MIAMI SHORES Haiti’s heartache resonates throughout Barry University’s community of students and faculty who remembered those lost with a candlelight vigil and pledged to continue relief efforts BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldBarry University graduate Bacheler Jean Pierre was on his way home from visiting family in Haiti when the earth shook. He was…
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA TOOK TIME TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AS PART OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY HOLIDAY BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldDrawing on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life as inspiration, hundreds of South Floridians gathered in some of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods Saturday for a day of volunteer…
REDLAND BY RODOLFO ROMANSPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALDCoral Gables resident Robert Burr, 57, remembers hanging out at his family’s farm in Redland and watching pilots land their airplanes to meet the Strawberry King — his Uncle Charley Burr. “While we were standing there having a milkshake, people landed their airplane to buy some strawberries and…
Thousands braved the rare frigid weather to celebrate the 40-year-old tradition of the Three Kings Day parade on Calle Ocho. BY RODOLFO ROMANSpecial to The Miami HeraldBundled in four layers of clothing, Amarilys Sanchez stood on a Calle Ocho sidewalk with her two young children braving an unusual South Florida cold afternoon for the Three…
Bal Harbour has canceled its seventh annual snow festival scheduled for Saturday “due to highly anticipated inclement weather,” according to a village news release. Weekend weather forecasts predict even chillier temperatures and the likelihood of rain on Saturday. The free event has been re-scheduled for Jan. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The annual…
