For the past 39 years, The Graham Companies has awarded college scholarships to graduates of Miami Lakes Middle School. The $1,000 checks are distributed when scholarship winners complete high school.      This year’s recipient is Mayte Mendez. She is shown above at right, with Andrea Graham Rechichi, vice president of corporate relations for The Graham Companies.      Mayte is a...

     Imagine a date night at a restaurant with a trendy menu and live music to dance to, a place where you don’t have to pay a cover charge, fork over high valet fees or risk your life on Interstate 95 to get there.      Such a night out can be had very close to home. In Miami Lakes restaurants you can take salsa turns with a partner, hear a singer croon romantic ballads or form a line with friends and...

  The town council surprised Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner Fred Senra on June 6, when they voted to co-designate Northwest 59th Avenue “Fred Senra Way.”        The avenue borders his business.       Friends including  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Senator Rene Garcia praised Senra for his philanthropy and for building a civic-minded family.     It was Senra’s...

 It was seeing a cake decorating class at a Michaels store that inspired Rosie Cunill to leave her job as a medical assistant.      “I came home, and I told my husband I was going to change my career,” Cunill said.      But her beginning efforts, well, as she said, “If I show you the picture of my first cake [you’d] fall over. It was horrible.”      After...

    Miami Lakes residents who need school supplies may pick up a free backpack, supply kit and more during a giveaway on Sat., June 24 at Miami Lakes Town Hall.      Presented by Mayor Manny Cid and the Giving Gators charity, supplies will be distributed to the first 200 students who arrive at 6601 Main St. from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.       Sponsors are Headquarter Toyota; Mathnasium; Miami-Dade County;...