When a car ended up in the C-8 Extension Canal along Loch Ness Drive, Miami Lakes resident Steven Monroy dove in to help the driver who was alive when she was pulled from her SUV to shore.       That was two years ago.          On Feb. 19, Monroy was at the same embankment with the Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee, Mayor Josh Dieguez and council members Steven...

     More than 100 cyclists gathered at Miami Lakes Town Hall on a clear Saturday night for the 5th Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour.       Sergio’s Cuban American Kitchen treated them to empanadas (savory turnovers) and croquetas (meat-filled fried appetizers).       As Top 40 tunes played and friends snapped photos and cheered, bicyclists took off through blasts of...

    A sign on the front door of Chivas Cocina Colombiana conveys the sad news to its customers.      “After 23 years of service, our restaurant will be closing as we enter retirement,” the message from owners Grete and Mariano Santos says on the storefront in the Palm Plaza shopping center on Northwest 67th Avenue.             “It’s been an honor to share our...

Alvin Murray  President, Miami Lakes United Soccer Club  Miramar       “So the winter Olympics for me is going to curling,” Alvin Murray said. “It’s a new sport for me. I’ve always seen it but fortunately or unfortunately, I got to see it on TV while I was on a plane and I couldn’t come off of that channel. The United States was playing up against I think...

    The Florida Autism License Plate Fund and Autism Services Grant Council have awarded a $10,000 grant to the HDS Foundation.       The foundation, based in Miami Lakes, will use the money to fund its training courses for students with autism and related abilities to help them to live in society.        “We are honored to receive this support from the Autism License Plate Fund...