By Francisco Alvarado, includes “Village of Pinecrest officials are ramming through an $11.4-million proposal that would connect roughly 700 properties that currently use water wells to the Miami-Dade water system. … Some Pinecrest taxpayers oppose the plan because they believe the federal money should be used on projects that would benefit the entire village, and because numerous water well property owners do not want to connect to the county’s system. Delores Mastrangelo, a Pinecrest homeowner who would have to pay the special assessment, said she and many of her neighbors are happy with their water wells and don’t want to switch.”