Friends and Neighbors: 2015 Aerobatics Challenge to feature oversize model...
Look up! It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane, but not the usual size. Members of the Aero Modelers of Perrine (AMPS) are set to present the 2015 Aerobatics Challenge featuring giant-scale model aerobatic...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Baking a difference one cake at a time
In the summer of 2011, Katie Pfleger was a rising freshman at Ransom Everglades School who loved to play water polo. She and her teammates made a community service visit to the Miami Rescue Mission’s...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Young Patronesses of the Opera volunteer for Girl Scouts
Congratulations to the members of the Young Patronesses of the Opera who gave of their time at the annual Girl Scout Workshop at Riviera Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables. “Over 110 girls enjoyed the...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Virgina Key Beach Park walk to honor those lost to...
Community leader Vickie Frazier-Williams, known for her 18 years as an award-winning journalist, will serve as special guest and emcee at the upcoming 5K PurpleStride Miami event hosted by the...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Former Eastern flight attendants still help others...
It’s been 24 years since the iconic silver Eastern Air Lines planes flew in and out of South Florida. But for the people who loved working for the Miami-based company back then it seems like just...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Hundreds of youths, volunteers participate in Sports...
The 32nd annual Sports Ability Games hosted by the Junior Orange Bowl joined the talents of 350 youth from South Florida and 100 volunteers at a three-day series of events for physically challenged...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Miami city founders to be honored at Black History...
A ceremony to honor the pioneers who made a difference back in the days before Miami was even a city will be held in the Miami City Cemetery as part of Black History Month. The African American...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Celebrating ‘International Day of the Girl’
Carrollton School senior Alexandra Intriago, 17, began her Girl Up adventure in 10th grade when she started a club at school. “At the time, my club was small but we made it a point to make our...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: VONA/Voices workshop moves to the University of Miami
Finding the community where we best belong is a lifelong quest. For the writers attending the Voices of our Nations Arts Foundation workshops this summer, the University of Miami College of Arts and...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Communities in Schools site coordinator honored by...
Mariafe Arteaga Rivera builds bridges. Not the metal and concrete ones. Hers are much stronger and can last forever. Arteaga Rivera inspires at-risk students to stay in high school and graduate. She is...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Sign up now for UM Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament
Dust off those golf shoes and clubs to join the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame Celebrity Golf Tournament to support student athletes and the Hall of Fame. The event, set for Oct. 23 at the...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Middle-school students vie in Mercantil Commercebank...
Lions, tigers and bears … oh, yes! Now is the chance for all middle-school students to get in on the fun at Zoo Miami by taking interesting photos of their favorite animals. The month-long creative...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: ‘Fifty Shades of Pink’ luncheon to celebrate women...
Exceptional women warriors will be celebrated at the upcoming “Fifty Shades of Pink” awards luncheon in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Miami Women Who Rock, a network of women and businesses...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Dying friend reminds that life is fleeting, but also...
More than ever before, I realize that life truly is fleeting. And that we must make the most of each day. I say this because within the space of a few months, several of my close relatives and friends...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Gables Community Foundation gives tech tools to...
The treats were more than candy this Halloween as students at Crystal Academy were presented with two Promethean ActivBoards purchased through a grant by the Coral Gables Community Foundation. “We are...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Children filled with joy at Kappa Alpha Theta...
Members of the Kappa Alpha Theta Miami Alumnae Chapter threw a fabulous Halloween party for more than 15 boys and girls at the Children’s Home Society McLamore Center. The members of this women's...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: It’s time to give thanks for every blessing, large and...
Well, here we are, dear friends, on the eve of another Thanksgiving Day. I don’t know about you, but my blessings are so many that I can’t count them. But just let me take a little time to mention a...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Florida Pioneer Museum features ‘mechanical wonders’...
“How do you text with this thing?” was a question asked by a student recently at the display of early telephones at the Florida Pioneer Museum in Florida City. The exhibit also features typewriters,...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Switchboard bachelor auction to highlight 2013 success...
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Switchboard of Miami will host its Singles for Switchboard Bachelor Auction, which will gather more than 400 women looking for a chance at love and a date with one of...
View ArticleYouth Sports: Locals win International Federation American Football Flag...
Eight young men from South Florida flew to Rome, Italy, representing the United States in the International Federation American Football Flag Football World Championships, and they returned to...
View ArticleMiami lawyer honored by Florida Army National Guard for pro bono service
Congratulations to Stephen Maher, who was honored by the Florida Army National Guard for his pro bono legal service. He received the Florida Commendation Medal, one of the only military awards...
View ArticleMiami-area middle-school students compete for prizes in Zoolens Photography...
The annual Zoolens Photography Project competition encourages Miami-Dade middle-school students to visit Miami Zoo and photograph an animal, then submit the images for rewards of up to $2,000. The...
View ArticleVolunteers, their children celebrate Kenwoods Outdoor Learning Center
Like parents love and nurture their children, the volunteers at Kenwoods Outdoor Learning Center have been guiding the schoolyard-planting project for 30 years. It all started in 1986 when some...
View ArticleHollywood insider who created the ‘celebrity chef’ Shep Gordon in Miami
Shep Gordon, the PR mastermind who helped many personalities boost their fame, including Alice Cooper, is ready to rock Miami. On Sunday night, Gordon, also credited as the creator of the so-called...
View ArticlePancreatic Cancer Action Network PurpleStride Miami fundraiser Feb. 11 at...
Gather your family members and friends for a good walk or run to support the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network PurpleStride Miami fundraiser. The family-friendly 5K event will be Feb. 11 at Miami’s...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Students join forces to collect equipment for young...
For Blake Miller, a junior at Palmer Trinity School, the annual Patriot Outreach sports equipment collection drive brings together friends and competitors in a common cause: to help deserving young...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Coral Gables preservationists welcome author Hermes...
Miami has its own chapter in the new book by Hermes Mallea, Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour that traces our region’s development between 1920 and 1980. The book depicts the glamour of the...
View ArticleHochberg Prep volleyball goes from worst to first
The Hochberg Prep Middle School volleyball team went from worst to first in a season, recently winning the South Division Championship in the Tri County Independent Athletic League. After an 0-6 mark...
View ArticleMiami man who hid $22.6 million cash in Home Depot buckets faces federal charges
The man found with $22.6 million in suspected marijuana cash stuffed in buckets inside his Miami Lakes home wants to start his trial in state court next month. Uncle Sam, however, wants him first. A...
View Articleadopt the proposed policy on sex work
CATW’s opposition to Amnesty International’s ‘draft policy on sex work’ is misguided. A coalition of sex workers’ organisations and advocates fills in the gaps in this open letter to AI. Sex workers...
View ArticleFall 2015 Dean’s List Announced (ESU - East Stroudsburg University)
(Source: ESU - East Stroudsburg University) A total of 1,409 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Fall 2015 semester of the 2015-2016...
View ArticleAir Force staff sergeant promotion list for August, 2015
The U.S. Air Force's list of airmen promoted to staff sergeant, as released on Aug. 20, 2015. Abadia Christopher Abarawa Emmanuel K Abbott Daniel Patr Abdullah Malizio J Abendroth Marie Ch Abesamis...
View ArticleLU conferred 768 degrees in August commencement (Lamar University)
(Source: Lamar University) Doctorates: ATHENS: Wendy Jo Mays, educational leadership. BEAUMONT: Carl Martin Husband, educational leadership. CAMERON: Ronny Dee Welborn, educational leadership. CANYON...
View ArticleSouth Florida classical music calendar: 2015-16 season
PERFORMANCES ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA Oct. 25: Spooky Symphony: multimedia Halloween spectacular. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Nov. 15: Enchanted with España: Spanish themes and magical...
View ArticleCurrent Illinois Membership List (AMTA Illinois Chapter)
(Source: AMTA Illinois Chapter) Jody Abrahams, Kristen Abramowicz, Charles Abramson, Jaclyn Ackerman, Kristy Acosta, Bertha Acosta-Barbarawi, Ila Adam, Candice Adams, Joy Adams, Linda Adams, Nicole...
View ArticleAndy Cohen: I would love to interview Kanye West
On Saturday night, Andy Cohen will be doing what he does best — indulging in his gift of gab and gossip. The TV/radio personality and “Real Housewives” mastermind, 48, will sit down for a “Conversation...
View ArticleGraduation 2015: List of area graduates
The following are graduates of Central Kentucky high schools. Each of the names was provided by the school from which the student graduated. Any errors or omissions should be reported to the school....
View ArticleTalent seekers: Longtime friends plan 35th annual Alper JCC Berrin Family...
Tucked away in a brightly lit room in the rear of the Alper JCC in Kendall are some of South Florida’s sharpest talent scouts. Their eyes and ears are always open, whether they’re on the lookout for...
View ArticleJCC screening film on last surviving Jewish Catskills resort
The community has the chance to see a documentary about the last surviving Jewish resort in the Catskills, Kutsher's Country Club and its overarching influence on sports, entertainment and "Borscht...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Snow’s Jewelers, the oldest shop on Miracle Mile,...
As the world and the community changes all around us, it is good to recognize longtime shopkeepers Eddie and Judy Snow. Their Snow’s Jewelers has been a fixture on Coral Gables’ Miracle Mile for 40...
View ArticleESU Announces Spring Semester 2016 Dean’s List (ESU - East Stroudsburg...
(Source: ESU - East Stroudsburg University) A total of 1,485 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Spring 2016 semester of the...
View ArticleMonument Avenue 10K: Women's winners by age group
WOMEN (Open collegiate) 1. Rachel Ward, 35:55; 2. Rochelle Sceats, 36:47; 3. Julie Patterson, 37:06; 4. Taylor Clevinger, 37:51; 5. Kathleen Lautzenheiser, 38:03; 6. Melanie Kulesz, 38:04; 7. Lauren...
View ArticleAlper JCC book festival begins Thursday
The Dave & Mary Alper Jewish Community Center is focused on community — and with the 35th Annual Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival, it’s continuing to build that community one book at a time. The...
View Article'General Hospital,' Ellen Degeneres, CBS lead Daytime Emmy Awards nominations
ABC's "General Hospital" leads the pack in the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards with 28 nominations, including multiple mentions in the lead actor and actress races and a bid for best drama. "The Ellen...
View ArticleCBS, ‘General Hospital’ and Ellen DeGeneres Top List
See the nominees below: Outstanding Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful CBS Executive Producer Bradley Bell Supervising Producers Rhonda Friedman, Casey Kasprzyk, Edward J. Scott Coordinating...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbors: Spectrum Awards For Women honor outstanding leaders
Nearly 300 community leaders attended the 22nd annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards For Women to honor outstanding leaders in our community. The American Red Cross South Florida Region is the...
View ArticleSouth Florida music and comedy calendar: 2015-16 season
PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 13: 5 Seconds of Summer with Hey Violet: Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour. Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre 13: D.L. Hugh Taylor Birch State Parkley. The Improv Comedy Club, Seminole...
View ArticleNominees for People’s Choice announced
Starting Monday, South Floridians can vote for one of six small and emerging arts organizations vying for $20,000 as the winner of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award. To vote, the...
View ArticleAlper JCC presents book festival
The Alper Jewish Community Center in Miami will bring more than a dozen acclaimed authors to the community with a purpose to share the power of words that initiate conversations, inspire change or...
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