5Q interviews»
5Qs with Kemesa CEO Steve Bachenheimer (0)
We’re chatting today with Steve Bachenheimer, CEO of Kemesa, an Aventura-based technology company that has just launched a new product – Shop Shield – designed to combat identity theft on-line. Its patent-pending technology takes a fresh approach to protecting personal information necessary in any e-commerce transaction.
TOA: You have an impressive resume showing success with consumer [...]
Ask the expert»
ASK: Fad diets aren’t the right answer (0)
THE QUESTION: I see the Cookie Diet is coming to Aventura Mall. I’m one of the millions who would love to lose some weight if it’s not too hard. This one sounds great. I’ve tried some of these trendy diets over the years with mixed results. At least, they get you thinking about food choices, [...]
Aventura news»
Pritikin Center says goodbye to Aventura (0)
One of Aventura’s most famous residents is moving out.
The Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa is leaving its home at the Turnberry Yacht Club this week for new digs at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa.
During its decade in Aventura, the Pritikin Center has served more than 25,000 guests with its regimen of healthy eating, exercise [...]
Business»
Aventura bank closed by feds (0)
Another week, another Aventura bank changes names. But this one is different.
The federal office of the Controller of the Currency closed Republic Federal Bank on Friday and named the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as the receiver, setting off a string of events that ended up with First United Bank of Boca Raton taking over the [...]
Education»
Eastern Shores pupils headed to Ojus school (0)
The Miami-Dade School Board has dropped the other shoe in the debate over how to avoid overcrowding at Sunny Isles Beach Community School next year when the two-year-old school is scheduled to add eighth grade.
The district is proposing pupils from Eastern Shores, a small community between the Intracoastal Waterway and Maule Lake just west of [...]
Entertainment»
Gulfstream to open glitzy club, book major acts (0)
Park, Gulfstream Park.
In a bit of an entertainment time-warp, the area’s race track and casino is invoking the spirit of film spy James Bond with a glitzy new Brit-themed nightclub called MI-VI. Bond, Ian Fleming’s fashionable and glamorous super agent, was an employee of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service.
Gerry Kelly – the man who brought [...]
Environment»
SEC fingers SIB man in $30 mil ‘green’ investment fraud scheme (0)
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a Sunny Isles Beach man, charging he is one of the key players in a $30 million scheme to bilk people nearing retirement out of their savings.
According to a report by the Reuters news agency, Wayde McKelvy, 46, of Sunny Isles Beach and Donna McKelvy, 43, of [...]
Health»
Cancer research center coming to Aventura (0)
ChromoCure Inc., the Nevada-based provider of cutting edge cancer diagnostic equipment, says it plans to open its Southeast Research Center in Aventura sometime in the first quarter of 2010.
According to the announcement made Dec. 16, the center will have the ChromoCure CS200 Chromosomal Scanner and will offer equipment training, theoretical education, and lab support to [...]
History»
Bramson signs to write North Miami Beach history (0)
Prolific South Florida history writer Seth Bramson is at it again.
His Miami Beach history — ‘Sunshine, Stone Crabs and Cheesecake: The Story of Miami Beach’ — has gone to the printer. When it goes on sale sometime late this fall, history buffs will get a new slant on Miami Beach. Bramson assues that “95 percent [...]
Lifestyles»
Psst! Aventura agent selling space travel — really (0)
An Aventura travel advisor has won an honor that’s out of this world — quite literally.
On Dec. 7, Beverly Rother of Forest Travel Agency on 186th Street will be among a hand-picked audience in California’s Mojave Desert for the debut of SpaceShipTwo, the craft designed to carry commercial passengers into space. Virgin Founder and Chairman [...]
News»
We’re soggy but we’re #1 (0)
A stalled weather system dumped up to 3 inches of rain per hour on Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach throughout the evening Dec. 17.
By some estimates, total accumulation had reached a foot of water. Other sources put the rainfall at 9 inches by 11 p.m. Aventura Mall was reporting 7.5 inches at 10:30 p.m. In [...]
Opinion»
OPINION: Health care costs are billed in silly money (0)
By Norm Bell
Every few years, it seems, we as a nation come to a fork in the road where we need to make a society-altering choice.
Health care reform is such an issue. And no matter where you stand on the political philosophy, it’s clear that the debate could proceed in a more productive – and, [...]
Public safety»
Police shoot suspect in ‘road rage’ incident at mall (0)
A 23-year-old man is in a Hollywood hospital after police say he traded gunfire with police investigating what they are describing as a case of ‘road rage’ at Aventura Mall Dec. 26.
But CBS4 television news is quoting a witness who disputes the police version of events, saying the only shots he heard were fired by [...]
Real estate»
Second bulk sale for Artech Residences (0)
A second bulk sale of condominiums at the troubled Artech Residences in Aventura highlights the fire sale strategy that’s taking hold among developers. And a decision by mortgage-holders to block the rental of unsold units could be playing a major role in the trend.
The South Florida Business Journal is reporting Aventek LLC has paid $6.3 [...]
Sports»
Purses cut in half for Sunshine Millions program (0)
In a sign of the tough economic times, purses have been cut and two races eliminated from one of Gulfstream Park’s premier horse racing events — the Sunshine Millions.
The bicoastal Sunshine Millions program matches horses bred in Florida against horses bred in California in a series of races, half at Gulfstream Park and half at [...]
Sunny Isles Beach news»
Despite protests, SIB rezones park site (0)
A standing-room-only crowd of unhappy condo owners couldn’t dissuade the Sunny Isles Beach City Commission from pushing ahead Dec. 22 with its plan for developing Heritage Park.
Neither could the presence of a noted land use attorney, a court stenographer and the clear hint of potential legal challenges ahead.
So in a special meeting, the commission voted [...]
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