Sweet tooth customers that enter the new Ben & Jerry’s location at 15484 N.W. 77 Court in the Royal Oaks Shopping Center are immediately greeted by a massive mural depicting two guayabera-clad cows sipping on their cafecito and enjoying some ice cream near the Miami Beach skyline.  The mural speaks volumes about the easy assimilation into the community that owners Marcela and Ivan Kozupytsya have made following their...

  JetStream Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Miami Lakes, announced the appointment of Millie Coipel as its new Business Loan Consultant. Coipel has over 20 years of experience in loan origination and finance including residential and commercial business loans. Prior to joining JetStream, Coipel was a Senior Loan Officer for Interamerican Bank and an Asset Manager for Bayview Financial prior to that. Coipel’s main focus will...

  Local business owner of Lumina Massage, Michelle Orchid Rodriguez, is continuing her community involvement in hosting events aimed to inform the public on healthy living. Rodriguez will be giving a lecture for Mother’s Day titled Prenatal Massage 101 on May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Nutrition S’Mart. 16250 N.W. 57 Avenue. In the lecture Rodriguez will discuss the differences between regular and prenatal massages. The event is free...

  In honor of May as Mental Health Month, the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce will host Dr. Susana Blanco, a licensed psychologist, as the guest speaker for the organization’s monthly membership luncheon on May 13 at Don Shula’s Hotel. Blanco’s presentation is titled “Being Youth Best Self, In Business and In Life.” Blanco earned her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University...

  Miami Lakes Auto Mall’s General Motors Sales Manager Eddie Seigo (right) presented a check in the amount of $500 to Miami Lakes Optimist Club president Jim Hamilton for the organization’s baseball program. The dealership has been a longtime sponsor of the Optimist Club, helping to buy baseball equipment to keep the program running and allowing young kids to play the sport at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. “Without...