Palmetto Bay

Around Palmetto Bay, founded by local community advocate Lisa Merkin, said it will host the Palmetto Bay Candidate Forum & Meet and Greet on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The study, commissioned by a coalition of South Florida funders, analyzed more than 1,400 grants to 262 nonprofits and included interviews with local leaders to better understand “how funding resources flow into South Dade and how well they meet local needs.”

Chelsea Rathburn’s new poetry collection, Broken Houses, explores her South Florida childhood, her family’s deep roots in Miami, and the hidden stories that shaped her identity. Through poetry, she examines themes of home, family, and belonging while shedding light on overlooked parts of Miami’s history.

The Village of Palmetto Bay passed an ordinance responding to a local Muslim resident who said local officials refused to mention an Islamic holiday on their social media channels.

Mohammed Taha, a longtime Palmetto Bay resident, was turned down when he reached out to Village officials to suggest a post for the popular Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha on their media outlets.

A Palmetto Bay councilman tried to have his vice mayor removed from office for being improperly sworn in, but a judge said the alleged controversy was fake.

Iris Mogul, who is currently a freshman at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named Youth Honorary Chair for the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week 2025, which began Sunday and runs through Saturday.

The Palmetto Bay council is calling on Councilman Steve Cody to resign for his controversial remarks after the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — but many in the South Dade village, including its vice mayor, argue Cody should be removed for other reasons.

In the past few days, Palmetto Bay, like many communities around the country, has been consumed by the wave of ferocious indignation directed at people who declared their lack of remorse about Kirk’s death or merely took issue with things he had said or believed.

City officials voted 4-1 at a Palmetto Bay Village council meeting on Monday to censure councilman Steve Cody after controversial social media comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s death. The council is also calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier to investigate the councilman and remove him from the position.

The councilman's social media post calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week a “fitting sacrifice,” prompted dozens to demand his resignation, including state attorney general James Uthmeier and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins.

Miami-Dade Republicans and others are pressing for Palmetto Bay Councilman Steve Cody to resign from office after his remarks following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.