April 2009

KEY LARGO – Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, with the help of the Miami Seaquarium and the Dolphin Research Center, rescued a manatee

TAMPA – Get a Schmed or a Klippen or a Billy. IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, opens on May 6. And those are the some of the first names that

CORAL GABLES – Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN) said it would open a 33,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack, a unit of the company’s off-price retail division, at Miracle Marketplace located in Coral Gables in spring

ST. AUGUSTINE – One of the best known historic houses in St. Augustine is the Ximenez-Fatio, built starting in 1798. The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America‘s state chapter bought

AMELIA ISLAND – On May 21, the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival will kick off its eighth season, featuring classical music performances for a variety of audiences. Set along northeast Florida, visitors

The recreational harvest season for snook will close beginning May 1 in all of Florida’s Gulf of Mexico, Everglades National Park and Monroe County coastal and inland waters. The harvest season for

ST. PETE BEACH – The TradeWinds Island Grand, the Official Beach Resort of the Tampa Bay Rays, are inviting baseball fans to head out to St. Pete Beach for fun-filled, family-friendly game

KEY WEST – The Better Angels Key West Songwriters Festival will take place from April 28, 2009 through May 3, 2009. The 14th annual event, sponsored in-part by BMI and FURY Key

ORLANDO – The ride Manta opens this summer at SeaWorld Orlando, and The Renaissance Orlando Hotel at SeaWorld has opening vacation packages: The Kids Eat Free Package allows children 12 and under

MIAMI – In Miami, the headquarters of Bacardi could be made into a historic landmark. Bacardi USA will be moving out of the buildings and into a new headquarters in nearby Coral