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Business
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jump 29% in June as cash deals dominate local markets
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jumped 29% in June with nearly 38% of purchases made in cash, according to the Miami Association of Realtors, intensifying competition in Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne where multimillion-dollar deals and shrinking inventory define the market.
Business
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jump 29% in June as cash deals dominate local markets
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jumped 29% in June with nearly 38% of purchases made in cash, according to the Miami Association of Realtors, intensifying competition in Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne where multimillion-dollar deals and shrinking inventory define the market.
Business
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jump 29% in June as cash deals dominate local markets
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jumped 29% in June with nearly 38% of purchases made in cash, according to the Miami Association of Realtors, intensifying competition in Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne where multimillion-dollar deals and shrinking inventory define the market.
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Key Biscayne e-bike enforcement extended through 2028 as county adds Rickenbacker speed cap
Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously renewed Key Biscayne's interlocal agreement to enforce e-bike and scooter rules on Crandon Boulevard through July 2028 and approved a new 20 mph speed limit for micromobility devices on the Rickenbacker Causeway.
Local Government
Florida lawmakers push to save Biscayne Bay habitat protections before September deadline
Four Florida Congress members sent a letter Tuesday demanding withdrawal of a federal rule that removes habitat-degradation protections under the Endangered Species Act, a change that directly threatens manatees, American crocodiles, and sea turtles in Biscayne Bay before the rule takes effect September 14.
Education
Education
Education
Education
Miami-Dade superintendent search narrows to Villalobos and Lozano
The Miami-Dade School Board voted Tuesday, July 21, to advance South Region Superintendent Rafael Villalobos and Broward HR chief Ernie Lozano as the two finalists to lead the district, with a final hire expected by Aug. 13.
Education
$65,000-a-year AI school opening on Miami Beach as Key Biscayne K-8 fights enrollment slide
Alpha School, a $65,000-a-year AI-powered K-8 backed by billionaire Joe Liemandt, is opening in August on Miami Beach's Normandy Isle, adding another private option to a South Florida landscape already pulling students from Miami-Dade public schools, including Key Biscayne K-8 Center.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
First Florida Vibrio death of 2026 confirmed as lobster miniseason opens in local waters
Florida's first Vibrio vulnificus death of 2026 heightens the risk for Key Biscayne and Coconut Grove residents entering local waters during the lobster miniseason on July 29–30, with Miami-Dade County already recording two confirmed cases this year.
Public Safety
Key Biscayne's flood maps are 16 years old, and FEMA still hasn't replaced them
Miami-Dade County's FEMA flood maps date to 2009 and preliminary replacements released in 2021 still lack an effective date, leaving Key Biscayne homeowners uncertain whether their properties will be reclassified into high-risk zones that trigger mandatory flood insurance.
Community
Community
Community
Community
Grove activist calls on city to close zoning loophole threatening trees and historic homes
Coconut Grove activist Andy Parrish is urging the Miami City Commission to amend the NCD-3 zoning code after a 2019 court ruling declared its tree-canopy and historic-preservation intent language legally unenforceable.
Community
Coconut Grove teen maps neighborhood history with Gold Award app project
Coconut Grove teen Ginger Seabrook, great-great-granddaughter of neighborhood founder Commodore Ralph Munroe, earned a Girl Scout Gold Award for creating a tour-guide manual and contributing to the Coconut Grove Roots smartphone app, which maps nearly 40 historic sites along the five-mile Commodore Trail.
Business
Business
Business
Business
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jump 29% in June as cash deals dominate local markets
Miami-Dade luxury home sales jumped 29% in June with nearly 38% of purchases made in cash, according to the Miami Association of Realtors, intensifying competition in Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne where multimillion-dollar deals and shrinking inventory define the market.
Business
Key Biscayne gas hits $5.79, highest in Miami-Dade
Key Biscayne's two gas stations are charging $5.79 per gallon for regular gasoline as of Monday, July 27, the highest price in Miami-Dade County and a 30-cent increase from the prior week, according to GasBuddy data.
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Coconut Grove swimmer targets English Channel crossing in August
Coconut Grove Sailing Club member Christine Coppola will attempt to swim the English Channel between Aug. 19 and Aug. 26, aiming to complete the Triple Crown of open-water swimming after her 2025 attempt was scrubbed by weather.
Sports
Key Biscayne-trained goalkeeper Room finishes second in World Cup saves
Curaçao goalkeeper Eloy Room, who trains with Key Biscayne Soccer Academy coach Cristian Blanco, finished second in saves at the 2026 FIFA World Cup with 21, according to FIFA's final statistics released Tuesday, July 21.
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