and encourage more people to use bicycles as transportation. Escorted [...]
The popular annual event, “Chili Day in Cutler Bay,” returns for its fourth year on Saturday, Jan. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Cutler Ridge Park. Touted as a fun-filled day for the serious and not-so-serious chili chefs in the community, the event is sponsored by Mercedes Benz of Cutler Bay as a [...]
