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Fly, Be Free, Live Life!

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When was the last time you stopped, and took a good look at our beautiful, amazing South Florida environment? I mean, REALLY sat still and simply watched the myriad of incredible creatures and plants we share our space with? Each season, there is something that catches my eye and I am once again reminded of [...]

Reaching your breaking point

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When enough pressure is applied to something it will break apart and crash into little pieces. When something breaks it becomes inoperable and unable to function. When enough pressure is applied to a human being they will collapse and burst into and then dissolve into tears when they have reached their breaking point. Their life [...]

City of Sunny Isles Beach celebrates 15 years of being a ‘World Class City’

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In June of 1997, a group of community activists realized a dream with the incorporation of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Fifteen years later, residents celebrate this “World Class City” with a week of events for the community. The festivities begin on Sunday, June 10th, with the kick-off event, the International Olympics, at Pelican [...]

City makes several changes to enhance public safety

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Recently the Sunny Isles Beach Ocean Rescue Division (Ocean Rescue) was moved from the Department of Cultural and Community Services to the Police Department in order to bring both public safety operations under one roof. Ocean Rescue, which is led by Justin Broman, Ocean Rescue Manager, became part of the newly formed Community Policing/Special Operations [...]

Classical South Florida buys Fort Myers WAYJ

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In some FM radio station wheeling and dealing, Classical South Florida has bought WAYJ of Fort Myers from Way Media, and Way Media in turn bought the Naples station WSRX from the Family Christian Broadcast Network. The WAY programming currently heard on WAYJ will move up the dial to 89.5 FM. “WAY-FM started in Fort [...]

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

RICHARD C. SCHULMAN

For those who can remember the “good old days” and for those who missed out on what we had in our youth take a step back and tell your grandchildren what they missed. “My granddaughter said, ‘C’mon Pop-Pop, you gotta’ be kidding’!” I’M TALKING ABOUT… Sitting on the curb, sitting on the stoop, about hide [...]

JCS’ Matzah Mitzvah & Much More brings Passover joy to seniors

Community volunteers put together special Passover food packages at JCS’ Matzah Mitzvah & Much, Much More.

Over 300 community volunteers recently came together in the spirit of camaraderie and compassion for Jewish Community Services’ annual Passover food distribution event. This year’s gathering was called Matzah Mitzvah & Much, Much More because for the first time it was done in collaboration with the Jewish Volunteer Center, a program of the Greater Miami [...]

Sunny Isles Beach Social Seniors

Lourdes entertains the crowd with an old-time favorite.

We all had another beautiful day in paradise when the beautiful Lourdes Valentin, put on a magnificent Cabaret show for the Social Seniors of SIB. We had more than 125 people attend this magnificent show. Lourdes possesses a tone and technique that are sensual and heartwarming. Our audience fell in love with her, not only [...]

Ocean Rescue Unit says thank you to their founding ‘MOM’

Ocean Rescue shows their appreciation for their former boss, Cultural and Human Services Director Susan Simpson (center). (Photo by Dan Varone)

On March 4, 2012, the official transition of the Ocean Rescue/Lifeguard Program took place. As a part of a Reorganization Plan by City Manager Alan Cohen and with the approval of the City Commission, the Ocean Rescue program has been placed with the Police Department, under the umbrella of “Public Safety” for Sunny Isles Beach. [...]

Be sure to open your vents

Patricia C. Frank

Pressure is the action of a constant force on a body or object. It can come from the outside or the inside. Pressure can take different forms; the urgency to work under pressure is one. It can be a difficulty or affliction as when you are under financial pressure. It can be constraining as when [...]

• • LIFE IN THE CITY • •

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Sunny Isles Beach has a mutually beneficial “Sister City” relationship with Netanya, Israel and may soon have new ones with Taiwan and Italy – but what about some other places that might be perfect for creating even more productive “sisterhood” alliances: ‘Shore Thing’: If Sunny Isles Beach formed a Sister City relationship with the Jersey [...]

Wandering & Pondering

Dan Palmer

Charlie was a good business man and quite clever in his female relationships. He never could find that right one for him till he met Rita. She was a lovely person good in her profession and pretty much what he felt would fit in with him for the long run. One minor thing was that [...]

Egg Scramble Event

Egg Scramble in action

When most people think of an egg hunt, they think of colorful plastic eggs strategically hidden in fields of grassy patches. However, for the past 11 years The City of Sunny Isles Beach has made a spring tradition anything but ordinary with our well-known yearly event. Throw in 5,000 red, white and blue inflated beach [...]

Hometown heroes honor and serve our military heroes

Arnold Schulman’s SIB Military Room Makeover for Dania Beach Design District, after picture.

I had never met Arnold Schulman of the Schulman Design Group. I had never met Leslie Loewenthal of the Loewenthal Agency either. But together, along with the additional efforts and generosity of the Dania Beach Design District, they all soon became “fan favorites” of mine. These wonderful people, described as compassionate, caring, generous and honorable, [...]

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