Latest Headlines in Detail
Miami-Dade teens excel in NAACP competitions
Miamiherald.com MiamiDade
Feb 02The 34th annual “Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics” (ACT-SO) will be on Feb. 11 and Feb. 25 at Booker T. Washington Senior High School at 1200 NW Sixth Ave. in Overtown.Hosted by the Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP, ACT-SO i... »
Miami arts district master plan is ‘aspirational’
Miamiherald.com Business
Feb 02Wouldn’t it be nice to stroll through a necklace of pocket parks from Miami’s new Downtown Museum Park all the way up to Overtown’s Dorsey Park amid a vibrant neighborhood with retail shops, offices, residences and cultural facilities?Sounds like Miami... »
Miami Dade College reaches out to small business owners
Miamiherald.com Business
Jan 30For many of us in South Florida, it’s a hard habit to break. I still catch myself referring to my alma mater as Miami Dade “Community” College — and it’s easy to understand why. Hundreds of thousands of us will forever proudly associate that name with ... »
Utilities seek break on ocean flushing
Miamiherald.com MiamiDade
Jan 27Four years ago, Florida ordered utilities in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to phase out the decades-long practice of pumping some 300 million gallons a day of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean. Two bills under consideration by the Legislatur... »
Herald building is historic on all counts
Miamiherald.com Florida
Jan 27MiamiHerald.com/photosThese walls around me can talk and they have a heck of a story to tell — our history, Miami’s history.When it comes to making the case for the historic preservation of The Miami Herald building, it doesn’t matter whether you like ... »
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The way we were...the day it rained money in Overtown
Random Pixels And Loose Talk From Miami Beach
Jan 27Fifteen years ago this month - an Only-in-Miami story - an armored car crashes on I-95 sending money raining down on one of Miami's poorest neighborhoods. From the Miami Herald, January 9, 1997: MOST TAKE THE ROAD TO RICHES, BUT OTHERS SPURN CASH It wa... »
Grand Central Park Opens Today, But Is It A Waste Of Taxpayers' $200,000?
Riptide 2.0
Jan 20Grand Central ParkWhen Tiffany Dallas, a master's student at Florida International University, started researching her thesis on redeveloping Overtown, she was fascinated by Grand Central owner Brad »
Something For Free?
Fish Chunks
Jan 13It's been a while since the Marlins offered the fans something for free.And now we can announce to the world that they still haven't - the city has once again recognized a necessity, and stepped into it.Miami commissioners have decided to dish out the ... »
Chopped: Ronnie Vincent, Past Contestant, Loves Food, Football and Bench Presses 275
Short Order
Jan 10On a past episode of Food Network's Chopped, Ronnie Vincent lost out in a closely matched dessert round. The executive sous chef at Joe's Stone Crab comes from Overtown. Despite the loss, his appeara »
Chopped: Ronnie Vincent, Past Contestant, Loves Food, Football and Bench Presses 275
Short OrderMiami
Jan 10On a past episode of Food Network's Chopped, Ronnie Vincent lost a closely matched dessert round. The executive sous chef at Joe's Stone Crab comes from Overtown. Despite the loss, his appearanc... »
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