The second annual Health and Wellness Fair, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 10, in Palmetto Bay, will feature something new — a talent show called “Boomers Got Talent.” Mary Fernandez, village events coordinator, explained how the entertainment contest for seniors will work. “The talent show is for folks 55 and up,” Fernandez said. “It’s an open [...]
A joint effort by the Hispanic Police Officers Association of Miami-Dade (HPOA), Miami-Dade Police Department, Early Development of Global Education Charitable Foundation (EDGE) and other volunteers, collected and distributed toys to more than 800 children of migrant families, domestic abuse victims and human trafficking victims in South Florida. Lt. William Gonzalez of the MDPD, who [...]
Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall, an early supporter of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, now has set an example by participating in it. His own home has the first PACE program solar power roof installation in the area. As part of the “Green Corridor” program in Cutler Bay, Coral Gables, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, [...]
Members of the Palmetto Bay Garden Club will be exploring one of the area’s natural treasures as the club has scheduled a field trip to the Montgomery Botanical Center for Saturday, Jan. 19. Club president Richard A. Dorn confirmed the details on Dec. 30. “This botanical garden was established to advance science, education and conservation [...]
A South Dade charitable foundation, the Early Development of Global Education (EDGE), received a $10,400 in-kind grant from Payless ShoeSource which was distributed to 520 children from low income families attending the EDGE Children for Children school in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Each child received a $20 gift card to purchase one [...]
Cutler Bay’s traditional fall event, the Hometown Harvest Bike Ride, returned for its sixth year on Sunday, Dec. 9, at Lakes by the Bay Park, attracting nearly 100 riders. The purpose of the annual ride is to provide a fun family event, promote bike safety and encourage more people to use bicycles as transportation. Escorted [...]
The popular annual event, “Chili Day in Cutler Bay,” returns for its fourth year on Saturday, Jan. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Cutler Ridge Park. Touted as a fun-filled day for the serious and not-so-serious chili chefs in the community, the event is sponsored by Mercedes Benz of Cutler Bay as a [...]
Abbey Franklin, an eighth grade student in the Magnet Art Program at Southwood Middle School, won the “Best in Show” award for her painting during the 2012 Bromeliad Society International World Bromeliad Conference. She received her engraved crystal trophy the week of Dec. 5 when the awards certificates arrived at the school. Hosted by the [...]
Cutler Bay’s Town Hall recently completed an elaborate retrofitting of lighting systems, replacing the old fixtures using incandescent light bulbs with high efficiency lighting in all offices, restrooms, stairwells and common areas to reduce energy consumption and save taxpayer dollars. The “Town Hall Goes Green” project was funded by a grant from the Florida Energy [...]
Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall, Vice Mayor Ernie Sochin and Councilmember Peggy Bell assisted the judges in the selection of winners of the top fourth and fifth grade Science Fair projects at Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School’s annual K- 5 Science Fair on Wednesday, Dec. 12. “First place was awarded to Xiomara Rios — [...]
Members of Girl Scout Troop 714 in Palmetto Bay recently completed a special project to benefit American soldiers overseas by participating in the “America’s Moms for Soldiers” program. The girls, ages 13 and 14, are all in the eighth grade and have been together since preschool. Troop leader Judi Amore explained how it came about [...]
The EDGE Charitable Foundation hosted a “thank you” luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 29, to acknowledge those sponsors and volunteers who helped with the recent “Green Masquerade Ball” and other projects to raise funds for the organization’s education mission in various parts of the world. The awards event took place at Carrabba’s Italian Grill in South [...]
Palmetto Bay Councilmember Patrick Fiore conducted his second annual food drive to benefit low-income families in the village on Nov. 22 with help from Publix and Christ Fellowship Church. “I had my first one last year and I do it in conjunction with Christ Fellowship’s Thanksgiving food drive, where they prepare food boxes,” Councilmember Fiore [...]
The growing sport of Disc Golf got a boost in South Florida when a tournament took place on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Palmetto Bay Village Center. Hosted by the Miami Disc Golf Association (MDGA) and starting at 9:30 a.m., the event attracted area residents interested in learning more about the sport. Outgoing Vice Mayor Brian [...]
