Miami Lakes Chevrolet has donated $500 to the Miami Lakes Optimist Club to help purchase equipment and uniforms for the program’s baseball program, a partnership that has grown for the past 10 years.Eddy Seijo, sales manager for Miami Lakes  Chevrolet, said his company has donated a total of $15,000 to the Optimist Club since 2006.“We have been doing it every year for 10 years and will continue donating to the Optimist...

JetStream Federal Credit Union was a proud sponsor of the 75th anniversary commemorative ceremony of the Miami Airport Tower at Miami International Airport on May 19. JetStream’s CEO Jeanne Kucey received an anniversary poster for the organization’s sponsorship of the event’s luncheon.Many South Florida dignitaries were present including Miami-Dade County Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt, Miami-Dade Aviation Department director...

Primerica announced the promotion of Miami Lakes representative, Max Sanchez, to Regional Vice President. In making the announcement, Glenn J. Williams, Chief Executive Officer of the company, stated, "I am pleased to announce that Max Sanchez has joined this exceptional group of leaders. Max's success is a barometer of the number of people that Primerica has helped prepare for a more secure financial future – and that's what we're all...

Miami Lakes resident Kathryn Sotolongo is embarking on a year-long endeavor with the organization Mercy Ships, which travels along the coast of Africa to provide free medical aid. Sotolongo will attend training in Texas for a month before moving on to an HIV camp in Africa for two weeks and finally board the ship while it’s docked in Benin, Africa for 10 months. Sotolongo, a graduate of the University of Miami for Electronic Media...

JetStream Federal Credit Union officers, joined by Miami Lakes elected officials and members of the town’s Economic Development Committee, officially celebrated the grand opening of its new Miami Lakes branch on May 4 in the Royal Oaks Shopping Plaza.JetStream Federal’s chairman Bolivar Perez and CEO Jeanne Kucey cut the ribbon along with Mayor Michael Pizzi, Vice Mayor Tim Daubert, and Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre and Nelson...