Food, fun, and music were delivered as promised at the Twilight 5 K Run and Fitness Walk held downtown on Sunday, June 3rd. The skies were clear and the closed streets became a mini town square with bounce houses and climbing walls for kids. Area business folks and not for profit representatives in white tented [...]
The South Miami Plaza Senior Center at 6701 SW 62 Avenue provides a peaceful secure living environment for the 90 or so qualified tenants who reside in the facility, as well as a gathering place where 65 and older area residents can come in daily and enjoy a hot meal among the company of their [...]
“When I say we love, you say, ‘Kaely! We love Kaely! We love Kaely!’” So sang one of the lead students of Kaely Camacho’s eighth grade class to an answering chorus from her fellow classmates. The throngs of kids gathered together in honor of Kaely Camacho cheered loudly on an otherwise quiet sunny Wednesday morning [...]
After graduating from the University of Florida with an Economics degree, Brandon Lurie settled into a job in South Miami, fell in love with the area, and decided to build his business here. Today Lurie and partner Richard Mattaway of the Richard - Brandon Company are award winning developers with an impressive dossier of successful [...]
Whether dodging bullets in the deserts of Iraq or while training — then good guy — Hugo Chavez in the jungles of Venezuela as Army Airborne Lieutenant Colonel Battalion Commander, retired City of Miami Police Department Major Hector Mirabile had seen quite a bit of the world and its unwieldy ways before becoming city manager [...]
International living legend of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and 7th Degree Red and Black Belt, Master Carlos Gracie Jr, was in town recently to address students at the SW62 Ave Gracie Barra Academy. As President of the International Federation of Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu and progeny of the famous Gracie family that developed BJJ and spread it [...]
As a long distance runner navigates the hills and terrains of a marathon distance course, so should parents have a compass and map of sorts to get them through the peaks and valleys of family life, according to Jodi Orshan, marriage and family counseling therapist. Orshan has developed a multi-faceted “Parenting Plan for practically perfect [...]
On a recent balmy Saturday night, several blocks south of city hall in downtown Coral Gables were barricaded against traffic. Instead of cars cruising around the Biltmore Way roundabout, canopied tables, chairs and tents filled with delightful dishes and wines welcomed guests at the “Party in the Park.” Presented by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians [...]
Capt. Allen Buckhalt is a Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army Bravo Company and graduated in 1998 from Palmetto High School. His older sister, Rebecca Haggard, remembers that even as a boy her brother always marched to the beat of his own drum. So when he announced [...]
One of the most popular South Florida artists whose work is visible decorating the backdrop sets of television shows on location in Miami and along the walls of historic institutions like The Biltmore in Coral Gables and The Kampong in Coconut Grove, Federico Carosio got his start in South Miami while building a career here [...]
It is just another day in paradise as drivers pass the looming downtown Miami skyscrapers along Brickell Avenue on a steamy concrete jungle afternoon. Curving around Biscayne Boulevard, the line of traffic picks up I-395 past American Airlines Arena toward South Beach. Trickling along the causeway, motor vehicle operators in their air sealed gas guzzling [...]
After graduating from the University of Florida with an Economics degree, Brandon Lurie settled into a job in South Miami, fell in love with the area, and decided to build his business here. Today Lurie and partner Richard Mattaway of the Richard-Brandon Company are award winning developers with an impressive dossier of successful projects from [...]
Whether dodging bullets in the deserts of Iraq or while training--then good guy--Hugo Chavez in the jungles of Venezuela as Army Airborne Lieutenant Colonel Battalion Commander, retired City of Miami Police Department Major Hector Mirabile, had seen quite a bit of the world and its unwieldy ways before becoming city manager of South Miami nearly [...]
Only a few professions demand a potential candidate for hire be willing and able to literally cover a collegue’s back during a possible direct line of fire scenario. Before 42 year veteran on the force, Chief of Police Orlando Martinez de Castro, hires a new police officer they must pass that elusive final test. “If [...]
