In the late 1980s, legendary NFL coach Don Shula posed for photographers while standing next to a Graham Angus bull at the golf course in Miami Lakes.     Shula was also appearing with members of the Graham family to announce that the resort facilities would be called Don Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club.     Thirty years later, Shula’s namesake steakhouse in Miami Lakes -- the first in a chain...

   Who doesn’t know Magaly Rubio?     If you belong to the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, bought a house or worship at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, chances are you’ve met the vibrant 72-year-old Realtor.     Or perhaps you know Rubio in a more private way, as someone who has benefitted from her work with the Zonta Club on behalf of women and girls who suffer from domestic violence or...

    Kick off the holiday season with two great holiday traditions: the 35th Annual Main Street Festival of Lights in Miami Lakes, and Small Business Saturday.     Both events happen during the same weekend after Thanksgiving, on Saturday, Nov. 30.      That’s when lights will brighten two blocks of Main Street in downtown Miami Lakes, which will be transformed when the famous oak tree glows...

     Picnic Park West is the place to be in Miami Lakes this fall.      The farmers market returns to the green space at 15151 NW 82nd Ave. on Saturday, Nov. 16.       Vendors selling fresh produce, natural juices, flowers, cultural foods and handmade accessories will be set up from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., every Saturday through April.      New sellers are welcome. Contact the...

“Lorca: Flamenco y Contemporáneo” will have its premiere at the Main Street Playhouse on Nov. 29.  Performers will sing and play guitar, and actors will say their lines in Spanish. “This is a play I’ve always wanted to do, since I was in school,” said Silvia de Esteban, the playwright and director.  de Esteban was born in Spain like poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, whose...