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🎬 Lights, Camera, Action! 🎬

Another exciting week of filming in Miami! 🌴✨ Check out the latest film permits issued and see what’s in the works.

📍 Full list here 👉

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Filming in Miami: January 8, 2026
These film permits were issued last week by the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources’ Office of Film and Entertainment, (305) 375-3288; the Miami Mayor’s Office of Film,...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Historic Biltmore Hotel celebrates 100th birthday

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Historic Biltmore Hotel celebrates 100th birthday
This year, the Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables is celebrating a historic milestone: its 100th anniversary. It opened as city developer and part-owner George Merrick was still building Coral Gables. ...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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BUS RIDERS TRANSFER: The new Metro Express Bus Rapid Transit service between Dadeland and Florida City

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FYI Miami: January 8, 2026
TRI-RAIL RIDER RECORD: Tri-Rail, which serves three counties, set an annual record in 2025 at 4.5 million rides, operator South Florida Regional Transportation Authority announced Tuesday. The prior h...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Cost to extend Metromover for cross-bay transit doubles

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Cost to extend Metromover for cross-bay transit doubles
As Miami Beach worries about looming zoning preemptions and dated technology if Metromover links to downtown Miami, an even greater barrier looms to adding the proposed Baylink transit line: the cost has doubled. This story is
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January 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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The Achiever

William Duquette: CEO has charge of Baptist Health’s South Miami Hospital

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William Duquette: CEO has charge of Baptist Health’s South Miami Hospital
Since 2019, William Duquette has been running Baptist Health’s South Miami Hospital as CEO and is responsible for overall administrative and operational management of the hospital and its employees. ...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Bridge to link FIU and Sweetwater due early in 2027

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Bridge to link FIU and Sweetwater due early in 2027
The Florida Department of Transportation, which began building the Eighth Street pedestrian bridge at Southwest 109th Avenue in November 2024, expects to finish the project –  including new featu...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Miami may hand Tower Theater operation to Miami Dade College

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Miami may hand Tower Theater operation to Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College may resume management of the Tower Theater, the century-old Little Havana cinema, after two and a half years under one commissioner’s control, a move city leaders say will protect i...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Miami may hand Tower Theater operation to Miami Dade College

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Miami may hand Tower Theater operation to Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College may resume management of the Tower Theater, the century-old Little Havana cinema, after two and a half years under one commissioner’s control, a move city leaders say will protect i...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Team seeks $8 million to make Miami Beach a Blue Zone

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Team seeks $8 million to make Miami Beach a Blue Zone
Miami Beach officials leading efforts to make the city a Blue Zone region where people live longer and healthier, and continue working to secure funding from sponsors, according to Commissioner Tanya ...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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📢BREAKING NEWS: 20 hotels in construction in Miami-Dade, 78 more wait in wings

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20 hotels in construction in Miami-Dade, 78 more wait in wings
Miami-Dade has 98 hotels in a pipeline that would add 20,172 rooms to the county’s supply of available rooms for visitors, with six listed hotels promising 500 or more rooms. Of the future hotel su...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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400 volunteers make Orange Bowl Committee successful

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400 volunteers make Orange Bowl Committee successful
The Orange Bowl Committee was preparing to make game day a success as the Jan. 1 quarterfinal Orange Bowl between Oregon and Texas Tech neared. The committee is a non-profit organization made up of...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Opinion | Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog

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Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog
Persuaded by a vow that an independent watchdog would safeguard receipts, Miami-Dade voters taxed themselves in 2002 to add transit. Ever since, commissioners have tried to tie down that watchdog on s...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Analysis finds $286 million Orange Bowl local impact

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Analysis finds $286 million Orange Bowl local impact
Last year’s Orange Bowl Festival, including the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital Orange Bowl, generated $286.3 million in new economic impact and media exposure value for South F...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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📢BREAKING NEWS: Five officers poach Miami-Dade County staff via big raises

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Five officers poach Miami-Dade County staff via big raises
Miami-Dade’s five new constitutional offices have been poaching key employees from general county government at substantial raises in salary and benefits using payments that come out of general county...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Edgewater’s Forma Suites to add two more buildings

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Edgewater’s Forma Suites to add two more buildings
The same company that brought a successful mixed-use tower to Edgewater, along with a Whole Foods, is now ready to move forward with phase two of the development, Forma Suites. This story i...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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BRIDGE TO HOCKEY: The Coast Guard will keep the Twelfth Avenue Bridge over the Miami River closed to boats

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FYI Miami: January 1, 2026
BRICKELL CHANGES COMING: A hotel and branded condominiums are slated to replace the 1001 Brickell Bay Drive office building and the Yacht Club Apartments next door as the first phase of development th...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The Achiever

John Abodeely: CEO leads Oolite Arts in preparing its Little River campus

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John Abodeely: CEO leads Oolite Arts in preparing its Little River campus
When John Abodeely stepped into the role of president and CEO of Oolite Arts in February 2025, he brought with him a powerful belief: that artists are not only creators but also catalysts for stronger...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Orange Bowl offers broad slate of community events

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Orange Bowl offers broad slate of community events
While the Orange Bowl is best known for its marquee New Year’s Day football matchup, the tournament encompasses a broader slate of sports, community and charitable events that stretch beyond Jan. 1 an...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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📢BREAKING NEWS: Miami seeks deal for residents to use schools’ recreational areas

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Miami seeks deal for residents to use schools’ recreational areas
Nearly a quarter of Miami residents, and almost half in District Four, do not live within a 10-minute walk of a public park, a gap the city aims to close by opening school playgrounds, fields
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December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Metro Express aids commutes but snarls Homestead traffic

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Metro Express aids commutes but snarls Homestead traffic
Still in its early months, the long-anticipated Metro Express bus rapid transit service has brought a new mode of transportation to Homestead, but not without its own set of challenges that are adding...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Speed detection systems net $17 million in school zones

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Speed detection systems net $17 million in school zones
Miami-Dade County’s first-ever collections from speed detection systems installed across 27 school zones totaled more than $17 million in the eight months ended July 31, 2025, according to a report fr...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Micro units featured in 1,011-unit Brickell tower

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Micro units featured in 1,011-unit Brickell tower
Micro dwelling units and affordable housing are destined for a busy corner in Miami’s West Brickell. The project, 250 SW Brickell, will be a 42-story tower offering 1,011 residential units, ameniti...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📢BREAKING NEWS: Now a spaceport, Homestead looks to attract a university too

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Now a spaceport, Homestead looks to attract a university too
New businesses and population growth are benefiting Homestead’s economy and workforce as the city’s top elected officials seek to maintain the city’s small-town charm. As reported by Miami Today, n...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Illinois aviation repair firm will open locally in Hialeah

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Illinois aviation repair firm will open locally in Hialeah
Setna, a Lincolnshire, Illinois-based aviation company, has leased 102,046 square feet at 11250 W 36th Ave. in Hialeah to house Zulu Global, an aviation repair station, marking the company’s entry int...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: To open mental health center, county unit says ‘Show me the money’

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To open mental health center, county unit says ‘Show me the money’
As expansion of rapid transit in Miami-Dade County has become an approved policy with a diminished hope, county commissioners voted unanimously last week to seek a report on where the money to actuall...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM