In the News
27-Aug-10
Put on your running shoes and join UPS and United Way of Miami-Dade in the inaugural UPS 5k Run/Walk and help create opportunities for a better life for all in Miami-Dade County on Saturday, Sept. 18.
25-Aug-10
At approximately 9:56 a.m. on Wednesday, the Coral Gables Police Department received a call of an armed robbery at the Metro Bank located at 1390 South Dixie Highway.
23-Aug-10
Property Appraiser Pedro J. Garcia is urging property owners to carefully study the Notice of Proposed Property Taxes (also called the TRIM -Truth In Millage – Notice) which his office has mailed to more than one-million Miami-Dade property and business owners.
22-Aug-10
Seasonally adjusted numbers show that Miami-Dade County's unemployment rate for July 2010 was 12.3 percent. This was an increase of 0.1 percent compared to June 2010 (12.2%) and an increase of 1.1 percent compared to July 2009 (11.2%).
21-Aug-10
Dr. Ariel C.Armony, a Latin American expert and former Fulbright scholar, has been named new director of University of Miami's Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
09-Aug-10
A Coral Gables man and his wife walked away unhurt after the small plane in which they were traveling developed engine problems and crashed during an emergency landing near a small Vermont community.
04-Aug-10
At 10 pm on Friday, July 30, Det. Jimmy McKee of the Coral Gables Police Department observed three males watching the tented residence. The teens were arrested and charged with 1 count of Loitering and Prowling. The subjects stated they were there to burglarize homes that were tented and had previously burglarized homes in Coral Gables in the month of July.
27-Jul-10
The Academy of South Florida, a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center, graduated its 4000th student at its Miami campus. To date, The Academy has taught the employees of dozens of companies and now its 4000th individual student on how to manage today’s networks and other critical technologies.
26-Jul-10
The Coral Gables Police Department recognizes National Stop on Red Week Aug. 1-7. The Police Department will be participating in this annual national campaign. Officers will be monitoring key intersections and issuing citations to red light runners.
21-Jul-10
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez was involved in a fender bender Wednesday morning as he drove his taxpayer-subsidized BMW into the back of a pregnant woman's car in Coral Gables, according to Coral Gables Police.
20-Jul-10
James C. Cason, retired U.S. diplomat, has filed his application to seek the office of Coral Gables mayor.
20-Jul-10
A judge has ruled that the company planning a 675-student charter school next month in Coral Gables can't open a school of that size.
20-Jul-10
Coral Gables commissioners agreed to defer the more than $3 million The Biltmore Hotel operator's repayment of currently owes to city taxpayers.
17-Jul-10
Miami-Dade County's unemployment rate for June was 12.8 percent. This was an increase of 0.5 percent compared to May (12.3 percent) and an increase of 1.1 percent compared to June 2009.
12-Jul-10
City Manager Pat Salerno has proposed a budget for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 that would cut $3.6 million out of the payroll by eliminating 17 full-time and 2 part-time positions and slashing the budget for capital projects by $7.1 million.
25-Jun-10
On Tuesday, June 22, at approximately 8 a.m., an unknown subject followed the victim (store manager) into the Radio Shack as he unlocked the front door to the store. Once inside, the subject placed an unknown object (possibly a firearm) into the victims back and ordered him into the back room to disable the alarm system.
24-Jun-10
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), together with Mercy Hospital, announced they had entered into a letter of intent for the sale of the hospital to HCA. Mercy’s board of directors voted to sell the facility to HCA, citing the company’s presence in South Florida and consistent provision of quality care.
22-Jun-10
The Junior League of Miami (JLM) has announced its 2010-2011 Board of Directors. This slate of officers was carefully chosen by a nominating committee and later elected by the general JLM membership.
18-Jun-10
Attorney Joseph J. Kalbac, Jr., partner at the Coral Gables-based law firm Colson Hicks Eidson, has been elected Chairman of the Palmer Trinity School (PTS) Board of Trustees.
08-Jun-10
A team of doctors, nurses and other health professionals from Baptist Health South Florida recently arrived in a small Haitian village to treat the ill while offering hope and changing lives.
08-Jun-10
As the mercury continues to rise this summer, the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department is urging residents and visitors to play it safe by beating the heat.
03-Jun-10
Emily Martinez-Lanza is headed off to Harvard University with an outstanding string of academic, community and musical accomplishments at Gulliver Preparatory School. The graduating senior is valedictorian of the Class of 2010 with a final grade point average of 5.91 – one of the highest in Gulliver’s long history.
28-May-10
By special invitation from Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Gulliver Schools’ Dean of Faculty and Director of University Community and Corporate Affairs, Henry O. Langston, attended the 57th Annual National Security Forum (NSF) held on May 17 – 21 at the Air War College, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, in Montgomery, Ala.
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Letter: Police communications, a view from inside
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