A former Miami Lakes Optimist softball player is celebrating a win as part of the Special Olympics Florida softball team.      Emily Torres, 27, played on the silver medal-winning unified slow pitch softball team at the USA Games in Minnesota. Special Olympics unified sports feature people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team.      Torres, who does not have an intellectual disability,...

Meet stylish Bianco, an 11-year-old Maltese owned by Eddy Paez.      Paez, who got Bianco from a neighbor, has owned him since he was a 10-week-old puppy.      “He was a little puffball,” Paez said. Bianco, which means white in Italian, is friendly; when he and Paez take their walks on the west side of Miami Lakes, he stops to greet everyone.      “He is...

Kids across Miami Lakes spent their summer frolicking and playing at a variety of camps in town.      At the Main Street Players playwriting camp, young thespians were challenged to create original stage works and practice movement on stage. Meanwhile kids at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club got to try different sports, laser tag, work on tennis skills, swimming, meet with wild animals and other activities.   ...

The Town of Miami LakesPublic Safety Committee believes in the importance of informing Miami Lakers of back-to-school safety tips. Committee chair Carlos Andres has a few tips for parents on how to make the start of the school year safe and stress-free.        As silly as it sounds, texting and walking is a serious matter; a child in our very own town got hurt a few years ago by a truck’s mirror. Tell your...

Ciancy Bernal’s quest to make sure Miami Lakers are well read continues with the installation of a fourth Little Free Library. Ciancy, 16, a rising junior at Archbishop McCarthy High School, received a $1,000 check for the library from Fred Senra.      Senra, a partner at the Miami Lakes AutoMall, presented Ciancy a check on July 16.      “I’m very thankful and grateful to him and the...