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🗳️ Early voting opens at three South Dade sites

🎓 Two MDC scholarship deadlines can put real money toward college

⛳ A Cutler Bay fundraiser sends more than $16,000 back into community programs

🧘 Free Pilates, food trucks, family Halloween events and a Homestead wellness session fill the week

💼 Find Your Next Job: Local Openings Hiring Now

🌲 Long Pine Key’s trail network reveals a rare Everglades landscape

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Tuesday, October 20

Wednesday, October 21

Miami-Dade opened 28 early-voting sites for the general election, including convenient South Dade options at the Homestead Community Center, Naranja Branch Library and South Dade Government Center. Voting early can help residents avoid Election Day lines, and any registered Miami-Dade voter may use any county site. Bring a government-issued photo ID with a signature, review your sample ballot and check posted wait times before leaving; anyone who still needs a mail ballot should act by the deadline below.

📅 Date: Early voting runs Oct 19, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026; mail-ballot request deadline is 5 p.m. Oct 22, 2026; Election Day is Nov 3, 2026.
⏰ Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily during early voting.
📍 Location: Homestead Community Center, 1601 N. Krome Avenue; Naranja Branch Library, 14850 SW 280th Street; South Dade Government Center lobby, 10710 SW 211th Street.

Read More: Miami-Dade opening-day release | Official early-voting schedule | Mail-ballot deadline notice

Miami Dade College lists two useful scholarship opportunities closing at the end of the month. The Jenisbel Acevedo Scholarship awards $4,000 to a first-year nursing student, with preference criteria that include first-generation status, Hispanic heritage or a career change. The Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón Presidential Medal of Freedom Scholarship has a variable award and targets first-generation South Florida high-school graduates with at least a 2.75 GPA. Review the full eligibility rules and start the required 250-word essay now; the college's posted criteria control.

📅 Date: Application deadline is Oct 30, 2026.
🌐 Website: Miami Dade College scholarship listings

The Town of Cutler Bay says its charity golf tournament at Redland Golf & Country Club raised more than $16,000 for the Cutler Bay Community Fund; an independent local follow-up reported $16,660. The fund supports programs and nonprofit work in education, the environment, culture, beautification and social services. Residents and local organizations can follow the town's Community Fund information for future awards and ways to support it; this is a positive result, not a current grant application notice.

Read More: Town of Cutler Bay

• Florida DCF posted a Child Protective Investigator opening in Homestead on Oct 17, 2026. Review the qualifications, travel expectations and background requirements before applying. Florida DCF jobs

• Miami Dade College lists a Student Success Advisor, a Title III grant coordinator and a temporary full-time grant manager at the Homestead Campus. MDC careers

• The Redland Company lists multiple Homestead construction roles, including operators, pipe layers, estimators and project-management positions. The Redland Company jobs

Job listings can close without notice. Apply through the employer’s site and never pay a fee to be considered.

Everglades National Park’s Long Pine Key network offers more than 22 miles of connected trails through pine rockland, one of South Florida’s rarest ecosystems. The main Long Pine Key Trail runs roughly seven miles west from the campground area toward Pine Glades Lake.

Why go: It is a quieter way to see open pine forest, birds and seasonal changes beyond the park’s better-known roadside stops.

Know before you go: The trail is open but unmaintained, with rocky ground and vegetation that can make travel slow. Bicycles are allowed, but the route is not wheelchair accessible. Carry water, sun and insect protection, and turn around before heat or daylight becomes a problem.

Access: Enter through the Homestead entrance. Standard park entrance fees apply unless you have a valid pass.

Read More: NPS Long Pine Key Trails | Everglades hours and fees

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