John Pacenti | Key Biscayne Independent

Two Miami-based developers groups have acquired the former Silver Sands Beach Resort property in Key Biscayne for $205 million — the highest-priced land sale in the island’s history.

The Key Biscayne Council on Tuesday deferred a proposal to grant immigration enforcement powers to local cops, a move being demanded by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A group of residents came before the Key Biscayne Village Council earlier this month asking elected officials to consider dedicating a portion of the Village Green to pickleball.

An independent cost review of Key Biscayne's first phase of its massive infrastructure rehaul has found that an engineering firm's estimates were mostly correct. However, the cost of replacing stormwater pipes in the neighborhood around the elementary school was significantly higher than initially estimated.

The Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Citizen Science Program and like-minded groups pulled 504 pounds of trash out of the mangroves at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove on Saturday.

The estimated $310 million Resilient Infrastructure Adaptation Program is aimed at protecting Key Biscayne from increased rainfall and sea-level rise predicted due to climate change. It includes burying utility lines, fortifying the coast, re-pitching roads and replacing the stormwater system.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s office said a judge’s ruling will not deter the County from evicting Miami Seaquarium from its Biscayne Bay location.

Village Code Compliance Officers will begin to issue warnings on Sept. 16 to any properties that are not in compliance with the new enforcement measures.

Much of the criticism from lawmakers was directed at Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the country’s leftist leader elected in 2022.

Miami-Dade County, officially served the eviction notice on the company running Miami Seaquarium after the lease agreement came to an end over the weekend.

The Miami Seaquarium has asked a federal judge to block an eviction notice issued by Miami-Dade County weeks ago. The seaquarium faces quick turn deadline to surrender the waterfront location on Biscayne Bay.

Rep. Vicki Lopez vowed this week she would pass a new statewide e-bike and scooter law and name it after Megan Andrews, the Key Biscayne resident who died in a collision with an e-bike on Valentine’s Day.