A well-maintained golf green with a white flagstick at the center, surrounded by tall royal palm trees and broad-canopied tropical trees under a partly cloudy sky. Several mid-rise and high-rise residential buildings are visible in the background, framing the urban setting of the Granada Golf Course in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Commission preserves Granada golf tee times but rejects discounts and membership changes

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission voted unanimously on May 5 to preserve priority tee times for three long-standing golf associations at the city-owned Granada Golf…

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The Coral Gables City Commission voted Tuesday to hire outside counsel to pursue additional records from the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association.
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Youth Center dispute returns to Coral Gables City Commission agenda

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission meets Tuesday, May 5 with several of the city’s most consequential unresolved issues back on the agenda, led by the…

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Close-up of an official Miami-Dade County vote-by-mail ballot envelope labeled “Official Election Mail” and “Business Reply Mail.”
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ANALYSIS: Coral Gables voters draw clear line on power and oversight

By the Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables voters reshaped their city’s charter in Tuesday’s mail-in referendum, approving seven of eight proposed amendments in a result that delivered a verdict…

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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: A mandate, with limits, from Coral Gables voters

Mayor Vince Lago asked Gables voters to approve eight ballot questions. They gave him six.

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The exterior of Coral Gables City Hall at 405 Biltmore Way, a Mediterranean Revival building featuring a red tile roof, arched entryway, and manicured grounds typical of the City Beautiful's historic architectural standards.
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Coral Gables votes to move elections to November

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The results of the first-ever fully mail-in ballot referendum in the history of the City of Coral Gables made history of another kind Tuesday evening,…

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A split composite image showing two wildlife species at the center of recent Coral Gables City Commission action. At left, a male peacock stands on green grass, its iridescent blue and green plumage on full display, with orange and black tail feathers visible at the base. At right, a coyote stands on pavement at the edge of a grassy area, facing the camera with its mouth slightly open, its tan and gray coat catching the sunlight.
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Coral Gables seeks peafowl help after $25,000 spent removing 141 birds; coyote concerns grow

By Coral Gables Gazette staff After spending more than $25,000 and removing 141 peafowl, Coral Gables is escalating the issue beyond City Hall — voting April 14 to push Miami-Dade…

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A well-maintained golf green with a white flagstick at the center, surrounded by tall royal palm trees and broad-canopied tropical trees under a partly cloudy sky. Several mid-rise and high-rise residential buildings are visible in the background, framing the urban setting of the Granada Golf Course in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Golfer pushback forces Granada Golf Course deferral as greens still in the red

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Six weeks after the Coral Gables City Commission unanimously approved the most sweeping overhaul of Granada Golf Course in a decade, sustained pushback from the…

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Mayor Vince Lago speaking at a Coral Gables Commission meeting.
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Lago introduces voter protection resolution, alleges illegal political messaging

By Coral Gables Gazette staff With the mail-in ballot referendum less than a week away from closing, political messaging in Coral Gables has intensified with some of it, according to…

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Rendering of a new Publix supermarket building with pedestrians, landscaping, and street view.
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Publix changes approved with $1.4 million for preservation as flood rules drive redesign

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Plans to build a new Publix Supermarket at the current site of the store across from City Hall along LeJeune Road, between Andalusia and Valencia…

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Headshots of Jesse Manzano, principal of Berthier Group, left, and Jorge Bustamante, principal of Big Tuesday Media, right, both of whom received payments from Coral Gables First in the first quarter of 2026.
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PAC tied to Lago spent $34,000 while raising $10 ahead of referendum

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A political committee associated with Mayor Vince Lago raised just $10 in the first quarter of 2026 while spending more than $34,000 on consultants as…

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