Intensity Dancers’ Studio is celebrating two decades of teaching grace and movement to young Miami Lakers this fall.       The studio, at 15507 Bull Run Road, has called Miami Lakes home for 17 of its 20 years in business. There is a second studio in Miramar.       Co-directors Jennifer Wolske, 44, and Maria Pacetti, 55, said they have seen some of their students enjoy...

Cypress Village Shopping Center Beverly Hills Cafe 7312 Miami Lakes Drive 305-558-8201.  Thebeverlyhillscafe.com. Indoor/outdoor dining, take-out, delivery, UberEats. CRUZEIRO Brazilian Steakhouse 7419 Miami Lakes Dr.  305-363-5247 Indoor dining. DiCED  7425 Miami Lakes Drive 305-961-1032 Dicedfood.com, indoor dining, take-out, UberEats, Postmates, DoorDash   Dr. Limon Ceviche...

     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...