The Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association honored employees of Miami Lakes Hotel on Main, the Miami Lakes Athletic Club and the Miami Lakes Golf Club during the 26th Annual Inn Key Awards Luncheon held June 6 at the Hilton Miami Downtown. The staffers work in the hospitality division of The Graham Companies, which owns those properties. The employees are the faces of the company and were recognized by it and the...

     Consultant, gallery curator and longtime Miami Lakes resident Christopher Norwood cited three “ships” when he addressed the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on June 8.      Relationships, scholarship and workmanship are the three things that people should take care of to be successful in business and in life, Norwood said.      “I have always nurtured...

     Fireworks will blast off on July 4 from the banks of Graham Dairy Lake in the Town of Miami Lakes.      The town and its Cultural Affairs Committee will be hosting the 19th annual Independence Day celebration.      Lots of family fun is promised for that night at Veterans Park, 15151 NW 82nd Ave.       The funk band Mojo Scoundrels will perform.   ...

     Entrepreneur Gus Machado arrived in the United States from Cuba when he was 15, received his education in America and became a renowned auto dealer and philanthropist who donated to 47 health care and charity organizations during his lifetime.      Machado, of Miami, was 87 when he died on May 16.       His widow Lilliam Machado survives him. She was his partner in giving and they...

     More than 200 mourners gathered to celebrate the life of Gerardo Seferlis, who owned Gerardo’s Marketplace in Miami Lakes for 24 years.      Seferlis, 58, died May 19 after an 18-month battle with cancer.     The three-hour-long memorial service filled with laughter and tears was held at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main.       It was also attended by his wife...