Graham Hospitality wins Community Service prize at 28th Annual Inn Key Awards

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, May 17, 2024

 The 28th Annual Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association presented the Hotel Community Service Award to The Graham Companies’ Hospitality Division during the Inn Key Awards luncheon held April 23rd at the InterContinental Miami hotel.      The recognition during the industry gathering was significant for The Graham Companies because it’s when hospitality, corporate, and government leaders celebrate...

Crowd attends 8th Annual Cars for a Cure auto show

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Tuesday, May 7, 2024

     On a beautiful Sunday in April in downtown Miami Lakes, people visited Main Street to see beautifully restored cars and trucks.      The free, family-friendly 8th Annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure featured a pig roast and beer garden and live performances by the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School Trojan Marching Band, as well as country music artist Ricky Valido and dance music band Mantrap, who...

National and local figures remember Bob Graham

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, May 3, 2024

“Bob Graham was a colleague, friend, and devoted Floridian whose nearly 50 years of service to his beloved home state and to our country have made America a safer and stronger nation. ... He and I served together in the U.S. Senate, as respective chairs of the Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees in the wake of 9/11, working to heal a shattered nation and to protect America in a changing world.”  President Joe Biden...
    The spray of palms, white orchid and magnolia flowers, orange kumquats and gray Spanish moss atop Bob Graham’s casket represented one of his passions:  the landscape of Florida, and protecting its environment.      It was an elegant touch among several during the lying in state ceremony for the former Florida governor and U.S. senator on April 26 at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in...

Orange Bowl Committee elects board members, officers

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, April 19, 2024

    The Orange Bowl Committee elected its 2024 – 2025 board of directors and officers and announced new members who joined the sports organization in March.      Hector Tundidor Jr., a partner at Ernst & Young, LLP was elected second vice chair of the Orange Bowl Committee.      He will become president and chair during the 2027 – 2028 college football...
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