Hillary R. Clinton Visit

MONDAY, MAY 21: Hillary Rodham Clinton – Fundraising Luncheon Randazzo’s Little Italy Restaurant 150 Giralda Avenue Coral Gables This is not an endorsement by any means. I’m simply spreading the word on Coral Gables happenings. For professional advise on all aspects of buying or selling real estate, please contact me at-786-287-9272 -email:Richard@RichardRecuset.com The Recuset Group. [...]

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David Dworkin

As I browsed through my incoming feeds today, I spotted the name David L. Dworkin. I read more into it and noticed words written in the past tense. By now I’m beginning to feel bummed out. And yes, my worst thoughts became reality. He passed.  I never met the man in person, but I wish I had. We only communicated by either phone [...]

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IF I hear one more story about N. Carolina……

In the past couple of months I must of heard about 20 different stories of people moving to N. Carilona. Just recenlty, a friend of mine returned from the mountains of N. Carolina while vacationing with the family and had nothing but great things to say, and added “I felt like I never left Miami from all the [...]

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Cracks showing in C.G. City Hall

What’s going on? Building and zoning has issues  and now it appears that the mayor and commissioners have something to do with an illegal transfer of property and Mayor Slesnick as a major share holder for Great Florida Bank is slapped with a cease-and-desist order for violating U.S. inti-money laundering laws. These are all serious issues [...]

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Lew Price

Lew Price, 85: Promoter helped spark tourism boom BY ELINOR J. BRECHER ebrecher@MiamiHerald.com Lew Price, chief tourism promoter for both the city of Miami and Dade County from the late 1950s through the early 1980s, when the industry’s fortunes soared and sank, died Dec. 21 of a heart attack at his home in Coral Gables. [...]

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Coral Gables Can Sleep Well for The Holiday’s

The mattress trend setters.  Two UM business students making there parents, U of M, and Coral Gables proud. (Not your average 20, 21 year old run of the mill kids sitting around waiting for things to happen; they’re making things happen). Meet Matt Byrd and Chris Nelson (founders of www.selectfoam.com) they are the talk of [...]

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Lasting Lessons

Happy centenial celebration for Lamar Louise Curry, a longtime Miami High history teacher whose pupils included Bob Graham, former Florida guv and U.S. senator. Curry, a resident of Gables Estates in Coral Gables, turns 100 on Monday. Robert Traurig, a Greenberg Traurig lawyer, attorney Don Slesnick, Coral Gables mayor, and Howard Kleinberg, former Miami News editor, all Curry’s [...]

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The People’s former mayor, honored

Former Mayor Robert Bennett Knight, who died Tuesday from complications of lung cancer in his home on Alhambra Circle. He was 88. Served as mayor from 1973 to 1977, instituted an open-door policy for residents who wanted to talk to him: He had his office door removed. Styled himself as the people’s mayor, peolple said [...]

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Bush For Neighbor

Renting 9th Floor Condo In Segovia Tower Plan To Move In Friday Rent is $5,500 per month CORAL GABLES Governor Jeb Bush is planning a big move, out of the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee, and into South Florida. According to The Miami Herald, Jeb Bush and his wife Columba plan to move to Coral Gables. They’re [...]

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Frugal investor leaves $35.6 million to charity

Eugenia Dodson, a Minnesota tranplant at age 20 in 1924 worked at the Flagler St. Burdines as a beautician, married well, invested wisely after her husbands death and lived frugally to almost 101 and now donated $ 35.6 million to U.M.’s diabetes and cancer research. She built up her fortune in honor of her two [...]

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