Brownsville NewsLocal news for Brownsville, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Police respond to reports of big fight at Florida school; students hauled away- February 29, 2008 The Associated Press MIAMI -- Police responded in force today at a high school where a protest became unruly, and more than a dozen students were hauled away in handcuffs. via Valley Morning Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/brownsville-fl/2008/02/police-respond-to-reports-of-big-fight-at... 27th Avenue: One street, many stories- February 27, 2008 "In New York, they have the miracle of 34th Street" That street is 27th Avenue.The tradition is rooted in the city's segregated past, when blacks traveled west of 27th only to pay the water bill. Commissioner Ollie Kelley started the walk in January 1988, three months after Miami-Dade County bestowed a new name on the street: Unity Boulevard.The moniker came with a hope that this 17.5-mile slab of asphalt could thread together some of the county's most disparate neighborhoods:...http://www.topix.net/city/brownsville-fl/2008/02/27th-avenue-one-street-many-stories?fromr... |