Coconut Grove News

During the past several days, people have been speculating about the Block Parties, the costs, the logistics, etc.

The first of three Snow Days happened on Virginia Street today. As you can see, the kids had a ball .

Back in the late '70s, when South Beach was still a bunch of run-down old apartment buildings like the one in the opening scene of "Scarface," the coolest Miami neighborhood was Coconut Grove, and I lived there.

Open your mind and consider the best interest of the residents and businesses of Coconut Grove.

Share + Dec 1, 2009 2:35 pm US/Eastern COCONUT GROVE Three years after curtains closed on the Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse to the tune of more than $4 million in debt, the historic stage now could be back in the spotlight with a new operator and plans to build a new theater.

Over the weekend, Issa and Garland worked on one of the first Christmas Village houses that will be part of Saturday's Snow Days, happening December 5. Expect to see a snowball or two as Virginia Street is taken over by eight tons of real snow at the Grand Avenue end between The Bookstore and CocoWalk.

Thanks to a newly minted marriage of convenience between the folks at Gardner's and local catering outfit, A Joy Wallace, you can now go crazy on freshly-smoked pork ribs and sauce in the gourmet grocery's parking lots across the city.

Share + Nov 23, 2009 6:03 pm US/Eastern COCONUT GROVE Miami police said they believe one man might be responsible for two rapes in the Coconut Grove area and now the series of sexual assaults is forcing local women to change their routines for safety reasons.

This is the computer generated sketch of the suspect in the Coconut Grove Rape incident last week.

Some neighbors and businesses got together and have decided that the time has come for some changes.

Share + Nov 24, 2009 6:50 pm US/Eastern COCONUT GROVE Miami's new police chief Miguel Exposito, police commander Jorge Martin and city commissioner Marc Sarnoff will hold an open community meeting Tuesday evening in Coconut Grove to talk with concerned residents about a pair of rapes that occurred in their community in the last three weeks.

Share + Nov 24, 2009 12:10 am US/Eastern It's no secret that many times the federal government can spend your tax dollars in ways that might leave you scratching your head or even make you angry.

Miami Commission Chairman Marc Sarnoff, Police Chief Miguel Exposito, Commander Jorge Martin, and other members of the Miami Police Department will hold an open community meeting tomorrow, November 24, at 7 pm inside the cafeteria of Coconut Grove Elementary at 3351 Matilda Street.

The girls came in numbers fit for a rock star -- droves, from East and West and North and South and points beyond what any mere compass could position.

Miami Police officers and members of the All Grove Crime Watch are handing out fliers to warn the community after two women were raped in Coconut Grove in last three weeks.

A woman in her mid 20s was threatened at gunpoint and raped this morning in Coconut Grove, according to Miami police.

Police officers are hunting for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her car in Coconut Grove on Saturday morning.

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Share + Nov 19, 2009 12:06 am US/Eastern Gio Benitez COCONUT GROVE A heated battle brewed in a Coconut Grove town hall meeting over when to stop serving alcohol.

With the sun rising over their shoulders, 793 runners from all over the globe kicked off the first Jewfish Creek Bridge Run last Saturday morning with a half marathon and 5K run/walk. Two Texans won the 13.1-mile run and a Coconut Grove resident, running his 99th race of the year, and a Tavernier resident crossed the finish line first in the ...