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 [...]
Once again, artworks by students at Southwood Middle School were featured along with adult art during the annual showcase of the Bromeliad Society, a special weekend event at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables. The event, in mid-April each year, exhibits the work of approximately 150 talented young students in the Magnet Art Program. [...]
The crescendo has been building at Palmetto Bay’s trouble council meetings since early 2011. The question for those frustrated nonaligned residents waiting for a return to reasonableness is whether recent events signal a climax or the point of no return. Those who watch meetings on TV can gain painful insight on how not to run [...]
Miami-Dade County’s Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources Business Affairs Division, Consumer Protection, in partnership with the Dade County Bar Association County Court Committee, will host a seminar on Landlord–Tenant Law, Wednesday, May 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. The seminar will take place at the West Kendall Regional Library, 10201 Hammocks Blvd. Reservations are [...]
The numbers aligned for a group of Miami Dade College (MDC) students recently. Members of the Math Club from Kendall and North campuses grabbed five out of seven places in the 2013 Math Olympics competition in Jacksonville. North Campus’ mathematics major Yang Li defeated his opponents to clinch first place in the individual competition. Having [...]
Fairchild Garden recently conducted its 11th annual Fairchild Challenge Urban Sustainability: Environmental Debates and Project Showcase. Some 400 local high school (HS) and middle school (MS) students in the Fairchild Challenge multidisciplinary, environmental education outreach program demonstrated their knowledge of urban sustainability through debates and an innovative projects showcase in four areas: inventions (HS), green [...]
Pictured are bike riders from Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay who participated in the joint Earth Week Bike Ride Event on Sunday, Apr. 21, conducted in partnership with Miami-Dade County’s “Bike 305” initiative. Lakes by the Bay Park in Cutler Bay was the starting point and Ludovici Park in Palmetto Bay (pictured here) was the [...]
For years, Congressman Joe Garcia had all his financial information publicly posted as part of his campaign filings. Now he said that as a result he has been a multiple victim of identity theft. “You have to understand this can happen to anyone,” the Miami Democrat explained. “It happened to me.” Garcia announced on Apr. [...]
Pictured in State Sen. Gwen Margolis’ Tallahassee office on Apr. 3 for “Dade Days” are (l-r) Cutler Bay Councilmember Mary Ann Mixon, Palmetto Bay Mayor Shelley Stanczyk, Marsha Tejeda, Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner, Sen. Margolis, Cutler Bay Councilmember Peggy Bell, Palmetto Bay Councilmember Joan Lindsay and North Miami Beach Councilmember Phyllis Smith.
A year after the tragic death on Apr. 13, 2012 of Southwood Middle School student Kaely Camacho, killed by a drunk driver who struck her family’s vehicle, the Village of Palmetto Bay unveiled a street sign honoring her. To commemorate her accomplishments on the anniversary date of the heartbreaking accident the village council voted at [...]
Thinking of You Services will host its sixth annual picnic to support American troops stationed overseas on Saturday, May 18, from noon to 6 p.m. The non profit organization hosts the yearly picnic to collect care package items to send free of charge to U.S. military personnel from any state who are serving in the [...]
Students from Howard Drive Elementary School in Palmetto Bay won at the Odyssey of the Mind Florida State competition in Orlando on Apr. 6 after winning at the local Tropical Regional competitions in February. They are now in their final stretch and will compete at Michigan State University, May 22-25, with more than 800 teams [...]
If you think that your furry friend needs a bit of culture in his/her life, here is your chance to make it happen. You and your four-legged friend can attend a one-of-akind shopping and cultural experience when you attend “Culture Your Canine” on Thursday, May 2, in Coral Gables benefiting the animals at the Humane [...]
Registration now is taking place for the 2013 Summer Program at Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, which will be held at four different locations — Hank Kline Club, Northwest Club, South Beach Club and Kendall Club. The Summer Program allows children to learn values such as friendship, honesty and teamwork by providing a [...]
