Karel Kutner Foti has been named to the board of directors of the Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute Foundation and also will serve as a member of the Baptist Health Foundation board, the fundraising arm for Baptist Health. Foti, a Kendall resident and a Realtor with Esslinger Wooten Maxwell International, operates Florida Paradise Properties with [...]
Dixie Belle Shopping Center originally opened for business the same year the country celebrated its bicentennial back in 1976. The 36-year-old strip mall, at 12185 S. Dixie Hwy., that once housed Pete’s Pizza Universe and Black Panther Karate among others, recently was demolished. A new modern version of the Dixie Belle Shopping Center is under [...]
Palmetto alumnus Claudia Cifuentes and her sisters, Lisa and Karina, have begun an Internet campaign to raise money to help them produce a low budget feature film. Claudia Cifuentes is the writer and director for the film, while Lisa and Karina are the producers. Their production company is Pink Forest Films and they are [...]
The Good Government Initiative recently hosted an international visitors workshop for Middle Eastern and North African public officials at the University of Miami Law School. The workshop included discussions on the responsibilities of public officials, case studies in ethics and a discussion on the role a free press plays in government. It was opened by [...]
Summer is coming and there’s a new game in town — Pinecrest Sports Camps. Based at Suniland Park, 12855 S. Dixie Hwy., the new camp is gearing up to provide kids with the ultimate sports experience. There will be no couch potatoes here and the camp’s theme says it all: All sports… all fun… all [...]
TotalBank officially opened its much anticipated full service branch facility in Pinecrest last week, barely four months after breaking ground late last year. Chartered in 1974 and today holding $2.2 billion in assets, TotalBank hosted a gala grand opening party in the modern new banking center, 10205 S. Dixie Hwy., on May 2 attended by [...]
While many of us spent the Easter/ Passover weekend with family, Robert Steen rallied his troop (pun intended) to do some serious spring cleaning on Elliott Key. Steen is a 15-year-old Palmetto High School student working on his Eagle Scout achievement. Serving as the troop’s elected Senior Patrol Leader, Steen is already the youth authority. [...]
Robert Jude, a Miami resident for 44 years and the owner-operator of Sunshine Painting & Restoration for 26 years, prefers a simple approach to delivering quality work; he does it himself. “What makes this really unique is the fact that you’ve got the business owner doing the job,” said Jude. “It’s a small company and [...]
I just got divorced and I’m a mess. Socially I’m out of touch and physically I’m not a happy camper. How am I at 50 going to be able to compete with 30 year olds? It’s not a competition; it’s about you being happy with you. Give yourself an honest once over. What do you [...]
MorningStar Renewal Center in Pinecrest has been quietly serving the community since the Archdiocese of Miami bought the property in 2004 from the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine di Ricci. The archdiocese recently paid off the property’s $2.2 million mortgage, prompting MorningStar to continue its rich tradition of retreat work begun by the Sisters in [...]
If you have attended a Florida Panthers game in the last two years, you know the Panthers have been building up. The pregame video noted that the Panthers were subscribing to their own “blueprint.” In this blueprint, Panthers general manager Dale Tallon promised to rebuild the team in the same fashion that he rebuilt the [...]
Noah Gray, a 2010 Silver Knight winner from Palmetto High, is continuing his work to encourage first time voters to go to the voting booth. He’s also a CNN special youth political correspondent. Gray started the Virgin Voting Project for the 2008 elections, two years before he was eligible to vote. Now 20 and a [...]
After two years of searching for the perfect spot to build a specialized baseball field in Miami-Dade to serve the county’s more than 30,000 physically and developmentally disabled children, the Howard Palmetto Miracle League of Miami-Dade has found a home at Tamiami Park and the money to make it a reality. At Marlins Park on Saturday [...]
Members of Chabad of Kendall/Pinecrest, 8700 SW 112 St., and volunteers and participants of The Friendship Circle gathered Mar. 25 for the dedication of the center’s new playground. A new swing set, fort with a slide, basketball court, benches and picnic tables now provide a place on the Chabad campus for families and children to [...]
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