The 37th Annual Main Street Festival of Lights will happen a week earlier than in past years to accommodate families who go on vacation during Thanksgiving week.      On Saturday, Nov. 19, school choruses will perform, Girl Scout Troop 456 will sell monogrammed Santa caps and stockings and Boy Scouts from Troop 247 will help kids who visit the Santa House while they pose for photos with the man in...

     A graduate of West Point will lead the 43rd Annual Miami Lakes Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 6.      William “Bill” Knickerbocker, 75, was chosen by the town’s Veterans Committee to be this year’s grand marshal.      “I am humbled, to be quite honest,” Knickerbocker said. “It’s an honor to serve and an honor to be the grand...

    The Zonta Club of Miami Lakes supports the fight against breast cancer. On Sept. 25 members participated in the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative’s 6th Annual Pink Walk 5K run and walk held at the north campus of Miami Dade College. Shown in the first photo are Cathie Inman; Jan Harmond; Constance Jones, morning anchor at WTVJ-NBC Ch. 6; Sally Whitton; Andrea Ivory, executive director of the Women’s Breast...

     Realtor Magaly Rubio of Miami Lakes and her daughter Leti Amadeo appear in a photo that was taken during a family trip to Europe in September. Their journey included a stop in Paris. The gals are standing above the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum and its glass and metal pyramids that were designed by I.M. Pei.       “We visited places that I hadn’t been to in many years,”...