The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce held its third annual charity golf tournament at the Miami Springs Golf & Country Club. Twenty-one teams participated in the tournament. Money raised will benefit the chamber’s scholarship fund for students who attend Miami Dade College and Ana G. Mendez University, as well as students from Barbara Goleman Senior High School. Participating team the ARC of South Florida donated an additional...

The Women's Breast & Heart Initiative will sponsor free mammograms at Macy's Westland Mall on Saturday, June 20. Part of the Miami Lakes-based organization's annual Summer Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative, it will provide the screenings by appointment from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Jackson Health System and Mount Sinai Medical Center will also offer on-site heath screenings, for both men and women. Women who complete their...

      As the country marks its 250th year, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René García had a patriotic message for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce: Buy American.      “Small businesses are the cornerstone of our economy,” García said. “It’s incumbent on all of us whenever possible to go and shop at a local vendor, to go and support them. Because that’s the way money stays...

     The co-founders of CAO Bakery & Café have opened their 22nd location near the Hialeah-Miami Lakes southwest border.      “The community showed up,” said Marketing Director Yvette Cao of the April 18 debut at 7755 W. 4th Ave. in Hialeah, in the Amelia development.      She and her husband, Antonio Cao, are Miami Lakers. He and co-founder Carlos de Varona launched the...

  The National Credit Union Administration approved JetStream Federal Credit Union’s application to expand its community charter to include Broward County, the financial cooperative said in a media statement on April 27.      “This is a transformative moment for JetStream,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Jeanne Kucey.       “Expanding into Broward County allows...