Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University, including a new Wynwood campus, could reach South Dade if schools, colleges and employers build the pathways to it.
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Founded Sept. 26, 1914, the Woman’s Club of Homestead enters its 112th year, with a history that runs from Royal Palm State Park to the city’s first library.
A new executive order requires the VA and the Department of Defense to share records from a veteran’s first day of service, speeding access to benefits.
The Kiwanis Club of Homestead-South Dade will host a free Community Social with a board installation and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Portofino Coal Fired Pizza.
The U.S. and partner governments across the hemisphere have signed a memorandum forming the “Shield of the Americas” coalition to target 24 cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
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Homestead’s VFW Post 4127 and its Auxiliary held their 20th annual Freedom Walk on Sept. 12, with a memorial ceremony, remarks from state and local officials, and the posting of flags honoring local service members killed on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001. A Post official estimated nearly 750 people took part.
Homestead-Miami Speedway and the NASCAR Foundation ran a Give Back at the Track event on Sept. 12 for the Hispanic Police Officers Association, putting street-legal cars on the 1.5-mile oval for $50. HMS President Guillermo Santa Cruz on the HPOA partnership and the Speediatrics unit at Homestead Hospital.
With baseball nearing postseason, a look back at Homestead's turn as "The Baseball City" — English Park and the Tomato Growers' 37-3 season in 1921, the St. Louis Cardinals' farm clubs at Harris Field beginning in 1961, and the free-agent camp at the Homestead Sports Complex during the 1995 MLB strike. Drawn from Bob Jensen's 2012 article.
Over 215,000 veterans have been enrolled in VA healthcare just this year alone.
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On Aug. 18, Homestead-Miami Speedway announced that the three NASCAR National Series championships will return to the track in 2027.