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Hurricane Andrew

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Miami Herald Home Sold: Time for the Kids to Go to College

    ​The McClatchy Co. announced this morning that it has sold one of Miami's most iconic buildings to a Malaysian resort and gambling company.The company's chairman, Gary Pruitt, said it was no longer the era for a newspaper to be located on the bay. That says something about daily newspapers.The goo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Miami Blue Butterfly On Verge of Extinction But Feds Haven't Done Anything About It

    ​The Miami blue butterfly is one of the very few species that is only found in Southern Florida, but finding them have become increasingly rare. Once thought to have been completely killed off by Hurricane Andrew, a small population of about 50 was found in 1999. Efforts have been made to grow the ... More >>

  • Music

    August 12, 2010

    Miami metal legend Cynic plays a rare South Florida show at Culture Room

    ​The Miami blue butterfly is one of the very few species that is only found in Southern Florida, but finding them have become increasingly rare. Once thought to have been completely killed off by Hurricane Andrew, a small population of about 50 was found in 1999. Efforts have been made to grow the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Who Do We Want Coming To Miami: Colts vs. Jet; Vikings vs. Saints

    ​It's Conference Championship weekend, meaning the teams that get to pack their bags for Miami are decided on Sunday. For a depressing 16th year in a row our Miami Dolphins aren't in the running, and as Gus mentioned yesterday we could really care less about who wins. But we will have to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Left, Left, Left, Left

    You can’t turn away from NASCAR.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: Cynic - "I'm But a Wave To...."

    You can’t turn away from NASCAR.

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Danger in the Redland

    A legendary Dade building official battles a homeowner ... and his own inspectors.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Ecuadorean Military Base in Miami

    A legendary Dade building official battles a homeowner ... and his own inspectors.

  • Dining

    June 28, 2007

    'Cane Cuisine

    Fine foods for riding out the storm season

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2007

    Dinner for Dummies

    Fine foods for riding out the storm season

  • Dining

    April 14, 2005

    Tradition with Flair

    Fine foods for riding out the storm season

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    Rock Hard

    Fine foods for riding out the storm season

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2004

    Ready or Not

    Remember Andrew? If not, check out this forum

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2004

    Dueling Hemis

    Love is a monster truck

  • City Life

    May 15, 2003

    BEST LOCAL PHANTASMAGORIA

    Love is a monster truck

  • Dining

    January 25, 2001
  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Promises to Keep

    Bill Clinton has unfinished business in Homestead, a town he visited long ago but wouldn't recognize today

  • Dining

    December 7, 2000

    Fruity World

    Fruit & Spice Park

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    It's About the Money, Stupid

    Long, long ago the county promised to build a sports complex in South Miami Heights

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    A Life in Jeopardy!

    Ever dreamed of being on the brainy game show? Think you could sweep the board? Yeah, Ted B. Kissell did too.

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Homey Rollers

    Tired of battling expanding suburbs, Debra Flynn wants to pick up her 79-year-old house and move it

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    The Day Miami Stood Still

    January 1, 2000: County officials are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. What about you?

  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 1999

    Best Nursery

    Canterbury Farm & Nursery

  • Calendar

    April 22, 1999

    Petting Project

    Canterbury Farm & Nursery

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Tales in the Storm

    Canterbury Farm & Nursery

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    A Double-Wide Life

    With county officials and neighbors determined to squeeze them out, mobile home owners have become an endangered species

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Parks and Profits

    Believe it or not, Miami's planning czar Jack Luft says he can make Virginia Key both lovely and lucrative

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Gospel Truth

    Pastors in South Dade's black churches have discovered one sure way to attract male membership: Start a choir

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    Q: How Do You Misplace 3000 Trees?

    A: If you're Dade County, you begin by paying $300,000 for allegedly inferior specimens, and then ...

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Riffraff Bugaboo

    Would you rather live near poor people or a dump?

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Playing With Fire

    That roaring inferno you see was started intentionally, and if it can be kept under control, it'll do more good than harm

  • News

    June 26, 1996

    Home Truths

    After decades of living month to month in trailer parks, some South Dade migrant workers have found a permanent address

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Big Fish, Little Pond

    For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

  • Dining

    February 15, 1996

    Homegrown in Homestead

    For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Everything Is Relative

    Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

  • Dining

    June 8, 1995

    The Second Thai Around

    Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Treasured Isle

    This time next year an RV campground will occupy Virginia Key. Say sayonara to one of the city's last patches of green.

  • Dining

    February 16, 1995

    A Clean, Well-lighted Plate

    This time next year an RV campground will occupy Virginia Key. Say sayonara to one of the city's last patches of green.

  • News

    March 30, 1994

    Animal Thwackers

    Some Metrozoo volunteers say that visitors are pelting the residents with rocks and other objects -- and that the zoo's administration doesn't seem to care

  • Dining

    October 20, 1993

    A Thai Grows in Kendall

    Some Metrozoo volunteers say that visitors are pelting the residents with rocks and other objects -- and that the zoo's administration doesn't seem to care

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    Plaque Rats

    Some Metrozoo volunteers say that visitors are pelting the residents with rocks and other objects -- and that the zoo's administration doesn't seem to care

  • Dining

    February 17, 1993

    Get Stoned for Dinner

    Some Metrozoo volunteers say that visitors are pelting the residents with rocks and other objects -- and that the zoo's administration doesn't seem to care

  • News

    January 20, 1993

    Swelter

    Some Metrozoo volunteers say that visitors are pelting the residents with rocks and other objects -- and that the zoo's administration doesn't seem to care

  • News

    December 16, 1992

    Stop! Thief! C-R-U-N-C-H!

    The good old days of high-speed police chases (and the resulting mayhem) are about to end

  • News

    November 11, 1992

    Village People: Part 2

    Ah, North Bay Village, where voters were bribed with food as the candidates slung the mud

  • Music

    October 7, 1992

    How Do You Selll Relief?

    Charity begins at Homestead

  • News

    September 30, 1992

    A Patch of Green

    Thanks to the lobbying of one schoolteacher, Dade's most ambitious garden grows in Liberty City

  • Dining

    September 23, 1992

    8 Million Ways To Fry

    Thanks to the lobbying of one schoolteacher, Dade's most ambitious garden grows in Liberty City

  • News

    September 9, 1992

    Keep Off The Park, Part 2

    Hurricane Andrew dealt a blow to Dan Paul's "Save Our Parks" amendment, but don't count out the tree huggers yet

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