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Election Day in Hialeah - A Photo Tour

C'mon People, We Live in a Democracy Here

Guajiro Hits Puerto Rico, Then Brings Retro Rock to Miami

Hialeah Park Has an Official Musical Endorsement

Jay-Z Adds Second Free Show at Bayfront Park Monday

Comcast Service Down in Some Areas, Insanity Ensues

Down Home Southernaires

Negro en Bicicleta (Floridita 1800 Records)

Dining Out with Hialeah Mayor Robaina and a Top 11

Jackie Sayet Taberna owners Ignacio and Laura are the bread in this mayor sandwich The "City of Progress" will finally live up to its moniker if Julio Robaina has anything to do with it.  But don't expect him to go behind the line if it involves more than a photo op!  Trust us; we t ... More >>

Weekly Wrap Up - Friday Fresh - A Poem

Dade county, AK's, fireworks, cherry bombs, fresh greens, suited up, chopstick unagi dons, dirt brown, Homestead, sawasera, 8th street, make, sell, frog legs, taco filling, gator meat, fry, serve, Hialeah, be organic, navy cook, raw fish, tiger milk, bbq, fried food, meal deals, four course, cutta ... More >>

Radioboxer Presents Radio Drama, This Saturday, August 15, at the Annex in Hialeah

​The circus is coming to town...the town of Hialeah, that is. At least that's what the press release accompanying my invitation to Radioboxer's presentation of their debut album Radio Drama says. Judging by the effort they put into these nifty venereal vids (why do people keep calling them that?) ... More >>

Poetic Justice

​The circus is coming to town...the town of Hialeah, that is. At least that's what the press release accompanying my invitation to Radioboxer's presentation of their debut album Radio Drama says. Judging by the effort they put into these nifty venereal vids (why do people keep calling them that?) ... More >>

Diary of a Flasher: Radioboxer's Party at the Annex in Hialeah Last Week!

Photo by Jipsy​To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. How great is it when you find yourself at a party or show that you didn't expect, with BYOB policy and good music? Score! This past Saturday, while the hot ticket was Mos Def at the Adrienne Arsht Center, we opted for some ... More >>

Restaurant, Food, and Liquor Signs of Hialeah

Jacob Katel​The following images come from a drive out to North West Dade looking for some Hialeah food content. These shots of restaurant, food, and liquor signage come mostly from NW 103 street. Anybody know of any great restaurants in Hialeah? Leave us a comment.

Hialeah Homecoming

Meet Jennine Capó Crucet, the next literary big thing.

Julio Ponce and Hialeah Housing Authority high jinks

Meet Jennine Capó Crucet, the next literary big thing.

305 Photo of the Day: Real Housewives of Hialeah

​Our photographers caught a lot of crazy costumes this weekend, but the Real Housewives of Hialeah, from photog Bill Cooke's Lincoln Road gallery, are among our favorites.Check out all of our Miami Halloween party pictures here.

Hialeah Election Results: Robaina, Gonzalez and Cue Win Out Easy

Mayor Robaino​The citizens of Hialeah sure weren't hungry for change. All three offices up for election went easily to the incumbents. Notably, Katharine Cue, who was appointed to the commission last year, won her first election. Hialeah Mayor: Julio RobainaHialeah Council Member - Group V: L ... More >>

More Miami YouTube Miscellany: Enrique y Joe's "Sweet Home Hialeah"

For all Miami natives rank on Hialeah, we sure love to talk about it and enshrine it in art and song. Even people who don't actually live there seem to want a piece of the Hialeah shine. One entry into this growing body of cultural expression: "Sweet Home Hialeah," a parody song and video by Enriqu ... More >>

Hialeah Police Pump Robbery Suspect's Car Full of Bullets

via Just NewsThe suspect's car was shot multiple times. ​Hialeah police got a call that a Farm Store at West 6th Avenue and 29th Street had been robbed.The police tracked down the suspect to a nearby residential neighborhood where a confrontation occurred. A police officer then shot at the suspect ... More >>

Hialeah Chusmeria Goes Digital

Ah, Hialeah, Hialeah. You truly are the city of progress. One of my new friends on Facebook is Hialeah Cares, an unknown identity in the vast cyberverse of anonymity who has riled up Mayor Julio Robaina's most vociferous critics. The back and forth has been quite entertaining. The wall post below su ... More >>

Man Dies While Trying to Save Two Drowning Children off Virginia Key

Two children were swimming yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m. off Virginia Key near the Miami Seaquarium when they began to struggle. Two men heroically jumped in to save them. However, one man died trying to the save kids.The man, identified as Douglas Frank Butler, was visiting from Gainesville and ... More >>

It's All About the Poetry, Bro

Two children were swimming yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m. off Virginia Key near the Miami Seaquarium when they began to struggle. Two men heroically jumped in to save them. However, one man died trying to the save kids.The man, identified as Douglas Frank Butler, was visiting from Gainesville and ... More >>

Hit Play! CD Release Show this Saturday!

​ Hit Play!'s finally gotten it together to formally bring an official CD release party to their awesome debut EP, In Case of Emergency. Comprised by Gaston de la Vega on bass, Machbeth Proenza on drums, Johnny Underpaid and Raf Solo on guitars and Alex Calante on vocals, their take on Southern C ... More >>

Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Exposed on Facebook By Former Allies

City of HialeahJulio Robaina double-crossed two former allies who are now out to destroy him.​Last Wednesday, shortly before dawn, Rolando Bolaños logged on to his Facebook account to update his status regarding his favorite subject, Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina. The ex-Hialeah Police chief inform ... More >>

Radioboxer with Lavola at the Annex in Hialeah, August 13

​Radioboxer With LavolaThe Annex, HialeahSaturday, August 13Better Than: Not going to a warehouse party where Radioboxer and Lavola are going to rock out.The Review:Saturday was keyboardist Gian Nicolaci's birthday, and this week is bassist Jota Dazza's, so naturally, the Radioboxer gang cele ... More >>

Letters from the issue of August 26, 2010

​Radioboxer With LavolaThe Annex, HialeahSaturday, August 13Better Than: Not going to a warehouse party where Radioboxer and Lavola are going to rock out.The Review:Saturday was keyboardist Gian Nicolaci's birthday, and this week is bassist Jota Dazza's, so naturally, the Radioboxer gang cele ... More >>

Banco Popular Forecloses on Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina's Property

City of Hialeah​Pobrecito Julito. Hialeah's mayor can't catch a break these days. He is battling the city unions over pensions and the city budget. He is dodging questions about his business relationship with $40 million Ponzi schemer Luis Felipe Perez, as well as inquiries about personal deals he ... More >>

Hialeah Fest 2010 to Take Place September 17 and 18, And They're Looking for New Bands

​Okay, we're not claiming to be geographical geniuses or anything, but when we hear about a music festival dubbed "Hialeah Fest," we just assumed it would take place in Hialeah, right?That's not the case for this year's festival, which will bring in about 20 bands so far, among them Ketchy Shuby, ... More >>

Founder of Hialeah Fest Ferny Coipel Talks Hialeah Memories, Lineups, and This Weekend's Festivities

​Ahhh La Ciudad Que Progresa. It's not uncommon to hear jokes at its expense, like the classic rhyme, "Hialeah, agua, fango y factoria," (water, mud and factories). Sure, motorists tend to end up more lost in Hialeah than Helen Keller without a seeing eye dog. After all, it's like, "WTF, street? A ... More >>

The Art of War Emcee Invitational Takes to S Sports Bar Tomorrow Night

via 305.comHialeah rapper LMS goes to war.​If you're as big of a fan of emcees and battles as we are, you've probably realized one big flaw in the hip-hop chain: Most of these battles take place midday in the sweltering outdoor heat. We get the whole sweat-while-you-spit-rhymes mentality, but woul ... More >>

Kohl's Cools Our MacBook Pro, Part 1

AlexMuse via Flickr​It's our first day at the Miami New Times new offices, and to celebrate, we treated ourselves to a fancy, ergonomic laptop cooling dock from diamond-in-the-rough retailer, Kohl's, in Hialeah.First, a brief explanation as to why we need said fancy, ergonomic laptop machine.Last ... More >>

Five Teens Discovered Dead at Hialeah Motel

The outside of the Presidente Motel​At around 2 p.m. yesterday, a maid walked into a room at the Hialeah motel at which she worked and discovered the bodies of five dead teenagers. WSVN reports that police believe the deaths were a result of a tragic accident. Names and identities of the victims h ... More >>

Julio Robaina: Dade's next mayor?

The outside of the Presidente Motel​At around 2 p.m. yesterday, a maid walked into a room at the Hialeah motel at which she worked and discovered the bodies of five dead teenagers. WSVN reports that police believe the deaths were a result of a tragic accident. Names and identities of the victims h ... More >>

Beat to Death

The outside of the Presidente Motel​At around 2 p.m. yesterday, a maid walked into a room at the Hialeah motel at which she worked and discovered the bodies of five dead teenagers. WSVN reports that police believe the deaths were a result of a tragic accident. Names and identities of the victims h ... More >>

Little Men, Big Beers

The outside of the Presidente Motel​At around 2 p.m. yesterday, a maid walked into a room at the Hialeah motel at which she worked and discovered the bodies of five dead teenagers. WSVN reports that police believe the deaths were a result of a tragic accident. Names and identities of the victims h ... More >>

Things Natacha Seijas Said on the Recall Trail

​Natacha Seijas is one week closer to her political reckoning, which means she will get only more viciously cantankerous than ever. Since the second attempt to recall her in four years kicked off, the county commissioner representing Hialeah and Miami Lakes has been on a rampage, threatening colle ... More >>

Natacha Seijas goes on a recall rampage

​Natacha Seijas is one week closer to her political reckoning, which means she will get only more viciously cantankerous than ever. Since the second attempt to recall her in four years kicked off, the county commissioner representing Hialeah and Miami Lakes has been on a rampage, threatening colle ... More >>

Morons of the Week: 92-Year-Old Woman, Deprived of a Kiss, Opens Fire

What are you in for?​It's Wednesday, and what better way to celebrate hump day than with a collection of morons, right? In this edition of Riptide's occasional series Morons of the Week, you'll meet a 92-year-old lady and her hunky, 53-year-old neighbor, as well as a dude who didn't pass the NY b ... More >>

Hialeah Teen Drowns After Daredevil Jump into Lake

​Rescue workers pulled the lifeless body of a 15-year-old boy from a lake in Hialeah today after the young boy attempted to jump into the lake from a bridge. Resuscitation efforts proved ineffective, and the boy was pronounced dead at Palmetto General Hospital.

Esteban Bovo: The New Natacha Seijas

​Thought the recall election would change things at county hall? Think again. If campaign money is any indication, former state Rep. Esteban Bovo is a shoo-in for the Miami-Dade Commission seat representing northwestern parts of the county vacated by Natacha Seijas. And he is beholden to a lo ... More >>

Start Casting Your Ballots Today For A New Mayor And Two Commissioners

​Early voting begins today. That means in 15 days we will know who the next Miami-Dade Mayor is. Will it be the Hialeah snake oil salesman ward boss, the ex-fire chief, the Tulane-educated lawyer, or Miami's favorite uncle? And whoever wins, will he still be a strong mayor or will voters eras ... More >>

Appliance Superstore hhgregg is Hiring 600 People in South Florida

​One morning the executives at rapidly growing appliance superstore chain hhgregg woke up and realized that their name was really stupid they didn't have any stores in South Florida. Rather than quietly work their way into the market the company has decided to simultaneously open ten new stores in ... More >>

Father of Street-Wandering Hialeah Toddler May Not Always Obey The Law

Hialeah Police​As it turns out, a Hialeah father who was arrested yesterday when his bruised toddler was found wandering down 74th Street alone might not be a very nice guy.Thirty-one-year-old Carlos Aybar Oliveras is now in jail on $20,000 bond, WSVN reports, and the girl's mother, Jessica Pinon, ... More >>

Illegal Cable and Streets With Five Names in Havy Rodriguez's Hialeah Parody Song

​Many of us in the 305 make fun of Hialeah. And why wouldn't we? The addresses make no sense, no one speaks English, and it feels like you need a passport just to enter the city limits. Curiously, though, a lot of cool stuff comes out of Hialeah too. Like Hialeah Fest, which takes place in, ahem ... More >>

Hialeah's Executive Palace Hotel gives you more bang for your buck

A private garage, a stripper pole, and hard-core porn on the tube. This ain't no Radisson.

Flower Vendors, Stand Up. Libertarians Sue Hialeah.

​A new group of lawyers is taking the side of Hialeah street vendors. The Institute for Justice is suing the city of Hialeah today on behalf of the mobile sales folk, saying the city's regulations are too tough. This is a little bizarre, considering you probably see more guys vendiendo todo in th ... More >>

Hialeah Fest Celebrates The City of Progress

Photo by Karen KeeslerHail Hialeah with Humbert.​It's easy to fall victim to glitz and glamor. It's easy to see the big stars, the bright lights, the sandy beaches, or the half-naked wannabe strippers of Ocean Boulevard in hip-hop videos and think, "This is Miami." Reality programming and big-bud ... More >>

Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: Hialeah Okeechobee Road Landmark

​Next week, Miami New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondogg ... More >>

A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

​Next week, Miami New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondogg ... More >>