Enrique Flor
The Miami Herald
Miami, FL, United States
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Those on autism spectrum can build concentration skills at karate academy
A Venezuelan martial arts instructor starts a karate program for autistic young people Doral at the Legacy Park coliseum in Doral. → Read More
They may be visually impaired, but they love playing soccer
A longtime soccer coach who is legally blind has launched a soccer academy for visually impaired players in Miami. The idea came from a talk Marcelo Landau had with students at Miami Lighthouse for the Blind. → Read More
‘Future of policing’: Most Doral police officers now wear body cameras
The Doral Police Department has distributed about 100 body cameras bought with federal money to officers on patrol and traffic control duty around the city. → Read More
Hialeah man hangs dead ducks from stop sign to warn speeders
A Hialeah, Florida, man hung two dead ducks from a stop sign to warn drivers speeding through his Hialeah neighborhood and force them to slow down, according to an NBC6 report. Hialeah police removed the ducks. → Read More
Hialeah ballot question: Voters don’t want to raise taxes to pay for more police
By a wide margin, Hialeah voters told their City Council Tuesday they don’t want to raise their property taxes to pay for more police —including for school security — or other law enforcement expenses. → Read More
Hialeah asks its voters: Do you want to raise taxes to pay for more police?
A nonbinding measure on the Aug. 28 ballot will ask Hialeah voters if they would be willing to raise their property taxes to pay for more police officers and related expenses, especially in the schools. → Read More
After more than 10 years of planning, public housing is coming to Hialeah
The Hialeah Housing Authority has announced the construction of an 80-unit apartment building for elderly people with low incomes. The five-story building will be in the Seminola sector in western Hialeah, FL. → Read More
A new Domino Park in Hialeah has a giant chess board and dominoes as big as your head
Hialeah has opened its own Domino Park, complete with huge dominoes and giant chess and checker boards. The park is open just outside John F. Kennedy Library and is surrounded by colorful murals. → Read More
What do a B-26 bomber and a botanical garden have in common? Hialeah Gardens
A juxtaposition of beauty and heartache will soon open to the public at a former landfill in Hialeah Gardens. → Read More
More females are choosing construction as a career path at this Hialeah Gardens academy
The Latin Builders Association (LBA) Academy has more women than men enrolled in studies programs tied to construction industry. → Read More
Hialeah wants to raise property taxes. It also just bought the mayor a luxury SUV
Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernández is facing criticism after the City Council authorized his purchase of a 2017 Jaguar SUV at a time when the city is seeking to raise taxes to increase public school security services. → Read More
Small business owners in Little Havana join forces to fight rent increases
The new group, Que pasa, Little Havana? (What's up, Little Havana?) says that rents in the area have experienced an increase of 5.7 percent since last year. → Read More
They have fixed up their homes and paid them off. Now, they may wind up on the street.
The longtime owner of Sunny Gardens Mobile Home Park sold the trailer park's 10 acres of land for $12 million. On April 2, the new owners sent a notice to the 96 families who live in the park, giving them until Nov. 30 to move out. The families, many of them elderly, say they will be left homeless. → Read More
If Miami had a sheriff, he would run. But electing a top cop is a bad idea, he says.
Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernández said he would consider running for sheriff of Miami-Dade County if voters approve a constitutional amendment in November that would require elections for the county’s top police job. Miami-Dade is the only county in the state that has an appointed county police director, not an elected sheriff. → Read More
Video shows former Astros prospect striking girlfriend in domestic violence incident
Danry Vásquez, a Venezuelan baseball player who played in the minor leagues in the United States, was caught on camera two years ago striking his girlfriend. He was a member of the Corpus Christi Hooks team, a Double-A team of the Houston Astros, at the time. → Read More
It's OK for cousins to marry, just don't make it a family practice
A seven-year study by a Columbia University researcher, published in the journal Science, found a 4 to 7 percent probability of birth defects in children of first cousins who marry, compared with 3 to 4 percent for distant relatives who marry. → Read More
Too Hispanic? Belen Jesuit will enroll African Americans and Asian student to diversify
Trying to diversify classrooms usually filled with Hispanic students, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami will enroll four African American students and one with roots in the Philippines in the upcoming school year. → Read More
Peruvian president asks Kerry for joint help to defuse Venezuela situation
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says he has asked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to help create a group of countries to support Venezuela amid a political and economic crisis that many fear will end up in bloodshed. → Read More
Miami-Dade launches first blow in fight against condominium fraud
An arrest on Tuesday, of a former accounting assistant accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a condominium in Southwest Miami-Dade, marks the first blow by county police in the local fight against condominium fraud. → Read More
Hialeah mayor Carlos Hernández: No check for the ethics commission
A day after the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission refused to accept payment for a $4,000 fine in pennies and nickels, Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernández said the commission should go to court to solve the problem. → Read More