Jaquelin Ondar  English Teacher,  Hialeah High School; Vice Chair, Education Advisory Board  Miami Lakes      “I am,” Jaquelin Ondar said. “This will be my 21st year as a teacher going back to school. “This year is a little bit different because my oldest is going into high school. So the nerves are a little bit everywhere right now,” she said. Jessica Alonso...

Aug. 1 - 3 “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, presented by the Main Street Players A “bold, hilarious call to action for art, feminism and resistance,” set during the French Revolution, according to the theater. Shows are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets go to the theater box office 60 minutes before the show, at 6812 Main St., or buy online at MainStreetPlayers.com. Prices...

   Ask Marivi Moya about her pup Penny Sue, and you’ll hear a tale that started off sad but is getting better by the day.     A rescue group found her, pregnant and tied to a palm tree after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Moya said.   “When they told me how they found her, [I thought,] ‘What kind of person would do that?’” Moya said.       Penny Sue made...

  First Tee Miami campers are the envy of golfers around town because they were able to learn skills on new greens at the Miami Lakes Golf Club. The $12 million renovation of the 63-year-old course at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive is nearing completion and hopes to welcome adult players in November. The kids -- whose footprints are lighter and play was less damaging to the new grass as it took root -- were allowed to play there this summer....

     The Government Employees Health Association donated $15,000 to help grow Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Miami Lakes.       Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends free books to children around the world. It has operated for two decades in town, where it distributes titles to kids – from newborn to 5 years old – in families who have registered for the program....