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It’s a pet adoption marathon of love at the 24-hour Mega Match-a-Thon starting Friday, Oct. 19 at 11:59 PM and continuing all day Saturday, Oct. 20 until 11:59 p.m. at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St., Miami, Florida.

Voting in the Nov. 6 general election has already surpassed the half-million mark. Numbers posted Wednesday morning by the Florida Division of Elections show 554,350 people had cast vote-by-mail ballots. Also, the

Bloom concentrations of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persist in Southwest, Northwest, and Southeast Florida, with patchiness observed in each region.

Under Florida law, 1.4 million Floridians are excluded from voting because of a past felony conviction, even after they have paid their debt to society.

I recently sat down for lunch at the Capri Restaurant with several local experts who keep their thumbs on the pulse of happenings in South Dade. I was following a disturbing lead for information on a 30-acre parcel

It would not be Autumn without apples. A favorite fruit of the Season apples always seem to let us enjoy their delicious taste in a variety of special holiday recipes. Red, yellow, green, tart, sweet, and sometimes even sour, are all of the taste we remember when we think of apples. Walking thru an apple orchard and enjoying the scent of the fruit hanging on the trees is a favorite Fall memory of mine. Harvest time for cooler climates for apples is September and October. Apples can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 months and still be good for your best recipe of the season. Make your cozy and comforting apple recipe today!

The issue of Homestead’s Planning and Zoning Board not being able to hold a meeting in over five months due to a lack of quorums was a focus of the Committee of the Whole (COW) Tuesday October 9, 2018. The issue was raised in the August 22d City Council meeting to significant discussion and closed with Councilman Shelley, who was presiding over the meeting saying, “I’d like to see this on the next COW agenda and have a full discussion of the larger issues and base our decisions on that.”

One of Homestead’s favorite breakfast and lunch diners is open.

A 33-year-old Tavernier store clerk was arrested Tuesday night following an investigation after a teenager found a cell phone in a gas station restroom.