Fireworks burst in the night sky beside the illuminated tower of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
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For America’s 250th, drones, fireworks, ‘Jaws’ and jazz headline the Coral Gables Fourth

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For a city built around a singular vision a century ago, the Fourth of July has a way of becoming a signature civic night. This…

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Coral Gables Firehouse 4 with two red fire rescue vehicles parked outside the station bays under a blue sky.
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Coral Gables opens fire stations for Venezuela earthquake relief drive

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables will open all four of its fire stations to donations of emergency relief supplies beginning Tuesday, joining a South Florida response to the…

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Architectural rendering of a tall white apartment tower with balconies, arched ground-floor details, palm trees and cars along a street.
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As Miami weighs Live Local challenge, will Coral Gables follow?

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For at least the past year, the Coral Gables Commission has lamented the influence of the Live Local Act on the city’s control of development,…

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Exterior of the Coral Gables Museum at 285 Aragon Avenue, with palm trees framing the entrance.
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Gallery Night brings America250 exhibits, Cuban masters and World Cup watch parties to Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables’ First Friday Gallery Night returns July 3 with a summer mix of fine art, live music, America250 programming, World Cup watch parties and…

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Aerial view of the Biltmore Golf Course’s 17th green, sand bunkers, waterway, bridge and surrounding trees.
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Architects pause Biltmore 17th hole wall plan over stone choice

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The operators of the Biltmore Hotel and Golf Course are looking to give its picturesque 17th hole a facelift, almost literally, with plans to replace…

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Grassy area with large trees on University Drive, the location approved for preliminary dog-park plans.
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Judge sets July 6 hearing on bid to halt University Drive dog park before next vote

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A Miami-Dade circuit court judge has scheduled an evidentiary hearing on an emergency motion seeking to block Coral Gables from acting on its planned off-leash…

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Coral Gables City Commission members seated at the dais during a tense debate over a proposed decorum ordinance on September 25, 2025.
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Coral Gables commission ethics training set for public session Monday

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Members of the Coral Gables City Commission will gather Monday morning for their annual ethics training, a session required by both city code and state…

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Promotional graphic for “Planting for Patriotism: An America 250 Initiative,” showing volunteers planting colorful flowers beneath red, white and blue patriotic text and decorations.
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Volunteers to plant patriotic display at Youth Center Blue Star Memorial

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Ahead of America’s 250th birthday, Keep Coral Gables Beautiful is turning to flowers and volunteer service as acts of civic remembrance. Volunteers will gather Saturday…

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Man in a blue suit speaks into a handheld microphone at a podium in front of a Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce backdrop.
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Coral Gables Chamber board removes CEO after less than nine months

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before his death in February 2025, longtime Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Trowbridge spent nearly two decades building the organization into…

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Editorial illustration showing a Coral Gables planning document with a hospital cross pin over red-outlined parcels in the University of Miami campus Multi-Use Area along Ponce de Leon Boulevard, flanked by a City of Coral Gables seal, a judicial gavel, a Corinthian architectural capital, and a notecard reading Community, Compatibility, Public Benefit, Transparency.
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EDITORIAL: A UM campus hospital deserves its own public review

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The University of Miami is arguably Coral Gables’ most important civic and economic partner. It has been for over a century, and it…

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