Summer learning loss is a phenomenon parents and educators have long acknowledged as a significant setback to academic achievement. Johns Hopkins University researchers indicate math proficiency is particularly susceptible to the summer learning slide.Students lose two to two and a half months of the math computational skills they learned during the regular school year.Experts widely agree that summer math studies provide a solution....

The Main Street Players (MSP) located at 6766 Main Street announced its 2019 New Play Competition. As part of its mission, the theatre group wants to support local playwrights and bring new plays to the South Florida theatre community. The winning submission will be presented as a staged reading as part of the South Florida Theatre Fest. Since MSP produces its plays in an intimate black box theater, organizers suggest the following for all...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid and Councilmember Jose Dieguez celebrated the grand opening of Andy’s Gun Range recently at 14000 N.W. 82 Avenue. The range is a training facility for law enforcement officers and military personnel. Pictured are owner Andres Perez, his son Christopher and wife Michelle Rodriguez.

Miami Lakes along with the Miami-Dade Police Department are looking for police reserve officers who are certified police officers who choose to work as volunteers in a sworn capacity in a variety of assignments in the Town.Held to the same standards, police reserve officers work alongside full-time officers to assist the Department’s efforts in the prevention and detection of crime and general enforcement of laws. The reserve officers will...

Miami Lakes Farmers Market and Yoga in the Park will be concluding for the season on Saturday, April 20.The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and offers a variety of fresh produce, natural juices, assorted flowers, cultural foods and handcrafted accessories.Lighthouse Yoga and Wellness has free Yoga in the Park open to all ages and levels from 9 to 10 a.m.The Fall 2019 start date for both activities will be announced in the future.