Miami-Dade picks FIU bridge builder for 87th Avenue bridge project

Miami-Dade picks FIU bridge builder for 87th Avenue bridge project

Palmetto Bay leaders are concerned about safety Who in their right mind would put the words “Munilla” and “bridge” in the same sentence only six years after the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed, killing six on Tamiami Trail and providing a lifetime of PTSD to hundreds if not thousands of Miami commuters? Someone […]

Miami-Dade’s Danielle Cohen Higgins rakes in PAC funds on non election year

Miami-Dade’s Danielle Cohen Higgins rakes in PAC funds on non election year

There are seven incumbent Miami-Dade Commissioners on the ballot this year. But Danielle Cohen Higgins of District 8 is not one of them. That doesn’t mean, however, that she’s not busy bringing home the bacon anyway. Read related: Miami-Dade Mayor, Commissioners raise $1.7 mil plus in three months Cohen Higgins raised $267,000 for her political […]

Controversial ALF in Killian deferred by Miami-Dade Commission — again

Controversial ALF in Killian deferred by Miami-Dade Commission — again

Residents can’t call board members, but lobbyist can Miami-Dade Commissioners deadlocked last week on a vote to deny a requested land use and zoning change for an assisted living facility to be built on a vacant lot in Killian where there are 12 duplexes currently approved. With two commissioners absent and Commissioner JC Bermudez recusing […]

Killian homeowners fight proposed ALF at County Hall — again

Killian homeowners fight proposed ALF at County Hall — again

For a second time in a month, a group of Killian residents will go to County Hall Tuesday morning to try to fight the proposed development of a two- and three-story, 216-bed assisted living facility with a 126-space underground parking garage in their mostly residential neighborhood. Miami-Dade Commissioners will consider changing the Comprehensive Development Master […]

Village of Palmetto Bay could split future park land with adjacent residents

Village of Palmetto Bay could split future park land with adjacent residents

After a somewhat ugly tussle between the Village of Palmetto Bay and the residents who live adjacent to a 2.5-acre parcel that each wanted to buy from Miami-Dade County, there seems to be the possibility of a compromise. “Have you had a conversation about splitting the baby,” asked Commissioner Raquel Regalado at a committee meeting […]

Palmetto Bay fights residents over county parcel Village wants for park

Palmetto Bay fights residents over county parcel Village wants for park

Miami-Dade’s Danielle Cohen Higgins sides with homeowners A group of residents abutting a county-owned easement want to purchase the surplus property so that it doesn’t continue to be a dumping ground or cut through for people to walk through what is basically their back yards. But the Village of Pinecrest wants the same piece of […]

Move to move Homestead Rodeo gets pushback on Miami-Dade commission

Move to move Homestead Rodeo gets pushback on Miami-Dade commission

Negotiations between the county and the operators at Homestead Speedway to put on a rodeo will have to wait. A proposal at the Miami-Dade Commission to establish a countywide rodeo, farmer’s market and farm show was deferred Wednesday after Miami-Dade Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins expressed several concerns. There was no discussion with the Homestead Rodeo […]

State gives Miami-Dade and cities $22.7 million in grants for Biscayne Bay

State gives Miami-Dade and cities $22.7 million in grants for Biscayne Bay

Gov. Ron DeSantis stood at Bill Baggs State Park in Key Biscayne earlier this month to announce that the state would give $22.7 million to support water quality improvements through the Biscayne Bay Grant program. Of that, $14.5 million goes to Miami-Dade County to fight pollution and another $8 mil plus goes to municipalities — […]

No surprises in Miami-Dade commission races as 3 hopefuls win

No surprises in Miami-Dade commission races as 3 hopefuls win

Two more district contests are headed to runoffs in November Three Miami-Dade Commissioners were elected outright and two more seats will head to runoffs after almost 19% of the registered voters in the state’s most populous county cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary. Doral Mayor J.C. Bermudez and State Rep. Anthony Rodriguez will join Commissioner Danielle […]

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