Listed below are places to turn to for help during the coronavirus outbreak:MasksMiami-Dade County Public Libraries are giving away free masks while supplies last. https://www.miamidade.gov/releases/2020-07-23-library-free-mask-distribution.asp For Small Business Owners--Miami-Dade County Small Business Assistance Forgivable Loan Program, up to $25,000, 0% interest, no origination fees. Contact Partners for Self-Employment, 786-605-8585...

Call it pandemic fashion, the face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors. What kind of mask do you wear? Send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com.

Three students won lots of back to school gear after competing in the Mayor’s Virtual Game Night on Aug. 30. Parents registered kids on Eventbrite to play an online trivia game called Kahoot! They competed in three age groups spanning 5 to 17 to win prizes. The youngest first place winner took home a free day at My Gym in Miami Lakes, a backpack with school supplies courtesy of local charitable group Giving Gators and headphones from Layer 8...

History     Sevilla Estates is an open, ungated community of 357 single-family homes on the upper west side of Miami Lakes.     In 1999, the Delgado Brothers Real Estate Development Company began building the houses.       The neighborhood is bordered by Northwest 87th Avenue and Northwest 89th Court; to the north is Northwest 169th Terrace up to a canal and Northwest 166th Terrace is along the south, according to Juan C.Fernandez, a Realtor...

Longtime Miami Laker Rosemary Emma Schmittel Fritch became a centenarian this summer.    She was celebrated on her Aug. 12 birthday by friends, family and the place where she worshipped and volunteered for two decades, Miami Lakes Congregational Church/United Church of Christ.     “I’m very thankful for the time the good Lord has given me here on earth,” Fritch said through a friend.     Fritch drove a car until she was 99. She now resides at...