Palmetto Bay News

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.

On their day off from school Monday, 9-year-olds Tony and Arielle Comella got out of bed early and cycled to the library with their mom, Wendy.

Who says dogs are man's best friend? Certainly not Allison Ramirez , the owner of Stix and Stones , an online boutique that caters to fashionable women and their pooches.

Dr. Brad J. Herskowitz has listed for sale a five-bedroom, 4.5-bath home at 15503 S.W. 74th Place in Palmetto Bay for $999,000. Dr.

Palmetto Bay's routine Village Council meeting Monday night was ramped up by an earlier WFOR-CBS 4 report that day that Miami employees had banked hundreds of hours of unused vacation time and could take tens of thousands of dollars after leaving their positions.

Scott Weingarden and his wife, Melissa, bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 14091 S.W. 67th Place in Palmetto Bay from Steven D. Ginsburg and Sharon Crippen for $990,000 on Sept.

Share + Oct 5, 2009 6:59 pm US/Eastern PALMETTO BAY 1 of 1 Palmetto Bay Village Manager Ron Williams' contract allows him to take two months of vacation.

Gabriela Escalante stalks the rumbling streets alongside newspaper, peanut and candy vendors, wading deep into traffic at red lights across town.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue on Saturday fought a fire aboard a 50-foot yacht to stop it from spreading to surrounding boats and nearby condominium units.

The Australian pines lining Rickenbacker Causeway have been a draw for generations, their shade cooling picnickers and board sailors, lovers and joggers.

Tom Wogan loves working with his hands, especially building fishing rods and restoring World War II Army knives.