If you don’t know the Menendez family or rely on their firm Global Insurance & Financial Services, it means you haven’t lived in town long enough, or you didn’t attend Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School.      “What’s been able to give us success is the ties into Miami Lakes,” said Richard Menendez, co-owner and chief financial officer of the full-service business that...

Oct. 16 Cosmos for a Cure Chela’s Cocteleria will donate 50% of proceeds from sales of Cosmopolitan cocktails at this fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network. Sponsored by Attorney Gloria Garcia and RE/MAX Advance Realty Real Estate Associate Lynn Matos. 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 15301 NW 67th Ave. Oct. 17 Halloween Senior Party The Elderly Affairs Committee invites those ages 60+ to wear a...

    Marie Korenstein and Gloria Garcia traveled to the nation’s capital to join 750 volunteers Sept. 14 - 17 at the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network conference.      They lobbied Congress for legislation that is favorable for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors; funding for research; the Medicare Early Detection Act which Garcia says is the most supported bill in Congress, and...

Ibis Valdés, Director of Engagement at the office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, presented a proclamation to Rosa Nell Hammer, seated at center in a black dress, to celebrate her 106th birthday. Alex Ruiz (at center behind her) is district sales manager of The Keyes Company in Miami Lakes and organized the party for his former Realtor at Veterans Park on Oct. 5. She retired from selling real estate when she was...

    Ret. U.S. Marine Col. William “Bill” Perez will lead the 2025 Miami Lakes Veterans Day Parade as Grand Marshal on Nov. 2.      Perez, 60, of Miami Lakes, chairs the town’s volunteer Veterans Committee; committee members chose him for the honor.      Perez was born in Cuba and moved to Miami Lakes in 1974, where he attended Miami Lakes Elementary School and Miami Lakes Middle...