Patricia Medina Select Employee Benefits Consultant USI Insurance Services Miami “Chips, more specifically Tostitos with salsa,” Patricia Medina said. “It’s like a nostalgic Florida snack.”   J.R. Longstaff Owner, Your Guy Travel Agency Miami Lakes  “For me it’s something easy:  Peanut Butter M&Ms,” J.R. Longstaff said. “It’s comfort...

  If it looks like Bentley is ready for his close-up, he is.      “He poses all the time,” his owner May Castillo said.      She suspects that Bentley, 7, is a mix of Maltese and Poodle.      “He was supposed to be a full-bred Poodle but I think he’s a Maltipoo,” she said.      Castillo’s sons Papo Castillo, 25, and Jake Castillo,...

Supporters joined attorney Gloria M. Garcia at the Lights of Hope display and cancer fundraiser at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Aug. 27. It was a night to honor and remember those who were taken by the disease as well as pay tribute to those who are fighting it. Each personalized bag represented a cancer story, including that of Garcia’s sister, Maria D. “Mayoyi” Garcia, Garcia said. Garcia and Marie Korenstein, who is also...

    Camp Wannado is offering aftercare services for students in Miami Lakes.       The program includes mindfulness for kids; video games; sports; arts and crafts; homework help and more.      Snacks and transportation will be provided.       Aftercare costs $60 per week with no registration fee for residents; non-residents will pay $36 to...

The public gathered outside Miami Lakes Town Hall in tribute to those whose lives were lost during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and those who contracted fatal illnesses -- police, firefighters and others -- and died years later. The Veterans and Public Safety committees presented the event that was sponsored by Vicky Bakery; BB’s Bakehouse; AC Graphics Digital and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce. Ria Monae sang the...