Exterior of Coral Gables public parking Garage 2, with palm trees, columns and the garage entrance along Aragon Avenue.
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Coral Gables public garages below capacity so far this year

Despite years of complaints from residents and business owners about downtown parking, city data covering the first seven months of 2026 show substantial unused capacity in four Coral Gables public…

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Graphic showing a Coral Gables example sewer bill for a moderate user rising from $77.88 now to $94.65 on Oct. 1, a 21% increase.
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Coral Gables sewer bill to jump 21% Oct. 1

For a Coral Gables sewer customer using 6,732 gallons of water a month, the monthly bill will jump $16.77 beginning Oct. 1 — from $77.88 to $94.65. That is a…

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Split image of Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, left, and City Manager Peter Iglesias, right, speaking during a City Commission meeting.
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Lago proposes, wins approval to name future park after Iglesias

Near the end of the August 25 City Commission meeting, Mayor Vince Lago proposed naming a future public park after outgoing City Manager Peter Iglesias — and won approval minutes…

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Henry Parra, left, and Adam Hlavaty take a selfie on an airfield in Kenya, with a small propeller aircraft on the runway behind them.
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Burglary at home of Coral Gables couple killed in Kenya crash leads to wider crime probe

What began as an investigation into the burglary of a Coral Gables home after its owners were killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya has widened into what authorities describe…

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Headshot of Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, who wrote a Washington Post op-ed linking GOP success in Florida to environmental reforms.
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EDITORIAL: Coral Gables has processes. Lago did only what the rules required.

Coral Gables had promised itself a process for choosing its next city manager. It also has a written process for deciding whose name goes on a park. One was a…

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Jazz vocalist Laila Biali in a red dress and wide-brimmed red hat holding a vintage-style microphone in front of a large yellow circle.
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Frost School marks 100 years of live music with star-filled season

A century after the University of Miami’s music school opened its doors and presented its first concert, the Frost School of Music is marking the anniversary the way it knows…

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Composite of black-and-white historic street photographs showing storefronts, utility poles, pedestrians and cars along a Miami commercial corridor.
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Coral Gables Museum panel to explore preservation amid displacement

Coral Gables Museum will turn its attention Wednesday to a question confronting historic immigrant neighborhoods across South Florida: how to preserve the people, places and culture that define a community…

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A woman in a long black dress and a young girl in white stand beside a grand piano on a misty beach.
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Sam Neill returns to the screen in 4K restoration of ‘The Piano’ at Coral Gables Art Cinema

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Less than seven weeks after the death of actor Sam Neill, the Coral Gables Art Cinema will bring one of his most acclaimed films back…

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Joe L. Gómez, wearing a dark suit and orange tie, smiles while seated during a public meeting.
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Gomez approved as next Coral Gables city manager

By Coral Gables Gazette staff During Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago’s discussion on why he chose Deputy City Manager José “Joe” Gómez as his pick to be the city’s next…

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EDITORIAL: Coral Gables swore them in. Then acted as if the truth could wait.

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Before anyone testified about Crystal Residences, Coral Gables required an oath. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony…

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