On the morning of Saturday, December 10, a dozen Miami Jackson Senior High School students sit with blank stares outside the Biscayne National Park visitor center in Homestead. The park’s superintendent, Mark Lewis, is trying to get the volunteer clean-up day off to a good start, but the obligatory welcome…

On a recent weekday afternoon, massive yachts bobbed gently off Turnberry Isle in Aventura. Sunbathers on shore lolled in a sea of white lounge chairs around a glittering pool, the only background noise a waterfall ruffling the chlorinated surface. It’s here that a dispute over zoning, lifestyle, and towels escalated…

Squealing bikini-clad blondes and brunettes throw their hands up rollercoaster-style as they skim across the Everglades. The six wannabe models look like they’re having a hell of a time, shimmying in their seats and tossing out come-hither smiles each time the director calls for another take. Of course, it’s not…

Scrolling through the free stuff on Craigslist.com just days after Hurricane Wilma, you could find mildewed bookcases, bent ceiling fans, and a “30 ft. Royal Palm Tree/Yours for the taking/Perfect shape.” How did the tree get there? Miracles, good karma, and letting go in the wake of a wreckage-spewing storm…

She came from the West, a demure Category One, letting us think she was steady, docile, and relatively harmless. But when Hurricane Wilma blew ashore and crossed Florida in a flash, she was a bitch. She toppled a multistory dry dock in Sunny Isles Beach, launched a 30-foot sailboat and…