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In 2018, the year the Boy Scouts permitted girls to join, 10-year-old Emily Mayol joined Miami Beach Troop 65. She was the first girl to join the local Cub Scouts program, Scouting America’s entry-level youth program. Victoria Parra joined the same Miami Beach troop in 2019. Now they have reached Scouting’s highest achievement: Eagle Scout, making them the first female Scouts in Troop 65’s 50-year history.
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The home base for the New World Symphony orchestral academy opened in 2011
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A political newcomer was elected in Miami. In Miami Beach and Hialeah, most winning candidates trounced their opponents.
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For the first time in decades, a Democrat has won the mayoral race in the City of Miami in a race that drew national attention from both major parties, including Republican President Donald Trump.
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The Japanese women’s pro-wrestling show Sukeban tackled Miami Art Week, bringing fashion, music, fighting and Japanese culture together at the Miami Beach Bandshell. Wrestlers Ichigo Sayaka and Atomic Banshee put on a spectacle as they fought for the Sukeban championship title.
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Reefline’s plans call for submerging a series of concrete sculptures along Miami Beach over at least the rest of this decade to function as artificial reefs, providing habitat for every kind of marine life, from algae to fish to corals.
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“No Vacancy,” an annual art exhibition taking over around a dozen hotels and resorts across Miami Beach, returns to Art Basel this year with a new crop of South Florida artists.
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Organizers are hoping to put a spotlight on top female talent in the jazz genre with a specific focus on bringing new performers to Miami. In fact, one of the requirements for Amos Rozenberg and Manuel Molina of Melrose Media, the production house behind the festival, was that the musicians hadn’t played Miami.
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Billboards in Times Square are inviting New York businesses to relocate to Miami Beach. They're being paid for by a Florida developer who sees the election of Zohran Mamdani as an opportunity to lure residents and businesses south.
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A South Florida filmmaker alleges defamation against a commission candidate whose father inspired ‘Dexter.’
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Art collector Dennis Scholl taps into a multitude of memories from different eras for his first U.S. solo show in Miami.
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The match will take place at the Miami Beach Bandshell at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.