Palmer Trinity School students brought home a first place trophy for the IIA division and ranked fourth in the state at this year’s Florida State Spanish Conference in Orlando. Led by Raul Gonzalez and Trinidad Rodriguez-Rittenhouse, the team did an outstanding job in the categories of speech, drama and poetry.
In our consumer-based economy, when shoppers feel like spending, business gets a boost. But when they worry about rising prices and stagnant salaries, business usually slows down. And as is usually the case, Wall Street reacts accordingly. Brickell investor Herman Valerius is happy that Wall Street has been setting new records recently. But he also [...]
Can you help? Someone cut down or damaged a number of long standing mangrove trees in the waterfront back yard of Palmetto Bay Vice Mayor John DuBois last week, under cover of darkness, and after calling the Miami-Dade Police who came out to investigate, DuBois has offered a $50,000 reward to catch the person responsible. [...]
Sgt. Peppers Subs, a favorite of locals in South Miami-Dade, made a comeback recently with a block party to remember. The new sleek café-style location at 17225 S. Dixie Hwy. in Palmetto Bay hosted more than 100 local families and friends on Sunday Mar. 10, including Palmetto Bay Mayor Shelley Stanczyk. Village Councilmembers Joan Lindsay [...]
The Redland resonated with the sound of salsa and the smell of paella was in the air one night in late February as a group of 200 of Kathy and Paul Cowan’s closest friends gathered in their home and danced the night away at the third annual benefit party for Friends Forever Pet Rescue. The [...]
Miami’s Mega Pet Adoption Event is back. This signature event sponsored by the ASPCA will take place on Saturday, Apr. 6, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., at Tropical Park, 7900 Bird Rd., and will feature hundreds of homeless pets eager to find a forever home. The marathon adoption of puppies and kitties will kick-off its festivities at [...]
When you take a peek into Raul Gonzalez’s classroom at Palmer Trinity School you might find students sitting on couches, engaging in discussion with other classes via video chat. You may be surprised to learn that these students actually are a part of an international education program featuring six schools — three in the U.S. [...]
For Cutler Bay resident Thom Elliott, taking photos is more than just a hobby or a job; it’s a compulsion that gives him an opportunity for self expression. His recent one-man show that ran through Mar. 31 in the exhibition room at Pitman Photo in Palmetto Bay wasn’t just a collection of photographs, it was [...]
Facial plastic surgeons like myself, and some of my more experienced colleagues in other cosmetic specialties have come to a new appreciation as to what makes our faces ‘look older.’ The common thought up until the recent past was that it was primarily gravity that caused facial aging (or at least the culprit that could [...]
The Deering Estate at Cutler, in partnership with the League of Paranormal Investigators, offers a variety of Ghost Tours and Paranormal Investigations. Hear about the sightings and experiences from the actual paranormal investigations of the Deering Estate at Cutler and see for yourself the evidence recorded on video, photographs, and audio. There are three types [...]
The American Red Cross honored 12 outstanding ladies with the Sarah Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards for Women during a Mar. 5 luncheon at the Hotel InterContinental in downtown Miami. The honorees serve as exceptional examples of the humanitarian principles of the American Red Cross: Humanity, Impartiality, Independence, Unity, Neutrality, and Voluntary Service. “Spectrum” refers to [...]
The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair and Expo recently announced the annual Walter B. Arnold Jr. Youth Hall of Fame Community Service Award inductees and finalists during a recognition dinner held at the R. Ray Goode Building on The Youth Fair fairgrounds. Inducted into the Hall of Fame were Joshua Williams, a seventh grader at [...]
South Florida electrician Kent Crook of Wiremasters Electric wanted to make a difference and get children thinking about the importance of solar power for the future, so to capture their interest and imaginations he created a superhero called “Mr. Solar.” Garbed in his costume, he attends area events and works with the schools to get [...]
Westminster Christian Middle School students competed and received Superior Awards at the International Junior Thespian State Festival in Melbourne. Appearing in photo are eighth graders Erica Brenner (center) for Superior Monologue, and Kristina Betancourt (left) and Melissa Mendez for Superior Duet Acting.
