Shown at the Vellu Laser ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 22 are from left: Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid;   Maurice Costa, president, BNI Excellence; Yaima Guevara, nurse practitioner; Devany Collado, treatment specialist; Gio Blanco and Jayson Guerra, sons of President and Founder Roxana Miranda; Ed Guerra, investment partner; Roxana Miranda, president and founder, Vellu Laser; Vice Mayor Tony Fernandez; Councilman Bryan Morera;...

If you love the outdoors, you can “find your awesome” at 37° North, an outfitter on Main Street that sells active wear and also supplies Boy Scouts from Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Scouts can select guides on how to earn merit badges and buy uniforms and gear for camping and other adventures. It’s the first store in the country that will cater to both scouts and regular folks. It is named after two national...

For Hemisphere Title Company President Patricia Gonzalez, the company is like a member of her family, a business she nurtured into what it is today.       “To me, I just thought of it as my third child, you care for it,” Gonzalez, 63, told The Miami Laker. “You bring it to life, and you love it.”      The company marked four decades of success on Aug. 13 with a celebration at...

     Dr. Frantz R. Lerebours, a physician for the Miami HEAT and Florida International University athletics, will be the next speaker at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon on Sept. 11.       During the August gathering of the business group, Sheriff candidate Ignacio Alvarez spoke about the new office.       He was the third person seeking that office to address the...

     The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce and the Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee welcomed Drip IV Bar and MedSpa with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 8.       Located at 14575 NW 77th Court, Suite 304, the MedSpa offers health, wellness and aesthetic services. It provides injectables; micro-needling; facials; chemical peels; medically managed weight loss; IV therapy and hormone...