In partnership with the Archaeological Society of Southern Florida, the Deering Estate at Cutler presents a free lecture on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Lectures are conducted in the Visitor Center Auditorium at the Deering Estate at Cutler, 16701 SW 72 Ave. The lectures are free and open to the public. [...]
The Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Military Appreciation Art and Essay Contest on the meaning of freedom and honoring our military. The artwork and essays will be exhibited at the Military Appreciation Day event on Saturday, May 25, from 3 to 9 p.m., at Losner Park, 104 N. Krome Ave. Contest winners [...]
Soccer 5 Kids Academy Program Comes to Three Miami-Dade Parks Soccer 5 Academy Mini Soccer Program, also referred to as small sided soccer, makes its South Florida debut at three popular Miami-Dade County-owned parks — Tropical Park, located at 7900 SW 40 St.; Kendall Soccer Park, 8011 SW 127 Ave., and Amelia Earhart Park, 401 [...]
Members of the Pinecrest Premier U12 Boys soccer team, participating in Baynanza the morning of Apr. 20 at Chapman Field Park, are (l-r) Brandon Moncada, Reed Seckinger, Brent Pier, Zach Zelenak, Danny Henderson, Gabriel Shore and Mia Buitrago. Each boy picked up at least two giant bags of garbage from the mangrove area, joining about [...]
Miami-Dade School Board District 9 member Dr. Larry Feldman honored School for Advanced Studies (SAS) Homestead senior Francesca Majluf during the Apr. 18 board meeting for her admittance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Clint Gulley was the guest speaker at the Apr. 11 meeting of the Cutler Bay Business Association (CBBA) telling members of his experiences as a McDonald’s franchisee. Gulley has been with McDonald’s for 39 years and currently owns five franchises in South Florida. He had worked previously at Miami-Dade Community College and Eastern Airlines, with [...]
Famed Major League Baseball player and manager Yogi Berra is known for saying, “It’s deja vu all over again,” and despite the quirky phrasing there must be a lot of folks in South Florida who are thinking the same thing right about now. Roughly four years after the local baseball franchise, the Marlins, talked Dade [...]
The Town of Cutler Bay honored senior volunteers for their dedication and service to the community during a ceremony on Apr. 17. The awards were given in recognition of National Volunteer Week, Apr. 21-27. Cutler Bay’s Communities for a Lifetime Committee (CFAL), led by chair Marilyn Rams, previously had asked residents to nominate seniors who [...]
The latest addition to the collection of internationally collected artist David Schor’s paintings being created expressly for Pasta Del Giorno restaurant, located across from the Falls Shopping Center, occupies a prominent location on the wall of the restaurant. Called Everybody Eats at Pasta Del Giorno #2 — Frank and Sammy, the large, 30- by 40-inch [...]
Bill Johnson, the director of PortMiami, was the guest speaker during a special Community Outreach Luncheon sponsored by the Economic Development Council of South Miami-Dade (EDC). The title of his presentation was “PortMiami: Full Speed Ahead,” which described the future of the port and operations there, and their impact on businesses and residents of South [...]
One topic that is uppermost in the minds of most Americans ages 65 and older is the availability of quality healthcare. Among companies offering managed care in the state the people at Florida Healthcare Plus (FHCP) believe that their focus on quality customer service and cost-effectiveness make them the obvious choice for Medicare and [...]
Miami Palmetto High School will host “Admission 101” on Monday, May 6, at 6:45 p.m. The panel will consist of the following admission directors: Barry Taylor from Florida International University; Janice Finney, Florida State University; Pat Herring, University of Florida, and Ed Gillis, University of Miami. This event is open to families from Miami Palmetto, [...]
Spend a relaxing day with your family and friends at the Deering Estate at Cutler and enjoy a picnic on the main lawn. The Deering Estate will be open to guests on Sunday, Apr. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for a reduced rate of $7 for all ages. There will be a Human [...]
Concentration and swift moves set the tone at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Wolfson Campus recently as it hosted the ninth annual Dr. Armando J. Bucelo Sr. High School Chess Tournament, founded by MDC Trustee Dr. Armando J. Bucelo Jr. and his father, Armando Bucelo Sr., a chess master. The recent competition welcomed 87 players representing [...]
