Call it pandemic fashion, the colorful face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus. Whether masks have mottoes from the Girl Scouts or drawings of their yummy cookies or photos of legendary markswoman Annie Oakley, they help keep us safe. What kind of mask do you wear? Send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com. Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

History     Miami Lakes Golf Course Village is a townhome and villas community of 144 residences in the center of town, east of the Palmetto Expressway.      Built in 1969 by what is now called The Graham Companies, it is south of Miami Lakes Drive and the Cypress Village Shopping Center.     The community is bordered by Big Cypress Drive, Twin Sabal Drive and Miami Lakeway South.Amenities    Some of the homes abut the Executive Par 3 course...

And best wishes for all good things in 2021!       During this holiday season, we are grateful for all of the readers, companies, schools and town staff who have shared photographs and news during a time when social distancing can hamper reporting.     And we greatly appreciate that our advertisers -- both longtime and new -- have decided that the pages of The Miami Laker is where they present their businesses to our community.      Despite...

The holiday decorations in some Main Street storefronts are blue, but merchants were not during the town’s Think BIG, SHOP Small event on Nov. 28.Shoppers ogled baubles in the cases at Miami Lakes Jewelers, where a security guard helped enforce social distancing and made sure customers wore masks before they entered the store.Mercedes Mathias, a store manager, said, “We’ve been extremely busy. Pandora, Tous and Tacori, that’s what people are...

Rhoda has a problem: though she’s a newly hatched alligator in the Florida Everglades, another baby gator named Horace doesn’t like her orange and blue skin, and he bullies her. How Rhoda overcomes being an outcast and learns to celebrate what makes her special is the plot of the new children’s book published Nov. 24 by former Fla. Gov. Bob Graham. “I wrote this story for my grandchildren and girls and boys of their...