Roth & Fletcher Take Council Seats

Make plans to enjoy movies, bowling and arcade games on a grand scale in Downtown Homestead.

Citizens gathered at the Ag Extension Center for an informative discussion by the Ag Practices Committee regarding sensitive issues that will have future bearing on the development of the South Dade area.

• The entire 18-Mile Stretch from Florida City to Mile Marker 106 in Key Largo will be closed from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Candidates are continuing to line up to run for open state House seats in Southeast Florida.

Florida Blue announced that Affordable Care Act customers will have access to Lyft rides as part of the benefits package in individual health-insurance policies, beginning Feb. 1. The goal is to ensure policyholders can access needed health-care services, such as doctor’s visits, or trips to…

Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew told members of a Senate panel Tuesday that her agency will release an “invitation to negotiate” in the coming weeks and that she hopes to have a contractor on board to help carry out the state’s new Canadian drug-importation progra…

Gov. Ron DeSantis has questioned a proposal to increase Florida’s minimum wage through the constitutional amendment process, warning about effects on the restaurant industry.

Satuday’s “Salute to Service” Volunteer Day & Plant Giveaway, a preserve revitalization project at Miami-Dade Parks’ Seminole Wayside Park, is being held as inaugural signature celebration for National Veterans & Military Families Month and to kick-off the November Veterans Day festi…

The crowd at, and production of, the May 2018 groundbreaking ceremony for the Homestead Transit Station with Showbiz Cinema Entertainment Center were impressive. The grand opening Saturday, October 26, 2019 was even more so.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its environmental impact statement (EIS) on Florida Power & Light’s application to run Turkey Point for an additional twenty years.

Patricia Robbins had a vision others agreed was important, but most could not imagine the sheer scope of future results. Having known financial hardship in her youth, she drew from her own personal professional success as she set about to establish Farm Share, an organization that has exceed…

Homestead City Council met on Wednesday October 23 to consider final plans for several building projects already in the works.

The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 29 passed legislation aimed at ending the rampant abuse of agricultural lands being turned into trucking depots.

Sierra Club Florida Chapter Director Frank Jackalone warned Friday that time is running short as the state faces the consequences of climate change.

Daylight savings has Americans turning the clock back one hour, this Sunday, Oct. 27th at 2 a.m. Most of us will have to again get used to driving to work or going to school in the dark, and having it be dark again before we sit down at the dinner table.

Early Voting

First Baptist Church of Key Largo is again sponsoring the 7th Annual Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. 

Everglades National Park just had a 40th anniversary on October 24. It’s one anniversary we’d rather not celebrate. That’s the day in 1979 when the first recorded python was caught in the park near Everglades Safari Park on Tamiami Trail.

Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell brought together many points of view to expedite the cause of water quality, quantity and management throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

Florida will pay $2.4 million to a sugar grower as part of an effort to clean and shift water south from Lake Okeechobee through the Everglades.

During Tuesday night’s Florida City Commission Meeting, the committee approved the first reading of a city ordinance to approve a small-scale land use amendment, from the commercial category to a medium-high density residential category. This zoning change would take place on a 6-acre proper…

Wednesday, on the one year anniversary of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir project being authorized by Congress, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL-18) urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address “significant and ongoing concerns” that the…

A 26-year-old Key Largo inmate trustee serving a 180 sentence in Monroe County jail in Marathon for a fraud conviction attempted to run away from his work detail at the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport Tuesday

Upper Keys traffic advisory for First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run on Nov. 9.  There are some changes this year to the annual First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk to be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 that will effect traffic.

Councilwoman Jennifer Bailey and the Southwest Advisory Committee (SWAC) created the motto, “SWAC’s Got Your Back”, last year and have helped bring yet another innovative program to empower Homestead’s youth.

The Miami-Dade Police Department detectives arrested 16-year old, Patrick Dean for the shooting of a security guard.

Homestead City Councilmember Elvis Maldonado formed a campaign committee on October 3 to seek the District 9 County Commission seat held by Dennis Moss since 1993.

Arnaldo Bomnin came to the US by himself from Cuba at the age of 25 in 1996. In just 25 years, he has fulfilled the American dream. Through ambition,

Movies, Bowling, and Transit Center Coming to Downtown Homestead

FEMA has approved $25,697,214 for the State of Florida to help numerous south Florida communities defray the costs of responding to and cleaning up from Hurricane Irma under FEMA's Public Assistance Program.

Homestead City Council considered a re-negotiated library agreement with Miami-Dade County at Council’s committee of the whole meeting Tuesday October 15.

When Brightseasons was founded in 2017 with their mission statement of: “To help those who are going through a tough season in any way we can in the hopes they will pay it forward one day”, they also adopted the motto, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Homestead Vice Mayor and Miami-Dade County League of Cities Past President Jon Burgess was named the latest recipient of the prestigious Zev Auerbach Community Service Award at the ninth annual MDCLC Best Practices Conference earlier this month. He received the honor in recognition of more t…

With two looming ballot proposals that would legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, state House leaders are going on offense on the issue.

It’s a sweltering mid-August morning, and the helicopter circles 50 feet over the sawgrass. As the aircraft turns towards the left, I see my first Everglades alligator nest.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Python Action Team has now removed 900 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida, including a large 18 foot, 4 inch long female python – the largest ever captured by the team.

The U.S. Congress recessed for two weeks for District work periods beginning September 30. Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D - 26th) shared time with the News Leader on a range of issues of local concern.

Homestead City Manager George Gretsas called City Council members individually to tell them of his resignation with the City effective January 3, 2020.

Discomfort with the idea of sex trafficking is understandable. Reluctance to address the topic is something those who profit from despicable modern-day slavery use to their advantage. The very real need to raise public awareness is the basis for the previous September 20, 2019 article and th…

The Board of County Commissioners has passed a suite of new policies aimed at tackling the mounting threats to our community’s clean water.

On Wednesday September 25 Homestead City Council unanimously approved the final 2019-2020 City budget. The operating millage rate and final debt millage were the same as presented September 10 at the first of two budget hearings.

In recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County encourages all women to receive regular screenings to promote early detection and treatment of breast cancer. Important advances have been made through increased awarene…

Winn-Dixie introduced a remodeled store to the Key Largo community on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Located at 105300 Overseas Highway in Key Largo, they will hold a community celebration on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Two boats burned at the Pelican Cay RV Park/Campground and Marina early Thursday morning.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R) urged Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to support the expedited completion of the Tamiami Trail Next Steps project. The letter asks for the Secretary’s assistance in ensuring that National Park Service design work related to the project is prioritized fo…