Palmetto Bay News

Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School.

Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center opened Monday as the first traditional public school built within Homestead's borders in more than three decades.

Share + Dec 11, 2009 7:49 pm US/Eastern PALMETTO BAY Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Taylor Davis, known as "Tete" has helped acquire dozens of donations of art supplies so other children can enjoy as well.

There's no such thing as a typical college student these days. Nearly a third of undergraduate college students are 25 or older.

Sushi Maki will give a California or spicy salmon roll to each patron who brings two canned-food items to its Coral Gables, South Miami and Palmetto Bay locations weekdays after 3 p.m. through December.

Shirley Hunt expected to welcome her family into her tidy, tiled one-bedroom rental unit at Village Homes & Condos at Palmetto Bay for Thanksgiving.

It's been an extremely wet day across South Florida as most people dodge torrential rain and minor road flooding but for some residents, it's been a disaster.  The heavy rains damaged the roof of a Palmetto Bay condominium building at 17255 SW 95th Street, forcing the evacuation of several families.  The rains leaked through other Miami ...

Westminster Christian School joins an exclusive group in Palmetto Bay. The mayor and his council, along with Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson, recently agreed to rename a stretch of Southwest 152nd Street ``Warrior Way,'' in honor of the 48-year-old school's history of outstanding athletics and academics.

Rodrigo J. Decerega and Teresa C. Frade bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 7661 S.W. 146th St.

Florida Gulf Coast University baseball head coach Dave Tollett announced Monday that his program has received National Letters of Intent from eight student-athletes, as well as a commitment from Adam Sargent of Palmetto Bay.

Six students were arrested Thursday for having weapons at different Miami-Dade County public schools, schools police said.

Even accused cat killers deserve a little holiday cheer. A Miami-Dade judge ruled Tuesday that Tyler Weinman can travel with his family to Orlando to spend Thanksgiving despite earlier rulings that the boy wasn't allowed to leave his front yard.

Charles Evans, an associate dean and professor in Florida A&M University's School of Business, has been appointed by Gov.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 2:18 pm US/Eastern The U.S. Air Force's jet fighter show squadron The Thunderbirds roared into Homestead Air Force Base Thursday for this weekend's "Wings Over Homestead Air Show." The free shows, which will feature more daredevil stunts than ever before, will take to the skies this Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. at the ...

What's in a name? In Palmetto Bay, the potential naming of a Palmetto Bay Park after Mayor Eugene Flinn -- the current and only mayor of the 7-year-old incorporated village -- and the community room and amphitheater at a new library for council member Edward Feller and his wife Arlene, has some activists agog.

Among the 45 winners are Casa Llanta in Nicaragua, home of the first Earthship in Central America; Valle Escondido in Panama with its own hydro electric power plant supplying the energy needs of the residents and resort facilities; Finca Las Brisas in Costa Rica where reforestation and organic farming projects are planned - guided by sustainable ...

It seems like a natural thing to do: displaying Everglades paintings at the 19th annual In The Park With Art in Palmetto Bay.

Julian H. Perez recently joined the staff of the Village of Palmetto Bay as its new director of Planning and Zoning/Code Compliance, replacing Arleen Weintraub, who held the position from January 2004.

Economic woes may have put the whole bike path on hold for the time being, but not even funding shortfalls will put the brakes on the residents' love of the recreational sport of bicycling.

There's lots to do in the Village of Palmetto Bay Councils needed, audience or not! Michael Miller There's lots to do in the Village of Palmetto Bay In business? Check this outthe Palmetto Bay Business Association tells us that their next meeting is on Thursday September 3, at Fleming - A Taste of Denmark, 8511 SW 136th Street.