Tropical Update
Tropical Storm Erika weakened to a weak depression quickly, but leftover moisture is providing some heavy rain to parts of Florida and the SE U.S . . Some Florida rainfall totals: 8.00" Sweetwater,...
View ArticleRetail/office building proposed in west Miami-Dade
A developer filed plans for a retail and office project west of Sweetwater in Miami-Dade County.
View ArticleDetails emerge in slaying of 17-year-old Sweetwater girl
Armando Botell sat in a Hialeah police interview room. He confessed to gunning down his girlfriend as she cooked steaks in their kitchen, believing she had cheated on him.
View ArticleReaders' Poll: The Best American Rock Band Ever - Tom Petty...
When Labor Day came and went earlier this month, it reminded us of the American labor movement and the contributions American workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of the good...
View ArticleAsk The Locals: Rick Martinez
As a third generation Tampanian, Sweetwater Organic Community Farm founder Rick Martinez is a water guy. He grew up along the river, and he's always had a fondness for the region's waterfront, from...
View ArticleLocal farm to reopen Sunday Farmers Market
With the start of Central Florida's harvest season, Sweetwater Organic Community Farm announces the grand opening of “Sweetwater Sundays” on Sunday. Now in its 10th year, this...
View ArticleVolusia County Sheriff Upset He Has To Return His Tank: People Will Die
President Obama made good on his decision to overhaul the DOD's 1033 program that miltarizes our local police departments which means localities in South Florida and five central Florida counties need...
View ArticleFlorida Students Displaced by Apartment Fire
Dec. 02--A grease fire in the kitchen of a 10th-floor apartment forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, most of them students at Florida International University, early Tuesday. One person was...
View ArticleMCSS Self Storage Breaks Ground on 3 New Facilities in South Florida
MCSS Self Storage LLC, a South Florida-based joint venture, broke ground this month on three development projects in Brickell, Coconut Grove and Sweetwater, Fla. The facilities will comprise a combined...
View ArticleSeminole residents push for new cell phone tower
In most neighborhoods, residents will complain loudly about plans to build a cell phone tower near their homes. Not in Sweetwater Oaks, a tony subdivision of million dollar homes in southwest Seminole...
View ArticleGainesville Aims To Become Most "Citizen-Centered City" In The World
Gainesville city officials said Wednesday that its workers did a good job in 2015 in providing services to citizens, and that they planned to improve on those efforts, as well as on others, to make the...
View ArticleHistorical artifacts found in Sweetwater home
A family in Sweetwater couldn't believe what they found in their attic after living in their home for 5 years. Rick Miles and his wife live right next door to the Tennessee Military Institute.
View ArticlePaul Liberatorea s Lib at Large: Jerry Garcia tribute band makes Marin ...
On their first visit to the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, Mik Bondy and Kat Walkerson, mainstays of the East Coast tribute band the Garcia Project, had what Deadheads might call a...
View ArticleDashcam video shows view from truck falling off overpass
SWEETWATER, FL - The Florida Highway Patrol has released footage of the moment a garbage truck fell from Interstate 95. It was Presidents Day. Kaseem Smith drove a City of Miami garbage truck on I-95.
View ArticleAmazing Art Near FIU Enlivens Sweetwater
Mother and daughter Marilyn Bisignano and Sandra Orza are self-taught artists. They have turned their Sweetwater home on SW 109th Avenue into a space for uninhibited artistic expression.
View ArticleSweetwater, and Now Saxon, Continue to Fuel South Florida's Craft Cocktail...
If you want to get technical, it all started in 2010. That's when Sweetwater co-founders Clint Reed and Sean Iglehart took a cross-country trip - traveling to more than 30 bars in three days from...
View ArticleMana s body found floating in a Sweetwater park; police have not identified him
A man's body was found drowned and floating near the shoreline of a lake at The Women's Park in Sweetwater near 104th Avenue and West Flagler Street at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday August 16, 2016, as Miami...
View Articlethe Hater's Travel Guide: Florida International
Editor's Note: I spent three years in South Florida, the last year about 10 - 90 minutes from Florida International's campus depending on the traffic. I have plenty of good things to say about the...
View ArticleNew details released on FIU's UniversityCity Prosperity Project
FIU's UniversityCity Prosperity Project has released new details on its $15 million project that may provide a new hangout spot for students, while strengthening the connection between FIU and the City...
View ArticleFlorida-based Correct Craft acquires Bryant Boats
Following Correct Craft's acquisition of Sweetwater-based Bryant Boats earlier this year, the Florida marine company announced Monday it has no plans to change the location of Bryant Boats. While the...
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