During the coronavirus pandemic, when many businesses are not allowed to open and are struggling to survive after being locked down for six weeks or so, there is encouraging activity at the Cypress Village Shopping Center in Miami Lakes. On April 24, a man in a bucket truck was installing the sign for a new restaurant called DICED Food you can trust! And there was more construction happening across the shopping plaza. At the...

The Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida International University is offering free guidance to companies seeking access to disaster capital that is being offered by the state and federal governments. More than 82,000 small businesses employ 53.3 percent of people working in Miami-Dade County, the school said a recent study found. FIU’s consultants will help firms affected by the coronavirus apply for the Paycheck...

A dating app led two strangers to Vie de France Bakery & Café. And after 12 months, they returned once more to the shop on Main Street in Miami Lakes, this time as lovers. “Being in the exact place a year later reminded us to live each moment in the present,” said Lisbeth Coto 39, principal at Angels Reach Academy in Hialeah Gardens. She first met Ryan Reed, an airline pilot and a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve who is also...

The Orange Bowl Committee is accepting applications until May 15 for the Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award. It is named for Scott Beigel, Aaron Feis and Chris Hixon, coaches at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who gave their lives for students and colleagues and were among 17 killed during a mass shooting in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018. The award has a $10,000 scholarship for an outstanding student-athlete from Miami-Dade, Broward or...

The Orange Bowl Committee elected Dr. Yvonne Turner Johnson as the new second vice chair, placing her in line to lead the 85-year-old non-profit in coming years. Turner Johnson is chief medical officer of South Miami Hospital, a part of Baptist Health. Turner Johnson, shown in the photo above, said in a press statement released March 30 that she was “honored” to have been elected. “As a member, I have a deep respect for the...