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A walkable city, major court rulings & more: The week’s top Miramar stories

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An artist’s illustration of Miramar Cove, a mixed-use development that calls for approximately 3,000 residences, dozens of restaurants, bars and shops, and a hotel centered around a waterfront area.
An artist’s illustration of Miramar Cove, a mixed-use development that calls for approximately 3,000 residences, dozens of restaurants, bars and shops, and a hotel centered around a waterfront area. Courtesy of Cooper Carry

Miramar made news this week with a major development groundbreaking, the end of a long-running prosecution tied to a deadly 2019 shootout and shifting plans for a Miami-Dade incinerator.

Missed the headlines? Here’s a roundup of the top stories from this week in your city:

  • New development: The official Miramar Cove groundbreaking brought new details about the 125-acre walkable mini city planned for Miramar Parkway and Red Road. The mixed-use project from Sunbeam Properties & Development will feature a beach club with a 5.5-acre basin, restaurants, hotels, apartments and parks, with completion planned for fall 2028.
  • Case closed: Broward County prosecutors ended their manslaughter prosecution of three officers involved in the deadly 2019 UPS hijacking shootout on Miramar Parkway. The dismissal followed a judge’s ruling that the officers were protected under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, though an appeal against a fourth officer whose bullet killed bystander Richard Cutshaw remains pending.
  • Deadly crash: A Miramar man was arrested after police say he was driving 83 mph in a 35 mph zone before a fatal March 25 crash in Fort Lauderdale. Dominick Rella, 20, faces vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter charges after running a red light and colliding with a BMW whose driver later died at Broward Health Medical Center.
  • Incinerator update: Miami-Dade may abandon plans to build a new $2 billion trash incinerator after county commissioners rejected a $14 yearly increase in residential garbage rates. The possible retreat is welcome news for Miramar and Pembroke Pines residents who feared being downwind from the proposed facility.
  • Menu change: The Kebab Shop in Miramar removed beef kofta from its menu nationwide after the California Department of Health linked the protein to an E. coli outbreak. Nine California residents were infected and five hospitalized, but CEO Arian Baryalai said all other proteins come from different suppliers and are not associated with the outbreak.
  • Political shakeup: Haitian-American physician Rudolph “Rudy” Moise dropped out of the District 20 race and blasted Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz over her decision to run in the historically Black seat. Wasserman Schultz announced her District 20 bid after her District 25 was redrawn with a Republican tilt, igniting racial and political tensions within South Florida Democratic circles.

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