One of The Graham Companies’ longtime employees has won a coveted prize: an Inn Key Award from the Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association.      Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez, tennis supervisor at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club, received the Recreation/Spa Employee of the Year Award from the hospitality organization.      The prize recognizes outstanding and...

     It’s such a good party, The Graham Companies and the Main Street Merchants have presented it for 39 years.      On Nov. 22, the 40th Annual Main Street Festival of Lights kicks off the holiday season with Santa, elves and lots of free, family-friendly fun.       Children can get their faces painted, enjoy performers, write letters to the big guy in the red suit, decorate...

     The inaugural Cars for Heroes show presented by the Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee drew a crowd downtown on Oct. 11.       From shiny Corvettes to colorful Low Riders, there was something for every auto fan to admire. Kids got to see fire trucks and police cars, old and new, and a bomb squad robot, too.        Ninety-nine vehicles entered the competition that also...

     The town’s premier business organization held its inaugural awards gala on Oct. 17 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main. The event supported the American Cancer Society. Guests dined, danced and partied while dressed in black tie and trustee members received custom trophies. A silent auction, including art by Richard Pis, aka Ricky G, benefitted the American Cancer Society. The honorees were: Platinum Trustee and VIP...

     Jim Hamilton, at left, treasurer of the Miami Lakes Optimist Club, receives a $1,500 check from Fred Senra, partner in Miami Lakes AutoMall. The dealership’s Miami Lakes Chevrolet made its annual donation to sponsor the 2025 baseball season, a gift he has made for the past 15 years.        Hamilton gave Senra a plaque in thanks for the AutoMall’s support of another program, flag football...