Student wins good eating contest
MIAMI — Keyona Jackson was recently announced as the winner of Winn-Dixie’s Legacy of Good Eating contest, which offered fifth-grade students of Orchard Villa Elementary …
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Racism evident in plans for Urban Beach Week
There can be little doubt that racism is the driving factor behind the attitude of Miami Beach officials towards the thousands of young African Americans …
Haiti’s primo dance troupe: Ayikodans back with world premiere
MIAMI — Ayikodans, Haiti’s leading dance troupe, along with its founder and artistic director, Jeanguy Saintus, returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center on May 25 …
Renowned author shares on reading
RIVIERA BEACH — Renowned author and Palm Beach resident James Patterson, whose books have sold more than 230 million copies worldwide, making him one of …
Witnesses dispute hog-tying report
By ELGIN JONES EJones@SFLTimes.com FORT LAUDERDALE — More contradictory evidence is emerging in the case of a Broward man whose family filed a lawsuit over …
NAACP Backs Gay Marriage
MIAMI (AP) — The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts “to codify discrimination or hatred …
Tough rules will greet this year’s Urban Beachers
Special to South Florida Times MIAMI BEACH — Officials have drawn up Miami Beach’s toughest security enforcement plan for Urban Beach Week, the 11-year-old annual …
Police candidate drops out, leaves just one finalist
Special to South Florida Times WEST PALM BEACH — The city moved a step closer to selecting a new leader for its police department after …
Hawks delay Olinda Park cleanup, frustrate residents
(Florida International University) -MIAMI — A pair of baby Cooper’s Hawks has postponed the cleanup of Olinda Park, one day after work was to begin …
Excellence award goes to Northwest
FORT LAUDERDALE — Fort Lauderdale’s Northwest Gardens affordable housing community has been named the winner of this year’s Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award …