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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The Coral Gables Commission voted to advance the “Carved by Nature” design for the proposed Mobility Hub, shown here in a rendering as viewed from Miracle Mile.
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Coral Gables businesses to get first look at Mobility Hub construction plan

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Mobility Hub is moving from years of debate toward the practical question now facing downtown: how to build it without choking the…

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Several dead fish lie in shallow brown water near the shoreline.
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Matheson Hammock atoll pool remains closed after fish kill

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Beachgoers hoping to enjoy Coral Gables’ picturesque Matheson Hammock Park atoll pool received an unpleasant surprise earlier this month when more than 100 dead fish…

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Pet waste station sign in a grassy park area with a person walking a dog in the background.
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Neighbors seek emergency order to halt University Drive dog park before July vote

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A neighborhood association and a Coral Gables resident have asked a Miami-Dade judge to stop the city from acting on its planned off-leash dog park…

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A lush garden fountain surrounded by mature tropical plants and stonework, with a religious statue overlooking the water, showing the established landscape of the Garden of Our Lord before proposed redevelopment.
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Crystal Residences advances after late change aimed at preserving more of Garden of Our Lord

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board adopted a last-minute change June 18 that could preserve part of the Garden of Our Lord greenspace on…

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Graphic showing the cover of The Namaste Club by Asha Elias beside a smiling woman’s portrait against a colorful tropical background with palm imagery.
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Yoga, scandal and an alligator: Asha Elias launches ‘The Namaste Club’ at Books & Books

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Most book launches involve an author, a podium and a line of readers waiting to have a title page signed. The Coral Gables launch of…

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