| After Dark: How to make the most of your holiday weekend
Labor Day Weekend has arrived, quicker than ever it seems, and the transition to fall is on everywhere you look, in the stores with their colored leaves and Halloween displays, on the streets where school buses are everywhere you look, and at the pools which are either closing or severely shortening their hours." target="newplace"> .
Miami Small Businesses Receive Grants
Angela Roberts smiles as a customer tells her that the exotically flavored food she's serving up in her Perrine restaurant smells good. "It tastes even better," replied the owner of Chicks N' Wings, 10918 SW 184th St. In Homestead, Joe Norrito teases his older brother, Frank Norrito, about never throwing things away -- a perhaps-excusable trait since they run a thrift store. "We can use parts of it later," jokes Frank, reflecting his general philosophy, not any particular item stacked on the floors and shelves at the family-owned Bargain Shop, 17 N. Flagler Ave. The two businesses were among 10 that recently received a $5,000 grant from the Metro-Miami Action Plan Trust, known as MMAP, a county agency that supports economic development in minority neighborhoods. John T. Jones, chairman of the MMAP board, said the agency's South Dade Business Capitalization Program is designed to offset business costs for local entrepreneurs.
Press Secretary Snow resigns from White House post
Less than a year after he got the job, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is stepping down. Friday, President Bush reluctantly accepted the resignation. Snow says his ongoing battle with cancer was not the reason. Instead, Snow says he needs to make more than his current salary of $168,000 per year. Snow will be replaced by his deputy, Dana Perino, on Sept. 14. .
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