Home-based business owners may have to register — and pay a fee — under a proposed Bal Harbour rule. BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldBal Harbour soon could require home-based businesses to pay a fee and register with the village. The village council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposed ordinance requiring a…
Six local dads will be honored at Saks Fifth Avenue at the Bal Harbour Shops as the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of Father’s Day BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldBefore heading off to his office at an aviation firm, Jon Batchelor makes an important pit stop every weekday — dropping his kids off…
A FORMER PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER TURNED COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER SHOWS KIDS THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING FIT AT ANY AGE BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldWearing a traditional Indian headdress and flexing his biceps, professional wrestler and bodybuilder Cristobal Gutierrez preached the importance of practicing a healthy lifestyle at Everglades K-8 Center Career Day. But Gutierrez is…
BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldEl Portal officials will soon be painting the village green. About 100 native trees will be planted thanks to a state grant. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services awarded the village $10,000 to plant native trees such as mahogany, live oak, wild tamarind, gumbo limbo and green…
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, THE `PYTHAGORAS’ OF SWEETWATER HAS BEEN TUTORING KIDS ON THE FINER POINTS OF MATHEMATICS BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldPalmetto Middle School student Gabriel Paez wanted to finish the school year with a high grade in his math class. So, like many students over the past two decades, Gabriel…