Dr. Yvonne Johnson-Phillips, vice president and chief medical officer at Baptist Health’s South Miami Hospital, was installed as the Orange Bowl Committee’s 85th president and chair as of Jan. 31.      Johnson has been a member of the committee since 2010. She succeeds President and Chair Frank Gonzalez, and is the first African-American woman to become president of the sports and charitable...

    As we continue to explore the business parks in the lower east side of Miami Lakes, we find ourselves at the corner of Miami Lakes Drive and Northwest 60 Avenue.      Several warehouses dominate the corner.       Sabal Square Business Park, which was built in 1973 and is owned by The Graham Companies, has six buildings.       Tenants in the warehouses represent a...

    The First Tee Miami youth golf program has found a new home at Miami Lakes Golf Club.      “The Graham family is excited to welcome First Tee,” said Stuart Wyllie, president and chief executive officer of The Graham Companies. “We have a longstanding relationship with the DeLucca family, going back to the opening of the golf course in 1962.”      First Tee lost its...

Grace De La Torre, whose flower business Garden in a Pot was on Main Street in Miami Lakes for more than a decade, died on March 15. The cause was metastatic lung cancer, her daughter Jessica De La Torre said. Grace De La Torre was 62. Born in Cuba, she lived in Miami Lakes for 32 years before moving to Pembroke Pines. “They told us she was treatable but not curable,” De La Torre, 31, of Miami Shores said of the diagnosis...

    Miami Lakes had a presence at this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival, when two local bakeries --  LA Sweetz and Vicky Bakery – showed off their creations to the foodie crowd.       LA Sweetz at 6707 Main St. is owned by Letty Alvarez and her family. Alvarez may be familiar to readers.       She has competed on the Food Network’s “Cupcake...