November 3, 2026     I cast my ballot around noon Tuesday, and my Election Day experience was refreshingly simple. At my polling place, only about two people were ahead of me in line, aside from voters already at their stations. I had reviewed the ballot beforehand, knew the issues I wanted to weigh, and was in and out without much delay. Miami Springs voters had several local polling places, including the Miami Springs Community Center, the Miami Springs Golf & Country Club and Springview Elementary School. My short wait was just one snapshot of the day, not necessarily what voters experienced across the city.     The ballot went well beyond candidates for federal and state offices. Voters were also...

Halloween is one of the busy times of the year in the River Cities. We truly go all out. We decorate our houses, golf carts, and our bodies for Halloween. The restaurants and bars and businesses are more crowded. Crowds in costumes fill the Circle. Like the Howl-O-Springs event with the haunted house tent created by Jorge Calil and The Pelican Playhouse. Also like A Night at The Mansion Under The Stars at the Curtiss Mansion. Extravagantly set for Halloweeners. Did I just say Weiner? Halloween stems back from a Celtic festival in Ireland and England marking the end of the harvest. The Celts believed that on the night of October 31st, the barrier between the living and the dead...