EL PORTAL A tough budget year means belt-tightening for El Portal, but homeowner’s tax rates will stay the same.BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldEl Portal village council will be tightening its belt for the upcoming fiscal year, with code enforcement and lobbying efforts facing cuts.The village council unanimously approved a proposed tax rate of…
Bal Harbour is proposing to increase its tax rate to help offset declining property values. BY RODOLFO ROMANSPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALDThe Bal Harbour Council unanimously voted at its first budget hearing to increase the village’s property tax rate by 8.6 percent for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.The village proposes to raise the…
A FIVE-MONTH JOURNEY TO PROMOTE PEACE — AND THE BEACH’S SISTER CITY OF COZUMEL — INCLUDES A YOUNG MEXICAN BOY ALONG FOR THE RIDE BY RODOLFO R. ROMANSpecial to the Herald Carlos Antonio Angulo Carrillo, 12, is embarking on a journey most children read about in fairy tales. For five months, the Mexican child will…
A councilwoman teams up with residents and a Jamaican nonprofit to help children in a storm-ravaged section of the island country. BY RODOLFO R. ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldEl Portal is coming to the aid of hurricane victims in Jamaica. Councilwoman Daisy Black — along with some concerned village neighbors — have partnered with a…
Although Miami Beach was as hot as an oven, it didn’t stop dozens of people from welcoming a young Mayan boy from Mexico, who is on board a wooded ship and will navigate the ocean’s water for about five months. The kid, who is joined by his father, 12 crew men and a dog will…