Key Biscayne

Shops like Novecento had to move earlier this year from its long-term location at the Key Biscayne Shopping Center to a slightly smaller space at The Square. Why? Rents are simply too high for many shops and restaurants on the island.

In a vote that will rip up some island streets to install miles of pipes and pumps, Key Biscayne’s Village Council on Tuesday approved a record $97 million budget, a spending plan heavy on borrowing that will fund the first phase of the “Big Dig.”

Key Biscayne is expected to give final approval Tuesday to its biggest budget in history, a $97 million plan that will fund critical portions of the “Big Dig” plan to protect barrier island from the onslaught of rising seas and climate change.

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.

A proposed luxury condo on the site of the old Silver Sands hotel would rise 14 stories and require variances and a change to the island’s zoning code, according to documents filed before a Village Council workshop meeting set for Thursday.

UPDATED: The ordinance passed on first reading Tuesday, 6-1. Key Biscayne Village Manager Steve Williamson had recommended restrictions that would expire next year in the hope state law will give a future Council different options.

The study is a required step in a long process Key Biscayne hopes will lead to the island’s inclusion in a federal shoreline program, worth tens of millions in federal dollars to protect both the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay sides of the island.

Proposals intensify in wake of fatal Key Biscayne crash that killed a beloved Key Biscayne tutor.

Key Biscayne officials for two years struggled to rein in the speeds of battery-powered vehicles. But two days after a beloved island tutor was killed in a collision with an e-bike, officials banned all micro-mobility devices.

Hermanos de la Calle started out of Narciso Muñoz’s desire to show his eight children that following Jesus Christ means more than just attending weekly Mass. He and his wife, Malena Legarre, runs the nonprofit organization.

A powerful member of a Crandon Park committee is pushing back against the idea of adding more pickleball courts at the Key Biscayne park.

Five organizations have put in bids to run Key Biscayne’s Soccer Club, currently a $1.6 million athletic contract that touches 1,000 children and their families, and that dominates precious field space in a community where it seems every youth wants to be the next Messi.