The Melo Group scored a $247.5 million refinancing for its Downtown 5th apartment towers, the developer’s first multifamily project in Miami’s Central Business District. Melo, owned and led by Jose Luis Ferreira de Melo and his sons, Carlos and Martin Melo, completed the pair of 52-story towers with 1,042 units in August. The buildings are on […]
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Thirteen people were taken into police custody after a massive fight at Miami Central High School Tuesday. The incident happened at the school at 1781 Northwest 95th Street, where a large number of officers were on the campus. Cell phone video recorded by a student showed several teens involved in the chaos as school security
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Miami-Dade County could very well be adding a third area code. According to Miami Today, the Florida Public Service Commission is planning a workshop next week that may lead to the birth of a new unrevealed area code. Currently, the county uses both the 305 and 786 codes. In 1998, 305 area codes were exhausted which
MIAMI – The Miami Police Department held the Shop With a Cop annual event on Tuesday. Officers and children shopped together at the Walmart Supercenter, at 3200 NW 79th St. Each of the children, who were chosen by their public schools, received $100 gift cards. Walmart, Braman Miami, United First Responders Musicfest, and The Miami Police
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Zoo Miami’s flock of 40 Caribbean flamingos (18 males and 22 females) were rounded up recently on their habitat so that they could each receive their annual wellness exams. The zoo’s Animal Health Team set up a mobile clinic alongside a specially constructed corral area adjacent to the habitat and one by one, each flamingo
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NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A 22-year-old man used a gun to fire seven shots at an Aldi supermarket’s parking lot on Friday night in North Miami Beach, police said. No one was injured. Witnesses told police officers there was a fight in the supermarket’s checkout area before the shooting. Officers arrested Jermaine Bruce on Saturday
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MIAMI – Miami Central High School has been put on lockdown after police responded to a disturbance on campus. Police responded to the school, located at 1781 NW 95th St., Tuesday afternoon. 7SkyForce hovered over the campus where multiple Miami-Dade Schools Police cruisers could be seen parked outside the school. Two people were handcuffed and
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A former supervisor for the Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts was arrested after authorities said he stole more than $100,000 in filing fees and deposit funds over a two-year period. Tyrone Derise Smith, Jr., 35, was charged with grand theft over $100,000 and organized scheme to defraud over $50,000, both first-degree felonies, according to the Miami-Dade
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Miami International Airport said Monday that in November, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, the airport recorded more passengers in a month than the same period in 2019 before the public health crisis. The airport had 3.9 million ticketed passengers pass through security last month, compared to 3.7 million
As cryptocurrencies enter the mainstream, they are attracting money, investors and entrepreneurs. As a result, many U.S. cities are vying for the title of crypto capital. And as NPR’s David Gura reports, one of the biggest rivals for that title is between the cities of Miami and New York. DAVID GURA, BYLINE: When Eric Adams
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