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  • Service held for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated to the restoration of The Mariah Brown House in the Grove

    Service held for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated to the restoration of The Mariah Brown House in the Grove

    Members of the Coconut Grove community gathered at Greater St. Paul AME Church Sunday, Jan. 16, to celebrate the 18th annual celebration in memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The service was dedicated to the restoration of The Mariah Brown House in the Grove. Overall, the community was able to raise during the…

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  • Coconut Grove plans MLK event to raise money for Mariah Brown House

    Coconut Grove’s 18th annual Martin Luther King Celebration will kick off 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, with proceeds to benefit the Mariah Brown House. The Coconut Grove Ecumenical Network and the Coconut Grove Ministerial Alliance will sponsor the celebration at the Greater St. Paul AME Church, 3680 Thomas Ave. The planning committee consists of representatives…

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  • Santa goes green with gift-giving ideas

    Here is a bit of holiday cheer: Gifts could actually save you money this season.  In virtually every holiday tradition, experts are offering thrifty, eco-friendly tips to help you consume less, conserve more and give Planet Earth a cleaner future. One of the coolest new technologies for the holidays can be purchased for less than…

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  • The community gathered to watch children perform at Miami City Hall Friday, Dec. 10, to celebrate during the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday evening, Dec. 10, in Coconut Grove. Photo by Brittney Bomnin

    Students at the Barnyard Community Center participate in the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Miami City Hall

  • Young Groveites Reading List: December Highlights

    Young Groveites Reading List: December Highlights

    My Penguin Osbert By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, illustrated by H.B. Lewis Sometimes Santa takes your Christmas wishes very seriously. So it is important to be careful what you wish for this Christmas, because it just might come true! This is a lesson Joe learns as he writes a personal letter to Santa asking for a…

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  • Grove PeeWee team to compete for national win on Friday

    Grove PeeWee team to compete for national win on Friday

    Practice, endurance, and determination have defined the Coconut Grove Knight Riders 120-Pound Football Team: That grit has helped them win — all the way to the nation’s top competition for 10 and 11-year-olds. Now the elementary school students may become national Pee Wee champions.

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  • The dueling pianos at Cocowalk have gone silent.

    Crazy Pianos, the popular bar and restaurant, sent out a notice to the public on Monday thanking the clientele for their support and inviting them to its farewell celebration that evening. Cocowalk’s marketing manager Naomi Evans said the closure was not Crazy Piano’s decision. “The landlord wanted to upgrade to a more upscale entertainment tenant,”…

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  • Teammates adjust their sails of their boat at the Calle Ocho Regatta series, a One Design race hosted by Shake a Leg Miami and Team Paradise Saturday at Bisycane Bay. The event accomodates disabled participants, empowering them to compete with the aid of world-class sailors. Photo by Chelsea Matiash

    Sailing for a cause on Biscayne Bay

    Team Paradise Sailing Academy joined forces with Shake-A-Leg Miami to host Saturday the Calle Ocho Regatta Series on Biscayne Bay. Five boats, with teams comprised of world-class sailors and physically disabled sailors, raced Sonars in a One Design race. U.S. Olympic Gold medalist Magnus Liljedahl, organized the regatta, with help from volunteers.  Liljedahl decided to start…

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  • Video of Grove Halloween incident prompts internal police probe

    Video of Grove Halloween incident prompts internal police probe

    Miami Police are investigating and have reassigned two officers after a YouTube video showed an officer repeatedly hitting a man on the ground during Halloween festivities in Coconut Grove. A department spokesman refused to give the reassigned officers’ names or to comment further on the incident that was sparked by the three-minute clip that showed…

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  • Young Groveites Reading List: Highlights for November

    Young Groveites Reading List: Highlights for November

    In November by Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Jill Kastner (Pre School-Grade 2) is a poetic description of November, the month when “the earth is growing quiet.” In November, the air turns crisp and cold and the earth and its entire creatures prepare for winter. Animals search for food and huddle together for warmth. And people…

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