Cutler Bay News

One year after surviving a savage, bizarre attack in Miami that left him blind, beaten and facially disfigured, Ronald Poppo is continuing his recovery at a long-term care facility in Cutler Bay.

Well, folks, Wednesday May 15th is the next Town Council Meeting, and we are told that one of the items on the night's agenda is the matter of the Shoppes of Cutler Bay and the big new Publix supermarket that would anchor the center.

The Cutler Bay Town Council reversed itself on Wednesday, voting to approve a new shopping center that a divided council had rejected back in January.

Homestead leaders on Wednesday dropped a proposal to study annexing the Redland Edge area northwest of the city after 100 area residents showed up at the City Council meeting.

The Town of Cutler Bay hosted members of the Miami-Dade Municipal Clerks' Association for their Tuesday, Apr.

Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall, who has spent the past few months opposing the Miami Dolphins' now-defunct push for a subsidized stadium renovation, plans to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep.

Pictured are bike riders from Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay who participated in the joint Earth Week Bike Ride Event on Sunday, Apr.

Clint Gulley was the guest speaker at the Apr. 11 meeting of the Cutler Bay Business Association telling members of his experiences as a McDonald's franchisee.

The car police say was involved in a deadly hit and run in Brickell in March now sits parked at the Miami Police Department's impound lot.

A last-ditch effort by South Florida lawmakers to keep millions of dollars flowing to private tutoring companies suffered a resounding defeat on Wednesday, giving Florida school districts control over $100 million in federal education money for the first time in a decade.

The Town of Cutler Bay honored senior volunteers for their dedication and service to the community during a ceremony on Apr.

The 2010 Ford Explorer and 2008 Ford Explorer were parked on the inside lane of eastbound Interstate 10 near Mile Marker 64 with their lights activated when they were struck from behind, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Miami-Dade residents will get their chance to weigh in on tax dollar funding for renovations to Sun Life Stadium this week.

"Modernization of Sun Life Stadium used by Dolphins and Hurricanes. Resolution 279-13 proposes using 7,500,000 dollars a year, adjusted annually for growth, from additional tourist room taxes to be levied to modernize stadium conditioned on: Stadium owners paying penalties up to 120,000,000 dollars for not bringing premier football and soccer ... (more)

The jazz/fusion trio called "Unclazzified" was featured recently on the local radio show Sound Theory Live on WDNA 88.9 FM giving the local musicians an opportunity to present their music to a wide audience.

Publix revisited. As you may recall, just a few months back in January, the Cutler Bay Town Council rejected those plans for a shopping center on Old Cutler Road, the property popularly known as "the potato field." It was a three to two vote.

Now that he's a county commissioner, Juan C. Zapata readily makes this uncomfortable admission: During his eight years in the Florida House of Representatives, he did more for the cities in his South Miami-Dade district than for its stand-alone neighborhoods.