Local Leaders & Private Citizens Join to Save Marine Stadium From Wrecking Ball Spray-painted onto the concrete floor, at the uppermost row of the audience seats, is immortalized a testament to two lovers’ romance: “Sara is Beautiful and Loves Cory Forever” Whether Sara’s and Cory’s love endures we know not, but their message in spray [...]
Anyone stuck in gridlock traffic while attempting to navigate Collins Avenue in any direction over the weekend, or being forced to pay the staggering $50 parking charges soon realized that the International Yacht Show was in town- of course the multitude of multi-million dollar floating vessels stationed along the Indian Creek waterway should have been [...]
Is Jorge Gonzalez’s Petty, Vindictive Side Showing? Somebody – we don’t know who – called State Attorney Rundle’s office just before last Christmas to tattle that Jonah Wolfson and Deede Weithorn may have conspired to fire the Miami Beach city manager in violation of the Sunshine Law, privately discussing a matter that should have remained [...]
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The situation at the decrepit property located at 1020 6th Street in South Beach, a few paces from the new shopping center, had become scandalous, thanks to Juan Luis Maldonado, Jr., the owner of record, Bank of America, the mortgagor, the Compliance Division of the City of Miami Beach, which had literally permitted the property to go to hell, and the City Manager’s office, which obviously fails to oversee its various departments in several respects.
By Frank Maradiaga After a decade of talk and some false starts, Miami Beach is looking to finally modernize the convention center. Last week the city issued a Request For Qualifications to lure developers interested in producing a master plan for the Convention Center District. The goal is to not only upgrade the convention center, [...]
February 23 Music Mandy Patinkin Tony and Emmy Award-winner Mandy Patinkin takes the stage in the world premiere of Let Go tonight. In Patinkin’s latest and most intimate concert, he creates musical photographs of people, families through the words and music of the American songbook. Featured American composers include Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, [...]
The 71st Annual Boat Show Cruises into Town Stylish Yachts, Boating Tech Toys, Celebs and On-the-Water Adventure Highlight the 2012 Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail. Showcasing the best of the boating industry, with thousands of the newest boats, marine gear and accessories for sale, on top of five days of on-the-water [...]
By John McCartney Special to the SunPost My father rates restaurants in three ways. Its either Good, Great, or it Sucks. Puerto Sagua is Good. Being “Good” must be the reason this Miami Beach Cuban restaurant has been around for so long, 47 years to be exact. Before today it could have been 25 years [...]
By Frank Maradiaga For a brief moment the nameplate of former North Bay Village Commissioner Frank Rodriguez adorned the dais to the meeting that would select its replacement. City Manager Dennis Kelly caught the oversight and gently put the nameplate out of view, and the Commission went on to choose experience and a lifetime of [...]
By Frank Maradiaga The outsourcing of the maintenance services on the Lincoln Road Mall was sent out to bid in the February meeting of the Miami Beach Commission. The City’s in-house maintenance of the pedestrian mall has long been under fire and plans to privatize the service spans back over a year. A proposal by [...]
Time to Tell Thieving Tow Companies Where to Go Listen up, City Hall, and listen carefully and attentively: It’s time for you grow a pair already. And face down another pair. The pulse of the public – both Beach residents and visitors alike – proves that people are damned fed-up-to-here with the two towing companies [...]
February 16 Music Kelly Clarkson Global superstar Kelly Clarkson hits town on her “Stronger Tour 2012” to Hard Rock Live tonight. Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had nine singles in the top 10 on [...]
