The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes is hosting MLB Pitch, Hit and Run, which is scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, March 18 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The one-day free event allows boys and girls ages 7-14 to compete in either the baseball division or softball, and the opportunity to advance through four levels of competition including locals, sectionals, team championships and the PHR National Finals during MLB...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) students honored the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting on February 21. Students, faculty and staff wore orange to stand together against gun violence.   The mother of Gina Rose Montalto, one of the Parkland victims, is an alumni of HML. Students chose to honor Gina Montalto by writing her name and the names of all of the victims on the outdoor basketball courts...

National Honor Society students at Barbara Goleman High School were among the thousands of participants for the Miami Dolphins Cancer Challenge last month at Hard Rock Stadium. Participants rode bikes, ran and walked or volunteered to get one step closer to finding a cure for a deadly disease that has affected millions of people. Launched in 2010 as the signature initiative of the Miami Dolphins Foundation, the DCC is a way for all people to...

  Gabriella Mestre is a junior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School (BGSHS) who is raising money for homeless awareness in her community. To combat these issues, she started an initiative in her school called Teens Against Homelessness (TAH).  Mestre emphasizes the problem of homelessness across communities in South Florida, and believes that the problem could easily be eradicated if people come together to help one another. ...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently announced the two winners for the 32nd annual Roland Gomez Scholarship award during a ceremony at Miami Lakes Middle School. For the girls, Erika Castroman, who plays softball and attends American High School, won the top prize, $1,000 for college expenses and a gold medal. Emilyrose Morejon, a student at Mater Academy who  plays basketball was the runner-up with a silver medal, and Alyssa...