When the general bond obligation for new school construction in Miami-Dade County passed last year, Palmetto High was not on the list. What followed was intense lobbying by Pinecrest parents and officials, including Mayor Cindy Lerner and county school board member and Vice Chair Lawrence Feldman, whose district includes the village. The result was a
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Shop Emporium is a little gem of a store on Ponce de Leon, off the busy main street of Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. Owner Sara Zamikoff caters to a wide base of customers (busy moms, working executives, college students) and believes that customer service is one of the keys to her store’s success. Sara
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Pinecrest Gardens is looking for a few good men. Or women. Or boys and girls, for that matter. In an effort to contain costs as well as involve the community, the Gardens needs volunteers to help maintain the greenery, assist with educational field trips and to act as ushers and helpers with Banyan Bowl events.
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When it’s time to eat out in Pinecrest, very few of the options include Al Fresco dining – largely because most restaurants in the Village are on busy Dixie Highway, not the best place for an outdoor café. Now that situation is rectified with the advent of the new Dadeland Terrace Dining Wing. Officially opened
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Each summer Pinecrest holds a summer Pioneers Luncheon to celebrate the lives and stories of Pinecrest’s seniors. Some 600 seniors over 80 years old live within Pinecrest’s 7.5 square miles. Many of these citizens lived in this once rural area as children during World War II; at this year’s summer luncheon, held last month, there
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It was 60 years ago when Marvin Hollub built his first home in what is now the Village of Pinecrest. Back then (1954), the home sold for $19,000, when acre lots were approximately $4,000. Today full acre lots start at closer to $1 million, regardless of the structure. Marvin still comes to the Hollub Homes
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As part of its community wellness initiative, the Village of Pinecrest is getting proactive on sunscreen. At $1 a packet from vending machines, you can now buy protection from the relentless South Florida sun at three parks – Evelyn Greer, Coral Pine and Sunniland – with more to come.
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Sister and brother team Vanessa & George Sauma opened their gem of a store in the heart of the South Miami shopping and restaurant district almost four years ago. Vanessa, a professed fashion “junkie,” started working in (and fell in love with) the fashion retail business at a very young age. Upon meeting her you
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It’s a big change for people like Dev Motwani. He looked out a window at the Atlantic Hotel & Spa after an Urban Land Institute seminar and talked about how he grew up playing on the beach where his family owned a collection of vintage hotels. Now, he’s part of a group developing the Paramount
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July 4 marks our celebration of Independence as a country for 238 years. One of our most precious rights protected by the Constitution of the United States is the Right to Vote. In preparation for a countywide primary election on Tuesday, August 26, here is important information and several reminders. This year’s primary election
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There may come a time when you need to make a dental appointment for a root canal. Now, that phrase can sound awfully scary, especially if you’re someone who has never heard of a root canal before. Root canals are a very normal procedure for dentists or endodontists to perform. In fact, more than 15
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It’s hard to think of a bigger contrast. A few minutes ago I was reading about the seeming disintegration of Iraq as a nation and then edited this issue’s uplifting article about what the Fourth of July means to residents of Coconut Creek. City Manager Mary Blasi had a great reference at the end of
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