If you don’t know the Menendez family or rely on their firm Global Insurance & Financial Services, it means you haven’t lived in town long enough, or you didn’t attend Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School.      “What’s been able to give us success is the ties into Miami Lakes,” said Richard Menendez, co-owner and chief financial officer of the full-service business that...

Erlan Diaz  Sales Representative, Wound Care Specialists  Miami Lakes    “Doctor, definitely a doctor,” Erlan Diaz said. “A hot doctor.”  Juliet Paulet  Co-owner, Dream Vacations Miami Lakes  “Taylor Swift, she’s very hot right now,” Juliet Paulet said. “I think with everything that is happening with her...

Oct. 16 Cosmos for a Cure Chela’s Cocteleria will donate 50% of proceeds from sales of Cosmopolitan cocktails at this fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network. Sponsored by Attorney Gloria Garcia and RE/MAX Advance Realty Real Estate Associate Lynn Matos. 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 15301 NW 67th Ave. Oct. 17 Halloween Senior Party The Elderly Affairs Committee invites those ages 60+ to wear a...

     How fitting that our Pets of Miami Lakes subject is wearing a pirate costume for this issue of The Miami Laker, published during the Halloween season.      Say Aaargh! to Sergeant Striper! He’s a 7-year-old tabby cat with enormous green eyes.       Joe Naranjo was a Miami-Dade Police Officer and heard a kitten’s terrified screams coming from behind the Hammocks District...

    Marie Korenstein and Gloria Garcia traveled to the nation’s capital to join 750 volunteers Sept. 14 - 17 at the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network conference.      They lobbied Congress for legislation that is favorable for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors; funding for research; the Medicare Early Detection Act which Garcia says is the most supported bill in Congress, and...