Coral Gables Gazette

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  • Miami Children’s Hospital earns awards

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 11:12 pm ET  

    Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) was presented four awards recognizing the organization for its business improvement practices during the 2009 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards annual awards ceremony, held October 14 in Orlando. Full Story »

  • Coral Gables Homes Tour Nov. 14

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 10:57 pm ET  

    The Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables (HPACG) is now selling a limited number of tickets for the Saturday, November 14, Coral Gables Homes Tour of five historically and architecturally significant homes. Full Story »

  • UM piano grad student to offer lecture-recitals

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 10:42 pm ET  

    Fabiana Claure, a Doctoral student in piano performance and student of University of Miami professor, Dr. J.B. Floyd, has been selected as one of the five national recipients of the Yamaha-In Residence Fellowship from the College Music Society Fund. Full Story »

  • Barroso certified as a circuit mediator

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 10:42 pm ET  

    Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli has announced that Ivonne Barroso has been certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a circuit mediator. Full Story »

  • AIA hosts cemetery ghost walk

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 10:27 pm ET  

    Architects Host Friday the 13th Miami City Cemetery Ghost Walk Led by Historian Dr. Paul George Miami architects will mark Friday, November 13, this year with a Miami City Cemetery Ghost Walk led by historian Dr. Paul George. Full Story »

  • 'Ponzi' lawyer a Gibraltar Bank owner

    Coral Gables Gazette – Mon Nov 9, 2:57 pm ET  

    Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein, under federal investigation for what investors describe as a "Ponzi scheme" running into the hundreds of millions of dollars, invested about $5 million in a Coral Gables-based bank, according to a statement from the bank released Nov. 9. Full Story »

  • Renzi loses $8.4M foreclosure suit

    Coral Gables Gazette – Fri Nov 6, 1:27 pm ET  

    Local developer Renzo Renzi and one of his companies have lost an $8.4 million foreclosure lawsuit to an investment group over a commercially-zoned property in Coral Gables. Full Story »

  • Jacoby & Meyers opens first S. Florida office

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 11:28 pm ET  

    Jacoby & Meyers has announced the opening of its new Miami office and recent affiliation with trial lawyer, Sarah Steinbaum. Full Story »

  • Bank of Florida Trust Company names Scott Kellett CEO

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 11:27 pm ET  

    Scott Kellett, president of Bank of Florida Trust Co., has been promoted and now serves as both president and CEO of the wealth-management company, which has more than $734.5 million in assets under administration and offices in Naples and Fort Lauderdale. Full Story »

  • Expert on life transitions at Books & Books

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 11:27 pm ET  

    Meet local author and expert in life transitions Ligia M. Houben at a reception, book signing and presentation of her self-help book "Transform Your Loss – Your Guide to Strength and Hope" at Books & Books in Coral Gables on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Full Story »

  • Majority at meeting support outdoor dining at club

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 10:57 pm ET  

    For the first time in years, more than 200 people packed into what was the main dining room of the now-shuttered Country Club of Coral Gables as a city-sponsored meeting with the new facility operator to discuss proposed outdoor dining attracted a standing-room only crowd Nov. 3. Full Story »

  • Letter: U.S. latest empire to eat its own tail

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 2:12 pm ET  

    A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. The essential causes of the Roman decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggles and failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, and consuming wars. Full Story »

  • Letter: U,S. latest empire to eat its own tail

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 1:57 pm ET  

    A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. The essential causes of the Roman decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggles and failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, and consuming wars. Full Story »

  • Letter: City nickeling and diming us to death

    Coral Gables Gazette – Wed Nov 4, 1:57 pm ET  

    Just when I thought that I could not find another thing that Coral Gables has done to make us look foolish, read on! The last edict was to ticket worshipers at their place of worship for improper parking (parking on the swale, and other such places). Full Story »

  • City e-News receives national award

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 10:12 pm ET  

    The City of Coral Gables made an impression at the recent 2009 Savvy Awards Competition. Full Story »

  • Volsky: Information Technology costly bureaucracy

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 9:57 pm ET  

    When earlier this year an organization called the Technological Association of America (TAA) came into being the event was unnoticed by virtually all local residents. Full Story »

  • Coral Gables offers senior taxi discounts

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 4:12 pm ET  

    The City of Coral Gables, in collaboration with the Alliance for Aging, is offering a limited number of Senior Taxi Discount coupons to residents of Coral Gables who are 65 years old or older. Full Story »

  • Baptist Health wins Chamber's Green Award

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 11:27 am ET  

    The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce has selected Baptist Health South Florida as a winner of its inaugural Sustainable South Florida Awards for environmentally friendly practices. Full Story »

  • Great Florida Bank quarterly loss tops $13 million

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 10:27 am ET  

    Coral Gables-based Great Florida Bank’s losses more than doubled in the third quarter as it was crushed by the declining value of its problem loans. The bank lost $13.3 million in the third quarter, up from a $6.1 million loss in the second quarter. Full Story »

  • Gulliver senior named national AP Scholar

    Coral Gables Gazette – Tue Nov 3, 9:42 am ET  

    Gulliver Schools senior Emily Martinez-Lanza has been named a national AP Scholar designation by the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program. Emily received the designation for her exemplary college-level achievements on the Advanced Placement Program examinations. Full Story »

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