Doral News

The Museum of the Americas in Doral, Florida, just opened an International Exhibitions with artists from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Spain, United States and ...

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Al Cruz, right, and Lieutenant Scott Mullin from Miami-Dade Fire's Venom Response Team, left, work together to capture an alligator near the Miami-Dade Fire Department on Friday.

A South Florida gas station owner is helping take a little of the sting out of the pain at the pump.

As a weekly promotion the owner is reducing the price by 8-cents every Sunday until midnight at his two Shell gas stations in Doral; at 7900 Northwest 36th Street and at Galloway Road and Northwest 58th Street.

On Father's Day, prices dropped from $4.15 a gallon to $4.08, a break drivers were thankful for as they filled up at the cheaper price.

Over the weekend, the average price of a gallon of unleaded in Miami Dade was $4.12, diesel was averaging $4.87 a gallon. In Broward unleaded was averaging $4.11, with diesel hovering near $4.78 a gallon.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a warehouse fire in Doral Wednesday night where several cars were burned.Crews found smoke and flames when they arrived at the Two Brothers warehouse, a business that exports ...

CNLBank's South Florida division has provided $3.5 million in financing to 36 Street Doral, LLC of Miami-Dade for the purchase of the Airport West Motor Inn here.

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The U.S. Southern Command's $237-million facility - marked on Friday in a groundbreaking ceremony - is adjacent to the command's current headquarters, and will accommodate the command's entire staff, in addition to a commissary, military exchange, child development center, fitness facility and medical clinic.

Adm. James Stavridis, Commander of U.S Southern Command presided over the ceremonies, along with Gov. Crist and Doral Mayor Juan Bermudez.

The new facility will be built on 55 acres of land in Doral that will be leased from the state.The site of the future headquarters is near the intersection of NW 87th Ave. and NW 35th St.

Wearing brand-new badges, the men and women of South Florida's newest police force hit the streets on Monday morning.

Doral's dreams of road improvements, Palmetto Bay's hopes for infrastructure repairs, and Miami Lakes' wishes for a senior citizens community center may have to be put on hold -- again.

Capital Commercial Group said it has bought a 79,000-square-foot warehouse in Doral, which it intends to convert into an industrial condominium.

Sleek blue cars, shiny silver badges, crisply ironed uniforms. For Doral Police Chief Ricardo ''Ricky'' Gomez and Doral city officials, this was the stuff ''dreams'' were made of.

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach are among those going from ATM-styled touchscreen machines to optical scan/paper ballots. State lawmakers last year set aside $28 million to help pay for the new machines.

Optical scan voting systems are a form of document ballot voting system, meaning that there is a tangible record of the voter's intent (a paper ballot).

"What that provides is that a ballot will always be kept and it can be counted if there ever was a question or a recount. It will always be available," Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Lester Sola told CBS4 Liv Davalos.

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“We are extremely pleased to move forward with the construction of Cordoba”

Contact us at: 669-7355 Fax: 661-0954 michaelmiller@communitynewspapers.com Downtown Doral begins demolition at N.W. 53rd. via Miami's Community Newspapers

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By Lou Ortiz Miami-Dade Transit will cut nine bus routes and reduce others for an annual savings of $13.7 million. via Miami Today

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The Downtown Doral project recently reached another milestone in its development: its first building is now ready for occupancy. via Miami.com

The American Cancer Society's Doral Relay for Life will take place this weekend at J.C. Bermudez Park, 3000 NW 87th Ave. via Miami.com

THE GREEN WAY: Recycling paint that you don't need can be done by taking it to drop-off sites for hazardous wastes in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. via MiamiHerald.com