Billy Corben, the 33-year-old Miami filmmaker who tweeted mostly silly musings from his cell phone during his jury service, tells me right away what he thinks of my “what were you thinking?” phone call to him.“There’s nothing more important for you to ... »
Robert A. “Bob’’ Connell, a sea-going adventurer who competed in five America’s Cups, fell in love with sailboat racing as a youngster on Long Island Sound.Still a teenager, he was “noticed by the right people’’ and tapped to crew on the Cup yacht Weat... »
Ding, ding. Get on board. The long-awaited, long-debated trolley is here, and getting around downtown Miami and Brickell should now get a whole lot easier. Starting at 6:30 a.m. Friday, the city of Miami will launch its free downtown rubber-tire trolle... »
University of Miami President Donna Shalala announced Tuesday that the medical school will take “difficult and painful but necessary steps” next month to reduce costs, including staffing, primarily in “unfunded research and administrative areas.”In a l... »
With the song Gravity playing in the background, Breeann Marie Camacho took a deep breath.The 16-year-old turned on her computer’s web cam, closed her tear-filled eyes and told herself she was ready to address the world about the April 13 crash that ki... »
Sue Miller was just honoring a dying friend’s request when she became a trustee of the United Way of Miami-Dade, filling her friend’s position, some 30 years ago.“I didn’t know the first thing about fundraising,” she said.Miller, whose late husband Leo... »
School textbooks, colored markers and No. 2 pencils sat forlornly in the street. A few minutes before, the supplies belonged to sisters on their way to school. Now, all that remains is death, devastation — and the heartache of a stranger who held a 13-... »
Former Miami-Dade Judge Circuit Margarita Esquiroz, who served 28 years on the bench and was among the first Hispanic jurists elected in South Florida, died on Tuesday of complications from cancer. She was 67. Esquiroz, who retired in 2010, began her c... »
In a sign of growing tensions between two of Miami-Dade’s biggest institutions, the chairman of Jackson Health System told county commissioners on Tuesday that he was “extremely offended” by the recent comments of a University of Miami executive who bl... »
In the three decades Clyde Bain has spent driving a green-and-black Society Cab through some of Miami’s roughest neighborhoods, he has heard the mayday call — anytime a driver is in trouble — at least two dozen times. Now Society Cab may be facing its ... »
Jackson Health System showed a $6.2 million surplus in March and similarly positive results are likely to be “the rule rather than the exception” in coming months, Chief Executive Carlos Migoya said Monday.At the same time, the University of Miami medi... »
Dr. Alonso Portuondo, who dedicated his professional career in Miami and Cuba to the study and treatment of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, died Friday of a stroke. He was 94.Portuondo was born Jan. 27, 1918, in Havana, where he grew up. As a y... »
Frances Gordon, a Bal Harbour master bridge player and philanthropist who gave extensively to Jackson Memorial Hospital, died April 2 of complications from a stroke. She was 86.A decade ago, Gordon established the Frances Fields/Gordon/Galley Foundatio... »
Even a seasoned activist like Chaz Bono was impressed by the tens of thousands of men, women and children who turned out Sunday for the fourth annual Miami Beach Gay Pride parade. “A really diverse group of people: people with kids; straight people; pe... »
Howard Tanner went from champion debater at Miami Beach High to handling some of the thorniest criminal cases in New York, involving killers, hardened criminals and cops accused of corruption.His most recent high-profile case involves defending a Brook... »
