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Ultra Unknown? Officials Reassessing Concert After Problems
After three days of a chaotic mix of pounding music, traffic gridlock and transportation breakdowns, battle lines are being drawn about...
KB Police: Fake Calls Aren’t From Us
There’s only been one reported case so far, but Key Biscayne Police are warning residents about a new kind of telephone scam where an...
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Op-Ed: A Condo Owner’s View of ‘One Island’
By MATT BRAMSON Contributor My family has lived in Key Biscayne for 11 years: five years living in rented homes and six living in a...
Op-Ed: Beneath Undergrounding: The Social Compact and Financing Equity
Deliberations about burying utility lines as a preferred alternative to Florida Power and Light’s above-ground “hardening” project...
Homeless Man Arrested in Alleged KB Crime Spree
Police arrested a 49-year-old homeless man March 13 and charged him in several thefts that occurred early in the month, including thousands...
Chief: Expect Gridlock to Continue
Key Biscayne Police Chief Charles Press says residents should expect the finale of the Ultra Music Festival to produce the same gridlocked...
Ultra Gridlock in Wee Hours
Ultra Music Festival officials say they’re changing the traffic plan for tonight’s concert as a result of large unexpected pedestrian...
Miami Mayor: Ultra Is Here To Stay On Virginia Key
Mayor’s comments start at 06:34 into video City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tells reporters that he hopes the Ultra Music Festival...
Hurricane Ultra: Key Biscayne Braces For Concert
It may not be a hurricane exactly, but an “evacuation” is underway on Key Biscayne as the island of 14,000 residents braces for what...
$600,000 Spent On Undergrounding Consultants
As Key Biscayne leaders consider a plan to bury the village’s power and telephone lines, they learned Tuesday what they’ve spent so...
Ultra Wins In Court (Again)
A challenge to the Ultra Music Festival was turned aside by a Miami-Dade County judge Friday after he found no merit in any of the claims...
Police: $60K Equipment Request for “Active Killer Scenarios”
Saying threats are changing, Village officials are seeking approval to purchase 36 bulletproof vests and other protective equipment for the...
Manager Seeks $60K No-Bid Public Relations Contract
The Village of Key Biscayne wants to hire a temporary communications director under a contract for up to 150 days that would pay an outside...
Op-Ed: Who are the “We” and Who are the “They” in Our “One” Community?
By DONALD ELISBURG Contributor I am writing this Op-Ed as a commentary on the recent barrage of comments coming from the Underground...
On Fairness
By RAFAEL MOMEÑE ERHARDT Contributor All this brouhaha about undergrounding the power lines and how to pay for it got me thinking about...
Ultra Asks to Intervene in Legal Battle Over Concert Contract
Lawyers for the Ultra Music Festival demanded on Wednesday to be heard in a challenge to the City of Miami’s $2 million deal approving...
Ultra: New Wildlife Worries, Lawsuit, as Traffic Plan Rejected
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Mar. 12 – A Miami judge set a Friday hearing on an injunction request by The Brickell Homeowners Association...
Op-Ed: Government by Referendum Does Not Work
By JENNIFER BUTTRICK Contributor When voters are unhappy with decisions made by their elected officials or when elected officials are...
Op-Ed: Soul Food for the Sister Cities
By Don & Nancy Elisburg Contributor “I want people to see cops as their friend,” says Key Biscayne Police Chief Charles Press, who...
Ultra Still Has No Traffic Plan
Village Police Chief Charles Press’ expression and tone of voice were grim: he had to report to elected leaders that with the Ultra Music...
Home-Grown News For Key Biscayne
Homegrown news: the tensile strength of democracy. It can be disorienting to confront the diminished relevance of and even skepticism...
Why Fret About Fats?
Why fret about fat in our diets? Fat is not a bad word for Dr. Karen Koffler, who heads up the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the...
Op-Ed: Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
Something is changing in our community. Our concept of citizenship is being altered by technological and social forces. The degree to...
Churches Fear Special Assessment Could Put them “Out of Business”
Key Biscayne’s religious leaders say one feature of a proposed utility undergrounding plan could cause such a financial strain on their...
March 14: Do Kids Spend Too Much Time On Screens?
Educators concerned that a whole generation of children are being harmed by overexposure to electronic devices are inviting Key Biscayne...
Key Biscayne’s Alan Fein Honored by Miami-Dade Public Schools
Former Village Councilmember Alan Fein was honored by the Foundation for New Education Initiatives with his induction into the Miami-Dade...
Undergrounding: $46 Million, $110 Million, or… $0 ?
A village committee is getting closer to putting its stamp of approval on what would be Key Biscayne’s biggest-ever public works project:...
Liberty City and Key Biscayne Join Forces to Send Young Men to the Obama Foundation’s MBK Rising! National Gathering
Through a longtime partnership, the Liberty City and Key Biscayne communities joined forces to help a delegation of young men attend the...
