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Cutler Bay SERVING SOUTH DADE
JUNE 8, 2010
Council votes to purchase current Town Hall building
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BY GARY ALAN RUSE
he Cutler Bay Council has voted to purchase the office building in which Town Hall has been located so that it will own the property instead of just renting space there. During a second reading on Wednesday, May 26, commissioners unanimously approved the financing package from TD Bank to finalize the purchase of the Town Hall building and pay for improvements there. Funding also includes the purchase of land just south of Town Hall for future use, possibly as a community center. The $12-13 million sale will be finalized later this month. Mayor Paul Vrooman thinks the timing is ideal and will work well for residents now and later. “The way the council looked at it, this is a sweetheart deal for the town,” Vrooman said. “In the space we’re already renting right now, we’ll be able to add council chambers and have our meetings there, and own the building for less than we’re
Others singing the praises of school’s ‘Mighty Tines’
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TOWN HALL, page 4
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BY GAYLE LOVE
Elizabeth Wright, a member of the choir, poses with trophies won by the students.
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BY GARY ALAN RUSE
Pictured is the building housing Cutler Bay Town Hall.
Miami-Dade Solid Waste Dept. urges customers to prepare
he Whispering Pines Chamber Singers and Band, also known as the “Mighty Tines,” a group of talented students from Whispering Pines Elementary School in Cutler Bay, have scored an amazing accomplishment in a competition involving older students. The group of youngsters traveled to Atlanta at the end of April to compete in the Southern Star Music Festival. Because they were the only elementary school to participate in the competition they competed in the middle school category and so impressed the judges with their presentation and skill that they won First Place Concert Choir and First
Place Mixed Choir. As if that weren’t enough, because there was no elementary school category for Show Choir they had to compete at the high school level. Apparently that did not intimidate the determined group as they also received First Place in that. So the “Mighty Tines” stunned everyone by bringing home the Grand Champion Trophy for overall best choir performance. Additionally, members of the Whispering Pines Band, who competed in the middle school category, took first place Rock Band, an unprecedented achievement at the elementary school level.
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SINGING, page 4
ith hurricane season already here, the MiamiDade County Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) reminds its customers to get rid of unwanted trash now. DSWM customers shouldn’t wait to dispose of household trash — especially yard waste — until a hurricane is headed towards Miami-Dade, said Solid Waste director Kathleen Woods-Richardson. “Now is the time to get rid of the clutter and yard waste at your home and keep it off the curb and out of your yard, where hurricane winds can turn these items into projectiles,” Woods-Richardson said. Miami-Dade residents who live in the DSWM service area — which includes unincorporated Miami-Dade County as well as Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay and Pinecrest — can dispose of household trash, bulky items and tree cuttings at one of the county’s conveniently located Neighborhood Trash and
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PREPARE, page 4
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