Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Key Biscayne's Village Council will vote Tuesday on selecting Moffatt & Nichol for an offshore feasibility and shoreline design study, amend the village's paddleboard-sharing agreement, and set 2027–2028 legislative priorities at its Sept. 8 meeting.
Local Government
The Key Biscayne Village Council approved more than $520,000 in stormwater and coastal resilience contracts at its Aug. 25 meeting, including beach renourishment design work, stormwater camera inspections, an FIU groundwater monitoring program, and a Beach Park pump station site plan.
Local Government
Key Biscayne K-8, MAST Academy and Carver Middle are not among 27 Miami-Dade schools newly flagged for closure or restructuring, but the district's accelerating consolidation push means local families should stay alert.
Local Government
Mayor-elect Brett Moss outlined his governing priorities at a Rotary Club breakfast on Aug. 22, naming Bear Cut Bridge strengthening as Key Biscayne's top external priority and proposing that MAST Academy's entry point shift from 6th to 9th grade to stem middle school enrollment loss.
Local Government
The Key Biscayne Village Council returns Tuesday, Aug. 25, after a two-month break with a packed agenda including a development proposal at 303 Galen Drive, more than $520,000 in stormwater and beach resilience contracts, and a $2.4 million Harbor Drive road rebuild.
Local Government
Key Biscayne's new 20,000-square-foot library at 299 Crandon Blvd. is on track for a 2028 completion, but Amendment 3 on the November ballot could cut $20 million from the Miami-Dade library system's budget starting in 2027.
Local Government
Former TV anchors Eliott Rodriguez and María Elvira Salazar, both Key Biscayne residents, won their Aug. 18 primaries and will face each other Nov. 3 for Florida's 27th Congressional District seat.
Local Government
Four candidates are vying for three open Key Biscayne Village Council seats ahead of Thursday's filing deadline, with the scrapped Big Dig stormwater project dominating the race and a charter referendum giving voters direct say over future projects exceeding $50 million.
Local Government
The condo association at the Ritz-Carlton Tower Residences in Coconut Grove filed a lawsuit against Gencom Group and Hersha Hospitality Trust over $30–$40 million in deferred structural repairs and to block a proposed third tower on the property.
Local Government
The U.S. Coast Guard and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pulled two people from a sinking personal watercraft near Government Cut on Tuesday afternoon and towed the vessel to Crandon Park Marina on Key Biscayne; no injuries were reported.
Local Government
A Coral Springs startup called Boatwork has launched a free digital directory of more than 10,000 vetted marine contractors serving the tri-county area, giving boat owners at Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Dinner Key Marina and across Miami-Dade a new way to find mechanics, detailers and other marine professionals.
Local Government
City of Miami voters will decide whether to move municipal elections to even-numbered years and whether to authorize a 40-year, $10 million management agreement for the Historic Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key when polls close Tuesday, Aug. 18.
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