Town leaders greeted the new franchise owners of Express Employment Professionals on Aug. 17 at the company’s offices in Miami Lakes.  Shown above left to right are:  Fred Senra, president of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce; Edward Pidermann, Miami Lakes town manager;  Jorge Alvarez, chair of the Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee; former Co-Owners of Express Employment Professionals and...

     Martha Jane Cannon Toms was an elegant and proper Southern lady who was not above cooking a hairy feral hog that her son Tommy Toms once brought home after a hunting trip.      Called Mango because she was so sweet, Toms was 96 when she died from natural causes on Sept. 2 at the Southwest Ranches home of her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Bill Brinegar.      Ernest Graham,...

   Laura Wyllie Ratliff, commercial portfolio manager of The Graham Companies, is continuing her family’s legacy of developing and strengthening the business community in Miami Lakes.      Ratliff, 35, grew up in town and is a member of what’s known around the company as “the G4,” the fourth generation of family cousins who are young leaders in the firm.      Her life and...

      Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Doral, spoke at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Sept. 8 at Shula’s Hotel and Golf Club in Miami Lakes.       The U.S. Representative for District 25 is serving his 10th term.        Diaz-Balart, 59, said he is not giving up on getting a unique Zip Code for the Town of Miami Lakes.        He also...

     Shores of Miami Lakes is an assisted living and skilled nursing facility planned for the west side of Miami Lakes.      DOS of Hialeah, Inc. (Developing Options for Seniors), has asked to go before the town council to seek approval for the project during the Oct. 12 meeting.      The company, based in Miami Lakes, would buy 4.16 acres at 14500 Commerce Way from The Graham...