Key Biscayne

I am writing this on May 10, 2012, and it is a most special day. Eighty-seven years ago a woman I never had the honor of meeting delivered a baby boy in Massachusetts and named him Eugene Matthew Brody. He and I met in July, 1981, on the island of Key...

Florida has landed the No. 1 beach in the U.S. seven times, but not in 2012. This year's crown goes to Coronado Beach in San Diego, California, but that doesn't mean Florida still isn't the place to be for the finest stretches of sand. The Sunshine State...

With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor. San Diego's Coronado tops the list from "Dr. Beach,"...

If your idea of a perfect beach involves a waiter to fetch your drinks and the amenities of a high-rise hotel, then the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park may not be for you. Because all you can see from this 1 1/4-mile-long pristine beach at...

Broward Sheriff's Deputy Osvaldo Petitfrere at a May 14 press conference. Photo: Linda Trischitta During Monday's??press conference, when four Broward Sheriff's deputies were commended??for facing off against a gunman and coming to the aid of wounded...

How would you feel if your boss said about you: ???She represents what is good in this world. She is one of the finest human beings I???ve ever known and is an example to all of us about how we should live our lives.??? That's Key Biscayne Police Chief...

GIPSY KING FECHA: 20 de abril LUGAR: James L. Knight Center 400 SE 2nd. Ave., Miami. HORA: 8 p.m. BOLETOS: $62.10-$140.85 FECHA: 9 de mayo LUGAR: Kravis Center 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach HORA: 8 p.m. BOLETOS: $25+ YANNI FECHA: 20...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Ancient Spanish Monastery www.spanishmonastery.com 16711 W. Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach 305-945-1461   Art Deco Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach www.mdpl.org 305-672-2014   The Barnacle State Historic Site...

  While you all were wishing, praying and even fighting to get an iPad this Christmas, likely just for the apps or the "cool factor", men and women in the military needed one. A south Florida military family started a program to help soldiers still...

It was a day just like any other in our new mountain home, and I was following he same routine I follow every day. After eating breakfast, dressing, taking my heart meds, making the bed and cleaning the litter box, I go upstairs, sit down at my desk and...

ACTING/PERFORMING ARTS   ACTORS PLAYHOUSE AT THE MIRACLE THEATRE 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables www.actorsplayhouse.org     305-444-9233 DUNCAN THEATER 4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth www.duncantheatre.org    561-868-3309 LITTLE THEATRE SCHOOL 19066 N....

ISLAMORADA, Fla. — During a chase scene in "Fool's Gold," Kate Hudson asked Matthew McConaughey how he knew what to do to fly the getaway seaplane. McConaughey replied: "PlayStation." One of the bright yellow Cessna seaplanes used in that Hollywood...