Two days after Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez spent an afternoon as the target in a dunk tank, his ears were still waterlogged.      Mental Health Task Force Vice Chair Rosa Barroso estimated the elected official fell 50 times into the water.     “It was all for a good cause,” Dieguez said.      That cause was the First Alarm Foundation, which supports the mental...

     The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce held its 25th Annual Business Expo on Nov. 5 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main. At this year’s event about 60 exhibitors ranging from local eateries to insurance firms, developers, banks, restaurants and even local gift shops presented their goods and services to the community.       “I thought it was great, I thought the energy was really, really high...

      One of The Graham Companies’ longtime employees has won a coveted prize: an Inn Key Award from the Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association.      Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez, tennis supervisor at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club, received the Recreation/Spa Employee of the Year Award from the hospitality organization.      The prize recognizes outstanding and...

     Boys from Miami Lakes and the Country Club community who are shown at left play for the Inter Miami CF Academy’s teams, and train at the MLS team’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.       The academy selects the players and coaches them at no charge. The kids travel to games around the state, have competed in Argentina and the Dominican Republic and this year will play in Austin,...

     Carlos Andres chairs the Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee, a post he’s held since January.       Andres, 40, is a certified public accountant with his own firm, Carlos Andres CPA, which he opened in Miami Lakes in 2023. He keeps a virtual office at Venture X for his audit and accounting services.      He is married to Carly Andres, a school psychologist in county public...