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LETS BOOGIE On a polished, 5000-square-foot floating hardwood floor, the mostly over-40 dancers jump, swing and spin all night long.It's Wednesday night at Derek's Dancemaster, and the sound of Celia Cruz's Rie y Llora (or Laugh and Cry) blasts from the speakers. ``We enjoy it. We like the Latin flavor,'' said Bal Harbour Mayor Seymour ``Sy'' Roth, who comes with wife Ethel at least twice a week for the dance lessons... Published on 2005-22-09, Page A1, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
| 'WATERMELON LADY' IN NEED OF HOME Last week, as commuters headed home on a weekday, Agustina Caniza sat on a folding chair on the side of the 79th Street Causeway. A mound of watermelons were to her side. Published on 2005-10-06, Page A1, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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LITTLE HAITI: Hunger strike enters 12th day For 25 years, the First United Methodist Church of Miami staff rang the daily carillon bells via cassette tapes. But the days of rewinding tape are over. Published on 2007-04-16, Page B3, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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MIAMI BEACH: Historic designation 'adds prestige' What would a listing on the National Register of Historic Places do for two North Beach neighborhoods? Generate publicity, attract investment and attract tourism, city planner Joyce Meyers told property owners at a recent community forum."The area as a whole wins," Meyers said. "That adds prestige to the area. The benefits are to the people who choose to take advantage of the tax credit."Owners of stores, hotels and rentals that have... Published on 2007-04-08, Page MB3, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
| ANA BELEN MONTES CASE: Lawmakers warn of spies among us At the same time that Ana Belén Montes was spying for Cuba from her desk at the Pentagon, she was also briefing Miami lawmakers about the tragic 1996 shootdown of four Miami fliers by an island MiG. The revelation was made Sunday by Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen during a news conference to announce publication of True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy, written by Scott W. Carmichael, the counterintelligence... Published on 2007-03-26, Page B3, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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MIAMI BEACH: Area for parents to drop off students OK'd On Wednesday, Miami Beach commissioners approved an interlocal agreement between the School Board and the city to allow construction of a student drop-off area along a residential street. The interlocal agreement allows the Miami-Dade County School Board to use Prairie Avenue, adjacent to Miami Beach Senior High, to build an area for parents to drop off students. School buses currently drop students off on Dade Boulevard.Even though commissioners voted unanimously -- Mayor David Dermer... Published on 2007-03-18, Page MB6, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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CALLE OCHO FESTIVAL: Calle Ocho festival turns up the heat Nanette Molina, of Pembroke Pines, came to Calle Ocho Sunday on a mission: to join the world's largest aerobics exercise known as Zumba. By 3 p.m., it was hard to tell whether Molina and more than 100 of her fellow Zumba instructors succeeded in signing up the required tens of thousands to break the record in the number of participants in the high-energy aerobics workout.The current record was set in the Philippines on Feb. 16, 2003, when at least 48,000 people... Published on 2007-03-12, Page A1, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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'An apostle for the freedom of Cuba' Hundreds of mourners broke out in tears Saturday as Eva Tamargo read her father's emotional exchange with God in an unpublished column that popular Cuban exile journalist Agustín Tamargo had written years back. He was 82. Hundreds gathered Saturday to pay homage to Cuban exile journalist Agustín Tamargo, a critic in print, radio and TV of Fidel Castro's government. "Why did you deprive me of my history?" she read in Spanish from a long... Published on 2007-03-11, Page 1B, Miami Herald, The (FL) |
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'Visioning process' results presented More parks, a transportation strategy and a recognizable identity for the city are among key concerns of North Miami Beach residents, business owners and community leaders, according to an urban design firm hired to get input from locals. The findings were presented Wednesday, at the end of a three-day charrette that capped a 2 ½-year "visioning process," according to City Manager Keven Klopp."For many years, we didn't have... Published on 2007-03-04, Page NE6, Miami Herald, The (FL) |