Meet Yoda! Like the “Star Wars” character he’s named for, Yoda is an 11-year-old Pug who is “pretty smart,” says owner Jacqueline Sheesley of Miami Lakes. Yoda is also adventurous: He likes to go camping and boating in the Atlantic Ocean, as long as he can be with his family. “He’ll go wherever we go, and do whatever we do,” she said. Yoda would rather lie down than sit, so that he may...

It was a beautiful
Saturday night in Miami Lakes and attorney Maurice Costa and his family were a party of seven, dining outdoors at Trattoria Pampered Chef restaurant in the Cypress Village Shopping Center. The occasion on March 13 was a birthday celebration for Costa’s sister-in-law, Monica Diaz. A singer was performing Frank Sinatra songs and as the entrees were served, the family was joined by an unexpected...

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Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

History Loch Lomond East is a small, waterside townhome community just north of Main Street in Miami Lakes. The Sengra Corporation, later known as The Graham Companies, developed the neighborhood between 1972 and 1978. It has 118 single-family residences accented with cheerful yellow and white striped awnings. Amenities The community is bordered by Northwest 67th Avenue and Miami Lakeway North. Most townhomes are single...