Are you dreading this year’s tax season? St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on McFarlane Road makes it easy – and free – to file a return for households that earned $67,000 or less last year. The free tax preparation service begins on January 30 with appointments available on Tuesday, Thursday and[Read More…]

The Miami City Commission approved a resolution on Thursday that will allow District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo to open an administrative office on Grand Avenue near Douglas Road in the West Grove. The resolution, approved without discussion, authorizes the City Manager to enter into a three-year lease agreement for space[Read More…]

An unidentified man died Wednesday at Dinner Key marina while trying to retrieve a wayward dinghy, Miami Police reported. The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. “A man noticed his dinghy detached from his boat and jumped into water to retrieve it. Unfortunately he never surfaced,” Miami Police spokesman Michael Vega[Read More…]

The City of Miami held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of construction of a new city administration building on NW 37th Avenue in Miami Freedom Park, just east of Miami International Airport. The new eight-story building, designed by Arquitectonica with an expected completion date in late[Read More…]

Miami Police Commander Daniel Kerr and his staff will present a 2024 crime report for Coconut Grove to the public on Thursday January 16 at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, starting at 6:00 p.m. Overall, crime in Coconut Grove was down 3.6% last year, Kerr told a meeting[Read More…]

The Coconut Grove Metrorail Station will close this month, starting Tuesday January 21, for renovations and repairs. The work is expected to take approximately four months, with a scheduled re-opening sometime this spring. In the meantime, Miami-Dade County will run free shuttle buses for transit riders between the Coconut Grove[Read More…]

Dear Spotlight Readers, Six months and 52 issues ago your neighborhood Spotlight transitioned from the work of a single exemplary Grovite—Hank Sanchez-Resnik—to a community news organization run by a board of seasoned journalists and professionals.  New technology now enables first class writers to deliver hyper-local and personally relevant news twice[Read More…]