Miami Lakes Auto Mall’s Chevrolet dealership recently donated $500 to the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes as part of their partnership in support of the large automobile company and 50 year-old organization.The money is used for the baseball/softball and soccer programs at the club including purchasing uniforms and equipment.Chevrolet, which has been the club’s biggest supporter for eight consecutive years, also donates sporting equipment each...

In celebration of Women’s History Month during March, Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School (OLL) invited some of its women alumni to participate in the first OLL Women Alumni Forum on March 28. The women answered questions from the seventh and eighth grade students. They shared their experiences as women in their workforce and family life. OLL is proud of these alumni who have proven to be Women of Distinction! Pictured (from left) are the...

A push-in ceremony to welcome the new fire rescue unit at Miami-Dade’s fire station No. 64 will take place at 10 a.m., Monday, April 8, at 15325 N.W. 77 Court in Miami Lakes. The new unit will help increase the emergency response time for residents living on the west side of Miami Lakes.For some time now, town officials have been lobbying the county for a new fire rescue unit but Miami-Dade lacked the money.This year outgoing Miami-Dade’s...

Mater Academy High’s football player Onelio Rios was among several Miami-Dade County Public Schools students who earned the Carnival Cruise Lines Foundation Scholarship for mentoring and serving the youths of their communities.The students were recognized during the Miami Heat-Milwaukee Bucks game at American Airlines Arena.The academic award will go to the college of his choice for the next five years.The Carnival Foundation, in partnership...

Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy congratulated two seventh grade students for being the 2019 District Black History Month Essay winners. The students placed first and second place in the District’s Black History Month Essay Contest. Hannah Mesa placed first and Sabrina Martinez placed second. Pictured (from left) Mesa, Martinez and Jose Marti principal Jose Enriquez.