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County voters say yes to new fire station in Miami Beach’s Flamingo Park
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami-Dade County voters weighed in during Tuesday’s primary election on a county park issue impacting the residents of Miami Beach.
Those voters overwhelmingly approved the construction of a new fire station on a section of Flamingo Park.
The measure received 75.71% “yes” votes, or 197,381 of the 260,723 ballots cast.
Miami Design Preservation League Executive Director Daniel Ciraldo says the proposal mitigates against the demolition of the historic South Shore Community Center, which had been considered as the city scouted site locations.
“That got a lot of residents upset because our seniors use the center, there is a children’s daycare, so not a perfect solution,” he said. “But the community is asking to save the community center and put the fire station somewhere else to allow both to exist since they are both very important.”
Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez is part of that community.
“Since 2017 I have been fighting to save the South Shore Community Center with operations day care which has a senior lunchroom that was closed during COVID, so this really is about it takes a village to save this community center,” she said. “This is really a win-win for everyone. Saving the community center, the day care, keeping the senior lunchroom and we get a new fire station.”
Commissioner Tanya Katzoff Bhatt said election results show the majority of votes included voters in every precinct in Miami Beach, even those in the Flamingo Park neighborhood.
Commissioners unanimously approved the project proposal in June.
“Now the work of design things begins,” said Katzoff Bhatt. “Ideally, we will do it in a way where we don’t have to move the track and field where we can maximize the green space and the park landscaping.”
That design conversation is scheduled to begin next month.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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