Bellator Crowns Alvarez, Lombard Options: Email Article | Printer Friendly Saturday, June 20, 2009by Rodolfo Roman (roman@sherdog.com) (Photos by Dave Mandel) Source…Sherdog.HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Two champions — lightweight Eddie Alvarez and middleweight Hector Lombard — were crowned on Friday in the final event of Bellator Fighting Championships’ first season at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel…
BY RODOLFO R. ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldUnder the South Florida sun, Miami Beach resident Lorianne Kerserman walked on South Beach’s sand with a cat litter scoop attached to a mop handle with a goal: collecting as many cigarette butts as possible. ”I was appalled,” said Kerserman, who is a smoker. “When we were walking…
BY RODOLFO R. ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldBeachgoers in Bal Harbour and other areas are getting a first-hand look at efforts to beef up shorelines. On Monday, one of many Caterpillar trucks tasked with hauling sand from Orlando to Miami-Dade dumped it’s cargo on Bal Harbour’s beach. On hand to watch the unloading: Miami-Dade County…
EL PORTALEl Portal Cares celebrates five-year anniversaryEl Portal Cares, a nonprofit organization, celebrated its fifth-year anniversary with students, parents and staff at Village Hall. Photo BY RODOLFO R. ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldWhen 9-year-old Elijah Jennings brought home his report card last school year, his mother was alarmed he had earned a D in math.…
The Senate is expected to approve a bill that will give a lot of power to regulators to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year. Supporters of the bill say the measure would not only stop deaths, but reduce the $100 billion in annual healthcare costs linked to cigarettes.…