International use up 18% at Fort Lauderdale airport
International traffic has grown 18% at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport between 2008 and 2012, the latest data show, thanks to Broward County’s diverse population and the airport’s success at attracting…
Miami Beach-Miami rail line plans revived
Greater Miami transportation officials are reviving plans for a “rapid transit connection” between Miami and Miami Beach. The Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO, is studying options for a beach-to-mainland…
Businesses fight annexations, tax hits
Business owners in a proposed annexation area say they don’t want to become part of Opa-locka as the city moves to expand its boundaries. They’re circulating a petition addressed to…
NY Film Academy to Miami Beach
The New York Film Academy, founded in 1992 and now teaching about 7,000 students per year in locations from Paris to Abu Dhabi, has chosen Miami Beach for its next…
Annexation: 210 businesses, no people
Opa-locka’s leaders want to extend the city’s boundaries. They’re hoping to add about 822 acres of industrial and commercial land, known as areas A and B, to increase the city’s…
Key prescribes new Walgreens application
An appeal of Key Biscayne’s denial of a Walgreens development in the island’s entry block was taken off the agenda and settled hours before it was to be heard, with…
To raise playhouse curtain anew, solve backstage problems
Most people who give it thought agree it would be very nice – good for everyone – to save the crumbling and vacant Coconut Grove Playhouse. Headlines indicate that restoration…
A new volley in tennis center court fight
A lawsuit to stop expansion and improvements at the tennis center on Key Biscayne that’s home to the annual Sony Open pro tennis tournament could be decided next month in…
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