Coconut Grove will honor South Florida’s service men and women this week on Veterans Day with a graveside ceremony and a traditional parade along Grand Avenue in the West Grove. The day begins with a graveside ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery at the corner[Read More…]
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Where We’ll Be: The Grove’s Veterans Day Parade
Veterans Day is right around the corner and Coconut Grove will be front and center this year when South Florida honors its service men and women on Wednesday 11/11. The day begins with a Graveside Ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery on Charles Avenue, followed by[Read More…]
The Art Festival Sets Sail with Shake-A-Leg
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival is lending its support – and its brand – to another longtime Coconut Grove nonprofit organization – Shake-A-Leg Miami. The two organizations celebrated the partnership last week with the introduction of seven custom-made sails featuring artwork from the festival’s annual posters. The seven sails, paid[Read More…]
Staff Changes at Miami City Hall
After parting ways in August with longtime aide and chief of staff Maggie Fernandez, Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins has a new chief of staff – Maca Casado, the woman who has served as her communications director since February. Higgins announced her choice for chief of staff on Monday, together with[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Halloween Edition
Halloween takes center stage again this week, with costume parties, trick-or-treating and community events around the Grove. The weekend wraps with a Day of the Dead event for dog lovers at The Barnacle Historic State Park. Looking ahead, the coming week includes an election (finally), free yoga, a City of[Read More…]
From County Hall to Capitol Hill: Who’s Running on Nov. 3?
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Where We’ll Be: Trick-or-Treat Sweet Street Smackdown
Halloween bragging rights are up for grabs, and neighborhoods are bringing their best: spookier porches, flowing candy bowls, and tiny ghosts and superheroes pouring down the sidewalks. Today’s Spotlight has plenty of contenders—but which streets get your vote? Tell us where the decorations dazzle, the neighbors go all out, and[Read More…]
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