WATSON ISLAND

AdvertisementBlue Scholars Initiative, the Miami-based marine science education organization, invites Miami citizens and visitors to participate in the Ocean Conservancy’s 36th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 18, 2021 (World Water Monitoring Day). The day’s activities will take place from 8 am to 3 pm at the Miami Yacht Club, located at 1001 Macarthur Causeway on Miami’s Watson Island. I look forward to supporting them at their action-packed International Coastal Cleanup and Celebration,” said Irela Bagué, Chief Bay Officer for Miami-Dade County. At 9 am, ALL registered volunteers will receive cleanup supplies (buckets/gloves), instructions and safety guidelines from the Blue Scholars team. Cleanup volunteers will be invited to sit back, relax and lounge with us until 3 pm when the sea breeze will fill our sails and whisk us away.

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WATSON ISLAND, Fla. – There are big plans to transform Jungle Island into a brand new resort and attraction. It is the beginning of a new chapter for Jungle Island, and the second incarnation of Miami-Dade County’s beloved 85-year-old tourist attraction Parrot Jungle. What Jungle Island won’t be anymore is a private zoo. Developers said the evolution of Jungle Island is in tune with a rapidly growing Miami“What we’re doing is not only for now but for future generations to come and transforming Jungle Island into that eco adventure, premier destination,” Crider said. If everything stays on target, Phase 1 of the new Jungle Island is expected to open in the Winter of 2022 and the hotel should be done by 2025.

Jungle Island hotel plans check in with new backingWritten by Gabriel Poblete on December 22, 2020AdvertisementA Miami board is recommending special rezoning for the proposed Jungle Island hotel and the rest of the Watson Island land being leased by the city, moving the project closer to approval. Approved by referendum in 2018, the eight-story Jungle Island hotel off the MacArthur Causeway would have up to 300 guestrooms atop a reconstructed parking garage. The application describes the hotel linking to the Jungle Island theme park, as well as to the Ichimura Miami Japanese Garden through a signature stairway. Structures by the hotel and the garage would be screened with vines and green walls to blend with the Jungle Island aesthetic. Mr. Parrish moved to defer the legislation’s land-use portion of Jungle Island, but he then withdrew his motion.

WATSON ISLAND, Fla. – Meka Hamilton Beasley helps to load and unload cargo onto ships at PortMiami where cargo activity has been doing well while its cruise terminal faces devastating limitations. On Monday, Beasley and about two dozen other members of the International Longshoremen’s Association teamed up with Farm Share, which delivered a semi-truck full of fresh food to Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. “When you do work, save your money for a rainy day and it’s stormy right now,” Beasly said. This is at a time when more than 50 million people are experiencing food insecurity, according to Feeding America, a nonprofit organization. U.S. Census reports one in six adults in South Florida are experiencing food insecurity.

Levine Cava, who has been serving as mayor for about three weeks, hosted a virtual news conference to launch Miami-Dade County’s “#WeCanWeWill” educational campaign in English, Spanish and Creole. Levine Cava said Miami-Dade County will continue to enforce the use of face masks by issuing civil citations. Ron DeSantis isn’t allowing officials to use fines to enforce the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prevention guidelines. Former Miami-Dade Mayor, now Congressman-elect, Carlos Gimenez, also had a marketing campaign to address the coronavirus pandemic. You Keep Me Safe.”Here is the list of the official partners of the #WeCanWeWill campaign:

WATSON ISLAND, Fla. – While Miami Children’s Museum is temporarily closed to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions, it remains dedicated to serving the community and fulfilling its mission by being a beacon for South Florida families. The Museum has joined with Caleb & Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation and partnered with Farm Share, to help the less fortunate and hungry with an Awesome Food Giveaway on Tuesday, May 19th from 9 a.m. until noon at Miami Children’s Museum, which is located at 980 MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island in Miami. It is a contactless delivery system for a drive-thru pickup. When it is their turn, they can pull up to the distribution point with their windows up and their trunks open. There will be food packages for up to 500 families on a first-come, first-served basis.

They decided to do after a recent meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director, Fabio Wajngarten. After his trip to South Florida, Wajngarten was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was in isolation at his home in Brazil. Bolsonaro met with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in Mar-a-Lago. The White House reported Wajngarten “had almost no interactions” with Trump and Pence. “We had dinner in Florida at Mar-a-Lago with the entire delegation,” Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office.

MIAMI - One person was injured Sunday morning when a car crashed into a palm tree in Miami's Watson Island. The crash temporarily shut down MacArthur Causeway in both directions. Miami police officers closed two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane between the Miami Children's Museum and Jungle Island. Miami Fire Rescue took the person injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. Detectives are investigating if speed was a factor in the crash.

MIAMI - A car drove through a police barricade Thursday morning and then crashed into the water near Watson Island, Miami Beach police said. Police pursued the car along the causeway before it drove into Biscayne Bay, Rodriguez said. The man then got out of the submerged car and took off his clothes before surrendering to police, Rodriguez said. Nobody was hurt, but divers searched the water to make sure nobody else was in the car. Miami Beach police had blocked off the westbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway while they were investigating a fatal crash earlier in the morning.