Every couple of days, a Florida Gray Fox visits Yancy Bernal. The creature likes to hang out on the back patio of the family’s home in Lake Martha.      “I literally let him/her be,” Bernal said.      That’s good advice to follow and is the same guidance that Zoo Miami Goodwill Ambassador Ron Magill shared with an audience that filled Miami Lakes Town Hall on Jan....

 Krizia Polanco  Corporate Partnerships and Wellness Manager, Memorial Healthcare System Miramar     “I normally don’t watch football,” Krizia Polanco said. “I don’t recall ever watching a halftime show. [But] definitely at Super Bowl 2026, I am watching because as a Latina, I have to see Bad Bunny and represent Puerto Rico and the whole culture. So I will be tuning in this...

Feb 7 Elevate Church Love Day Prayer Drive-thru Receive a short, simple prayer from volunteers without leaving your car. 6250 Miami Lakes Drive East, 9 a.m. -Noon, Free. Feb. 7 Valentine’s Painting with a Twist Hosted by the Special Needs Advisory Board, 15501 Bull Run Road. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Register at TOML.Eventbrite.com. Feb. 7 The 8th Miami Lakes Food & Wine Festival To benefit the Town Foundation and community causes....

     Finn is a 5-year-old miniature Australian Shepherd who is a pet of Aimee and Richard Hayden and their six children.       Finn has a red merle (patches of color) coat and distinctive eyes -- one has a blue iris, the other is  brown --  a condition called heterochromia.       The variation in his eyes does not affect his vision. The Haydens think he’s a wonderful...

     Flora Perez, 97, lives in Hialeah and spends a lot of time in Miami Lakes among her extended family that includes two granddaughters, six great-grandchildren and five great-great grand kids.      After she left Pinar del Rio, Cuba for Miami in 1965, Mrs. Perez worked at a Homestead farm for 80 cents an hour, her great-granddaughter Amanda Socarras said.       That led to a career in...