Stories written by Richard Yager
Luigi Boria, an entrepreneurial computerfirm executive and ordained Hispanic firm executive and ordained Hispanic minister, was sworn into office Nov. 28 as the City of Doral’s second Mayor since incorporation in 2003. By a narrow 432-vote margin of 4,712 ballots cast in the Nov. 27 runoff election, Boria became the first native-born Venezuelan to head [...]
Dec 21 2012 | Posted by
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Two detectives on a special surveillance mission restored $20,000 in property and solved eight residential burglaries in two counties, winning citations as the Miami- Dade Police Hammocks District’s Officers of the Month for November. “This was a special effort we’ve launched to try to put an end to a string of home burglaries that have [...]
Dec 21 2012 | Posted by
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A West Kendall wine entrepreneur is expanding the D’Cata Wine Shop, just in time for the holidays.“We’ve designed a place where people can both shop and enjoy wine parties with live entertainment, all year long,” said Hammocks resident Felix Rosario, retired from a 15-year career in beverage distribution, specializing in wines. Rosario’s long association [...]
Dec 20 2012 | Posted by
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Civic leader Frank Irizarry praised those who “volunteer service to better this community in the future” when speaking on Nov. 27 to the Miami-Dade Police Hammocks District Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) he once chaired. “You, yourselves, will be remembered for helping West Kendall become ‘a shining city on the hill,’ he told members of the [...]
Dec 17 2012 | Posted by
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Memories of the widely known Miami Herald humor columnist recently lived again for campers at Larry and Penny Thompson Park in southwest Miami- Dade County. “My dad and mom would have loved this place,” said Carl Thompson, son of the couple and guest of honor for the campground’s 35th anniversary celebration on Nov. 24. Thompson [...]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted by
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Wrestling between reality and setting precedent, the East Kendall Community Council tied 3-3 before voting 6-0 to approve a three-story garage at The Colony at Dadeland condominium on Nov. 13. The reality: overflow of resident vehicles that endanger public safety and flaunt illegal parking on swale areas along SW 77th Avenue, needing immediate action. The [...]
Dec 14 2012 | Posted by
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New zoning establishing a Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport District to expedite commercial development by the county’s Aviation Department was approved by West Kendall’s Community Council on Nov. 20. The council voted 5-2 to change three existing airport zoning designations on two properties to a GP (General Property) classification, administered by the Miami-Dade County Commission and the [...]
Dec 13 2012 | Posted by
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Two organizations that yearly help Santa Claus in Kendall need your help, too. The Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations will host its annual “Holiday Toy Giveaway” for children of the Farm Share program of southwest Miami-Dade on Dec. 7. Alongside a lighted tree, Ferguson High School’s “Lady Falcon” singers will provide carols, a Hanukkah Menorah [...]
Dec 3 2012 | Posted by
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A dozen Miami-Dade officials paid tribute to the nation’s armed forces on Veterans Day, observed Nov. 12, the first celebration of the national holiday at the county’s under-construction Military Museum. U.S. Navy veteran Anthony Atwood, a FIU professor who has initiated and guided the historical project, termed the event a “milestone” in Miami-Dade’s military history [...]
Nov 29 2012 | Posted by
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Legal action has been set in motion by development interests associated with the Bacardi family ownership to wrest control of the closed Calusa Country Club golf course property from a homeowner covenant restriction preventing new building. A civil suit dated Oct. 29 was entered in the 11th Circuit Court by Fort Dallas Golf Club Ltd. [...]
Nov 28 2012 | Posted by
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The first in a series of town meetings to examine local issues drew more than 200 to Pinecrest Gardens to discuss Miami- Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) plans for managed toll lanes using the South Dade Busway along US1. The controversial issue brought a half-dozen MDX staff members to display charts and explain potential lane conversions [...]
Nov 27 2012 | Posted by
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Thanksgiving came early for children, families and staff of Miami-Dade Parks’ Disability Services at Tamiami Park’s Recreation Center. More than 100 youngsters and adults who use the facility the year around helped celebrate a “Grand Re- Opening” of the 50-plus-year-old building on Nov. 14 before digging into a luncheon buffet table trimmed with a clay-modeled [...]
Nov 27 2012 | Posted by
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They call it “Rock that Burger” with a Colombian flair. When you enter Kendall’s newest hamburger emporium in Snapper Creek Plaza, you quickly will understand why. One wall is emblazoned with a tribute to “Rockers” of past years, their photo images arranged in a checker board-like montage. On an opposite wall hangs a dismantled rocker’s [...]
Nov 23 2012 | Posted by
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Aguilera Wins Council Seat 2 The City of Doral’s new Mayor and two of three City Council seats will be determined in Nov. 27 runoff elections after the Nov. 6 municipal voting. Securing 50% or more of the total votes cast was in doubt in each three contests until final counts became available, three days [...]
Nov 21 2012 | Posted by
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