When a Goldendoodle puppy joined Paz and Jorge Sanchez’s family in Miami Lakes, their son Oliver, 3, wanted to call his new pet Dino, short for dinosaur.      Turns out Dino was a girl, and Dina, now 3, is her name. She and Oliver have a special bond.      “Dina was the only one of the litter who interacted with my son,” Paz Sanchez said. “She instantly started playing with...

 Mario Knapp is a veteran lawman who retired as a major from the Miami-Dade Police Department after serving 27 years in nearly every division of the agency.         A Republican, Knapp is one of 17 candidates in the partisan sheriff’s race that will be decided Nov. 5. He is among the top recipients of campaign contributions, $130,022 as of March 31, records show.      He spoke to the...

Called the “kitchen table” of Miami Lakes, town officials praised Trattoria Pampered Chef Restaurant and its owner Nashat Ghobrial for his unwavering supply of meals for elders and veterans and for feeding volunteers during the pandemic. The business has been in town for 33 years, Mayor Manny Cid said while awarding a proclamation to Ghobrial on March 12.       “This community has really cherished...

JetStream Federal Credit Union Accounting Specialist Orlando Guerra and Assistant Vice President Maribel Alvarez, E-Commerce, Member Care Center, met the community at the annual Spring Festival at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church and School on March 1.  They provided finance tips and shared information about JetStream’s Community Financial Literacy Campaign. The program is free for businesses, schools and non-profit...

Young golfers enrolled with First Tee Miami took over the Miami Lakes Golf Club to help fill divots. They ran behind a golf cart to fetch green sand with small trowels and fill holes on the course.       “It’s an egg hunt, but a really hard egg hunt,” one of the boys on the golf course exclaimed working to fill the divots. It was only the first part of the day for 80 First Tee students on April 2....