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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 [...]
Crist scores political trifecta in Aventura stops
Gov. Charlie Crist got into the spirit of Aventura Nov. 25 by touching all the stereotyped buttons in the City of Excellence.
He brought some pre-Thanksgiving greetings and played piano for elderly residents of the The Sterling, an assisted living center on 183rd Street. For video, go to: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/11/crist_visits_with_seniors_on_t_1.html
Crist and his wife, Carole Rome, went shopping [...]
Aventura firm sues Rothstein over fund losses
An Aventura-based investment company may not be the largest victim in the meltdown of Scott Rothstein’s hedge fund, but it is the first to file suit against the Fort Lauderdale attorney.
The Sun-Sentinel quotes Alexandra Sanchez, attorney representing FDS Investments USA LLC, as saying: “We have very little sense (of what’s happening) other than clearly something [...]
Court case could halt red-light camera bonanza
In a comfortable fifth-floor conference room of Aventura’s Government Center, the City of Excellence is printing money.
It happens almost every Friday morning when a hearing master works through the formalities of adjudicating appeals from motorists caught in the city’s web of red-light cameras. It’s a well orchestrated dance — read the docket number, play the [...]