Joyce Haddad, owner of the holistic wellness center, Keep it in the Heart, recently opened her doors at 8100 Oak Lane, Suite 405, in Miami Lakes Business Park West. The center is a hub for healing through various modalities using organic, food-grade herbal remedies for a variety of physical, spiritual, and emotional ailments. Haddad, who was born in Venezuela but raised in the U.S. by an Italian mother and Middle Eastern father, first...

The newly opened nail salon, The Nail Cottage, is located at 6864 N.W.169 Street near Miami Lakes. The inviting salon features a wall of nail polish from OPI, Essie, and many others and on the other wall a quote from Coco Chanel “A girl should be two things - classy and fabulous.”The girls and women who frequent The Nail Cottage are privy to such classiness with extremely clean areas and offers of water, coffee or wine along with...

Miami-Dade County Comissioner Barbara Jordan’s Small Business Lending Workshop drew 60 people – local business owners learning about participating in county contracts, and becoming county registered vendors.The workshop, which was co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Division , was held on November 3 at Florida Memorial University.“It’s vital to help small businesses, especially the ones getting back on their...

Leslie W. Langbein, Esq., a noted Labor and Employment Law attorney whose office is in Miami Lakes, will be the guest speaker at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s general membership luncheon scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, in the Grand Ballroom of Shula’s Hotel on Main Street.Her presentation will focus on “Hot Topics in Labor Law.”Networking begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch to follow at noon. Admission is $30...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will host a Thanksgiving social for seniors on Wednesday, November 16, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street.As the Oktoberfest social was canceled due to Hurricane Matthew, the Thanksgiving social will allow seniors to socialize with their Miami Lakes family and reflect on the many things to be thankful for.The event is sponsored in part by Coventry – Aetna.The Elderly Affairs Committee will be collecting...