Entrepreneurs continue to invest in new dining, retail and wellness businesses in Miami Lakes.  Here’s a roundup of what recently opened, and who will be serving customers in the next few months. Dining Bon Vivant Charcuterie & Gourmet Market, 6707 Main St.       Restaurant veteran Lilly Tudela owns a Giardino’s Salads franchise at the Park Centre Shops. With business...

      Students at Bob Graham Education Center collected over 300 books from classmates, teachers and families for the Miami Lakes Book Drive that was organized by the Education Advisory Board. Area schools are collecting new and gently used books until April 25. Donations may be placed in a box in the lobby of Town Hall, at 6601 Main St. The EAB will give books away to children at town events.

     Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s baseball program celebrated opening day on February 28, when teams gathered to kick off the new season of play.      Joining them were retired Major League Baseball center fielder Preston Wilson, who played for the Florida Marlins and other teams; Miami Marlins mascot Billy the Marlin; Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez; Vice Mayor Bryan Morera and Councilmen Angelo Cuadra...

Jim Hamilton  Owner, Miami Lakes Sports Shop  Miami Lakes       “I’m always excited on opening day,” Jim Hamilton said. “Expectations are the highest in the beginning.”  Mike Dentes  Freight Forward Logistics  Miami Lakes      “Yeah of course,” Mike Dentes said. “Usually in my case I play Fantasy...

     Adriana Kruger loves cats.       “When they die, we suffer,” she said.       For a while, she and her husband Robert Kruger had a cat that lived outdoors, but when they returned from a vacation he was gone.       “I missed him, and I wanted another cat,” she said.      She was in luck: A neighbor’s cat had a...