The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes.        Most events require preregistration and popular courses may fill up early. Sign up in advance to avoid being shut out of classes.         To see what is available, call 305-822-6520, email truglioj@mdpls.org or sign up at bit.ly/3Wnp6tC.      The library at 6699 Windmill...

    Barbara Goleman Senior High School Senior Christopher Prophete, 17, of Miami, in the first photo, participated in a summer Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects, or STEP program at Purdue University.       Students learned core engineering skills, including physics, programming, 3D modeling and robotics; team-based challenges to tackle real-world problems, which ended with a design competition; learned...

The Public Safety Committee hosted its first coffee at Fire Station 64 in Miami Lakes on Aug. 16. Residents learned about firefighting skills and met fire rescue professionals and the Venom One Response Unit, who taught them about reptiles. Sparky, the department’s mascot, greeted visitors to the station at 15324 NW 77th Court. Bon Vivant Charcuterie and Gourmet Market, Kona Ice and La Cafetera 305 served snacks and coffee....

     U.S. News & World Report ranked Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy in Hialeah a Top 100 school in its annual report in August.      “I think it’s fantastic,” Principal Jose Enriquez Jr. said. “I think it’s great for our community and our school, particularly the hard-working teachers and students.”      Enriquez said feedback from parents is they are...

    The family of former Fla. Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham gave $5 million to the University of Florida to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the Gainesville campus.       The donation creates the largest endowed fund in the center’s history, UF said. It is launching a fundraising campaign to grow the endowment to $20 million by the end of...