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• Hialeah Among Worst Cities in America for Active Lifestyles

  

  Tuesday, January 5, 2016|14 hours agoIn a new WalletHub survey, Hialeah ranked near the bottom of U.S. cities for physical activity.photo by Thomas Hawk via Flickr Creative CommonsIt's the first week of January, so you know the drill: Gyms are packed with noobsmisusingthe squat racks, out-of-shape joggers are huffing along every beachside trail, and Miami's doctors are doing steady business in freshly pulled hamstrings. But some parts of Miami need to re-up those new year's fitness resolutions m..

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• BBX brings on Altman to develop piece of Hialeah community

  

  BBX brings on Altman to develop piece of Hialeah communityPartners expect to deliver new units by early 2017January 05, 2016 03:45PMA rendering of the Altis at Bonterra apartments in HialeahBBX Capital Corp. has partnered with the Altman Companies, a Boca Raton-based builder of multifamily homes, to help develop a piece of the upcoming Bonterra community in Hialeah.The two companies entered into a joint venture and will develop Altis at Bonterra, a 14-acre apartment community with 314 units.It w..

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• Hialeah Park celebrará el Día de Reyes con entrega de juguetes y ...

  

  El6 de enerose celebra elDía de Reyesy a propósito de la fecha, la cadena de radio y televisiónSBSha tomado la iniciativa de entregar juguetes y un concierto gratis de música enHialeah Park."Nuestra meta es que ningún nińo se quede sin un juguete. Queremos que todos los que no tienen recursos, participen de este evento, pues sabemos que hay hogares que no han podido recibir los juguetes por falta de dinero", seńaló a medios localesCarolina Santamarina, gerente general de la cadena de radio y tel..

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• Renumbering state Senate districts triggers political scramble

  

  It may sound like a simple process, but the Florida Senate’s random renumbering of all its districts statewide Tuesday touched off a series of complicated twists that one key lawmaker said only adds more chaos to a continuing redistricting saga.Among the impacts:▪Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, and Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, appear no closer to figuring out who is running for what district in South Florida where both have been drawn into the same district. Bullard said he and Flores will have t..

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• Three Booker T. Washington players honored on AP All-State team

  

  Following a remarkable run to its fourth consecutive Class 4A state championship, Miami Booker T. Washington led the South Florida contingent on the first batch of All-State football teams released so far by The Associated Press.The Tornadoes had three players — wide receiver Raymond Flanders, defensive end Jaquan Beaver and kicker/punter Jose Borregales — earn first-team Class 4A honors.Flanders led Miami-Dade County in receiving, Beaver led the county in sacks and Borregales in kicking.Four mo..

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• Florida cities among best places for jobs in 2016

  

  With a new year comes new opportunities, and that often means a new job.WalletHubcompiled a ranking of the best and worst cities in the United States for jobs in 2016 and a number of Florida cities made the top 100: Fort Lauderdale (21), Tampa (22), Orlando (31), Pembroke Pines (35), St. Petersburg (54), Jacksonville (78), and Port St. Lucie (91). The top ten cities for jobs were: Plano, Texas; Overland Park, Kan.; Austin, Texas; Irving, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Des Moines, Iowa; Irvine, Cal..

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• Officers cleared in shooting deaths of South Florida motorists

  

  Prosecutors have cleared police officers in three separate deadly shootings involving motorists — including the case of a teen shot dead after driving a stolen SUV into a police car at a North Miami-Dade flea market.The cases are among eight fatal police-involved shootings recently cleared by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, which were detailed in final reports obtained by the Miami Herald.The release of the reports comes during a heightened time of scrutiny on police tactics across the c..

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• Aiello Excited About New Oaklawn Role

  

  By Sara Dacus Content Courtesy of America's Best Racing After receiving applications from all over the country,Oaklawn Parkrecently named Pete Aiello as its next announcer. Aiello, who has held positions atHialeah Park,Gulfstream Park, andRiver Downs, becomes the track's fifth announcer since it opened in 1904. "Oaklawn was attractive to me because racing is at the heart of their intentions," Aiello said. "The track's leadership has preserved racing as it was and should be." ..

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• Tacoma joins Portland, Chicago, South Bronx as coming urban hot ...

  

  The online list provider Thrillist has named downtown Tacoma as one of America’s 12 hot spots.According to a description accompanying a recentlist, the firm said it tapped “trendsetters, developers and real-estate professionals — folks with their fingers on the pulse of America’s cities and towns” — to predict the next hot spots, the criteria for which included “neighborhoods that are affordable now, but poised to blow up.”Downtown Tacoma made the list because the city “is finally stepping into ..

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• Factbox: Major shootings in the United States

  

  U.S. President Barack Obama, outlining steps to tighten rules on guns on Tuesday, tearfully recalled a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012 in which 20 children were murdered.The Newtown, Connecticut, killings, were among the more recent of a series of mass shootings dating back to at least the mid-1990s. Below are some of the worst such incidents in recent years, ranked by the number of dead, including the gunman:Virginia TechApril 16, 2007 - A gunman slaughters 32 people an..

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