Armando Oliveros is back and ready to run for city commission seat
By Raquel Garcia…. A somber and remorseful former vice mayor Armando Oliveros Jr offered Community Newspapers an exclusive interview recently to say he is... Read more.
Still Waters for Murray Pool
By Raquel Garcia…. In 1968 when Richard Nixon was President, a group of neighbors proposed the idea of a community pool so all of South Miami’s children... Read more.
Pinecrest Gardens in full bloom thanks to Karen Mashburn
By Raquel Garcia…. Almost a decade ago, before the old Parrot Jungle became the 14-acre natural preserve known as Pinecrest Gardens, Karen Mashburn had a twinkle... Read more.
Entrepreneurial moms launch booming cupcake business
By Raquel Garcia…. While sharing her signature chocolate and hazelnut frosted mini-cupcakes on sale at Pinecrest’s Whole Foods Market on a recent Saturday... Read more.
Thanksgiving Dinner Celebration at Mount Olive Church hosted by new Pastor
By Raquel Garcia…. It was 38 years ago this fall that Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church parishioner Josephine Anderson decided to organize a Thanksgiving... Read more.
Pillar of the community Architect Jan Hochstim passes on
By Raquel Garcia…. When Jan Hochstim and his parents fled their native Poland during World War II and were forced by the Soviets to live in Siberia, Hochstim... Read more.
Team Evangeline joins ‘Light the Night Walk’
By Raquel Garcia…. The Nieves family and friends raised more than $7,000 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night Walk” on Nov.... Read more.
Business executive John Dubois to run for Palmetto Bay Council
By Raquel Garcia…. Perhaps it was the million-dollar hot dog stand or the accelerating Palmetto Bay lawyer’s fees to continue waging a losing battle in the... Read more.
Artist Lanette Marie Scherr debuts at Wirtz Gallery to enthusiastic crowd
By Raquel Garcia…. Ever since Lanette Scherr sat at her desk in first grade art class anxiously waiting for her teacher to come by and bring her a box of... Read more.
Police Bike Patrol to cover downtown
By Raquel Garcia…. In the interest of increased community interaction between local law enforcement and the merchants and patrons of downtown, the police department’s... Read more.