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The Battle For the Mangroves: Tree Huggers 1, State of Florida 0

GOOD NEWS, TREE HUGGERS! As I posted in a few earlier blogs here, here and here, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection was “in the process of assessing a multitude of land parcels that are…

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R.I.P. Miami Herald?

As reported yesterday by Random Pixels in Miami Herald moves to a new building…again, our hometown newspaper continues to downsize.  Is anyone surprised?  I know I’m not.  I stopped my daily subscription to the Herald…

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Monday morning wake-up call

I have to admit I’ve been trying hard to ignore the atrocities going on in Syria, especially in the last few weeks.  It’s extremely painful to look at pictures of, or even think about, the…

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DOING GREAT!!! Little Reggie is…

Updated/posted by Susana Escayola 17 mins ago DOING GREAT!!! Little Reggie is doing wonderful! He awoke from surgery and the staff took turns carrying him around. He’s still in the hospital, recuperating in an oxygen…

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Tree Huggers, here’s your chance to REALLY save the environment!

Lest any of you tree huggers think I’m completely insensitive to environmental issues, think again.  While I don’t believe that the proposed North Miami Beach development known as Parkview Business Center is going to destroy…

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JOIN US: The Truth About Common Core Standards & YouTube Live Presentation

Message from Thais M. Alvarez from Bear Witness Central:   Dear Friends, Common Core Presentation on Saturday, August 24, 2013 Please join me at this event where I have been invited to speak on the…

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Little Reggie’s Life-Saving Surgery (UPDATE)

Updated post by Susana Escayola. Please visit the gofundme website to read more about Little Reggie. Little Reggie & I would like to thank Little Reggie’s foster mom Liza Niznik. She & her family opened…

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Happy Birthday, America!

Without exception, Independence Day is my favorite holiday of the year.  On this day, the fourth of July, 1776, the Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence, announcing to the world that the thirteen American…

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How can you resist this face?

Katia Medina: Posh was surrendered after 9 years because they were allergic. Really? You just found this out after only 9 years? What took them so long to figure this out? I’m glad she doesn’t…

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Can you help this cat find his family?

  A North Miami Beach resident has found this beautiful Scottish Fold cat, who is obviously someone’s missing pet.  The resident wants nothing more than to find the owners of this beautiful cat, who must…

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