Shown in the photo at right are the extended family of the late Roberto Alonso, the first vice mayor in Miami Lakes, on stage at the Sixth Annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure charity show on April 3. They are from left: Mauricio Banderas, Jesus Mendoza, Christine Banderas, Jessica Mendoza, Kaylee Mendoza, Carolina Banderas, Joshua Mendoza, Luciano Banderas, Idania Alonso, Robbie Alonso, Oliver Alonso, Alexandra Alonso and...

     Call it pandemic fashion, the face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus and its variants.

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     Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

     As Kelly Kooken stood in a 90-minute line at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando in March, her son Vincent was remaining calm.      “He’s doing really well right now,” Kooken, of Weston, said by phone.       Vincent is a junior at Cypress Bay High School where he attends a B.R.I.D.G.E.S. class for students who are on the autism spectrum.      ...

    John Rogger recently took on a new role in town as the chair of the Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board.       It’s the first time Rogger, 35, has served on one of the town’s dozen volunteer committees.  But it’s something that is close to his heart -- he said both of his sons have autism.       Rogger and his family have lived in South Florida...

     Take a walk along tree-lined Main Street and you’ll hear the lively clang of silverware on china plates coming from restaurant patios as buzzsaws scream and hammers pound away inside several storefronts.       The one-mile byway in the heart of Miami Lakes is undergoing a whirlwind of change.       Four new restaurants with fresh concepts have welcomed diners within the...