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Great Miami 10K closes Coconut Grove roads Oct. 4
Road closures on Douglas Road and Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove will block traffic from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, as about 2,000 runners compete in the Great Miami 10K.
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King tides push Virginia Key water 2 feet above normal
King tides and weeks of rain drove the Virginia Key tide gauge to its fourth-highest reading on record Sunday, flooding South Florida streets with about 2 feet of water above normal, and more high tides are expected Monday morning and evening before conditions ease later in the week.
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Cape Florida bash unveils Bill Baggs journalism award Sept. 30
A birthday celebration for journalist Bill Baggs at Cape Florida State Park on Sept. 30 features lighthouse tours and the unveiling of a new fearless journalism award, while Commissioner Pardo hosts a zoning and flooding meeting the same evening and the Coconut Grove Sailing Club's fall regattas hit Biscayne Bay Oct. 17–18.
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Key Biscayne teachers get free SeaWorld admission through 2027
Florida-certified K-12 teachers at Key Biscayne K-8 Center, MAST Academy and other local schools can claim free unlimited SeaWorld Orlando admission through Sept. 2, 2027, by registering online, with a deadline for discounted guest tickets on Oct. 2.
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Key Biscayne residents can plant coral with UM scientists
The Key Biscayne Community Foundation is promoting Rescue a Reef, a University of Miami program that lets residents join scientists to plant staghorn coral on local reefs, launching from Crandon Marina.
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Museum of Miami proposes civic commons at Dinner Key
The Museum of Miami sent the city a letter of intent proposing a public-private partnership to transform the Pan Am terminal at Dinner Key into a civic commons with a museum, archive and continuous baywalk, one day after the commission voted to keep City Hall there.
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Key Biscayne adopts $119M budget amid K-8 school debate
Key Biscayne's Village Council adopted a $119 million FY2027 budget that includes $29 million for utility undergrounding and a 4.6% average tax increase, but a surprise off-agenda proposal to fund the island's K-8 school dominated the hearing and exposed a rift between two council members running for re-election.
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Key Biscayne approves $1M reef study to fight shoreline erosion
Key Biscayne's Village Council unanimously approved a $1.075 million, two-year study to determine whether an offshore artificial reef can slow the island's chronic shoreline erosion, hiring Moffatt & Nichol in partnership with the University of Miami Rosenstiel School.
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Fed rate hike pushes mortgage rates to 7% for Key Biscayne buyers
The Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 lifted borrowing costs on Sept. 16, pushing 30-year fixed mortgage rates to 7% and adding pressure to Key Biscayne's luxury housing market, where median sale prices already top $2.5 million and boat loan rates average 8.34%.
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Glass artist Michael Hayes wins Coconut Grove festival Gold
Blown-glass artist Michael Hayes earned a Gold award at the 62nd Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, with organizers spotlighting his obsidian-toned vessels seven months after the February event drew 285 juried artists to the bayfront.
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Creating Connections hosts parenting talk in Key Biscayne Sept. 24
Creating Connections brings Present Parenting co-creators Anne Louise Carricarte and Sophia Kardonski to the Key Biscayne Community Center on Thursday, Sept. 24, with scholarships available through The Megan Way Foundation.
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New Key Biscayne library rises where bookmobile once parked
Key Biscayne's original branch library has been demolished to make way for a new 20,000-square-foot facility, and a temporary library at 200 Crandon Blvd. in Key Colony Plaza is serving residents in the meantime. A new Islander News column traces the island's library history from a 1960s bookmobile to the branch that opened in 1985.
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