The Graham Companies, the Town of Miami Lakes and its Education Advisory Board gave checks of $1,000 each to two college scholarship winners before the Aug. 9 council meeting. Shown from left: Hector Abad, vice chair, Education Advisory Board; Maurits Acosta, student member, Education Advisory Board; Andrea Graham Rechichi, vice president of Corporate Relations, The Graham Companies; student Megan Casal who will attend the University of...

     It’s that delicious time of year -- Miami Spice season -- when South Florida restaurants offer three-course meals at special prices: $28 for brunch or lunch and $45 or $60 for dinner.      Two eateries on Main Street in Miami Lakes are participating in the program that lasts through Sept. 30.        Korner67 offers brunch, lunch and two different dinner menus. Brunch has...

     When Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. Rene Garcia addressed the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon this month, he was among friends.       Garcia represents District 13 in the northwest section of the county.        During his 25 years in politics and growing up in the area, Garcia, 48, of Hialeah, has come to know many of the business professionals, educators and...

      This is the fifth story in a series on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Miami Lakes.           If you’ve ever been on a cruise and had an opportunity to bid on art, chances are the works may have come from a showroom in Miami Lakes Upper East Side.       Located at 16000 NW 59 Ave. is Park West Gallery, a Michigan-based company that auctions art...

    The Force Group is a family-run mortgage business that has helped homeowners from three generations of families pay for their dream homes.       The company was founded in 1983 in the second floor of a gas station in Hialeah and moved its offices this year to the heart of downtown Miami Lakes.      The company made its first move into town in the mid-1990s.      Vice...