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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...

Howard Schnellenberger, the famed college football and NFL coach who lived in Miami Lakes for 30 years, died in Boca Raton on March 27. He was 87. Schnellenberger was the star inductee for the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame class of 2020; the June 2020 ceremony was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Schnellenberger was head coach at the University of Miami from 1979 through 1983 and led the team to the first of its five...

Cousins Anthony Perez, 10, at left, and Jayden Valdes, 12, at right, show off their catch of a Butterfly Peacock Bass at Lake Adele in Miami Lakes on Feb. 28. The boys were “in awe” of what they pulled up from the water, according to Anthony’s father, Manny Perez, who provided the photo. This bass likes to eat other fish and is native to Brazil, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation...

What Is Passover? The eight-day festival
of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, or March 27 - April 4, 2021. Passover (known in Hebrew as Pesach, or to pass over) commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Pesach is observed by avoiding leaven and high- lighted by the Seder meals which include four cups of wine, eating matzo...