Residents, attendees at the Festival of Lights, customers of the Mayor’s Cafe and employees of The Graham Companies donated hundreds of toys for kids that the Giving Gators charity distributed this holiday season.       Shown in the first photo at The Graham Companies in Miami Lakes, from left, Giving Gators Board Member Emily Garcia and Co-Founder Daylin Garcia, The Graham Companies Accountant,...

 Barbara Goleman Senior High School hosted the 4th Annual Middle Schools Mock Trial on Dec. 11. Four local schools competed: Bob Graham Education Center; Lawton Chiles Middle School; Hialeah Gardens Middle School, who took 1st Place, and Palm Springs Middle School, the 2nd Place winners.      Miami Lakes Councilman Steven Herzberg, who is a lawyer, and local attorneys Joshua Hertz, Christina Fiallo and Trinette Zarran...

      Rabbi Mendel Weiss and his wife Tzippy Weiss of Chabad Miami Lakes provided a dancing dreidel, fried potato pancakes, kosher donuts and cotton candy for guests who lit a menorah on Main Street on Dec. 18, the fifth night of Hanukkah.       There was also a DJ and a person in a robot costume decorated with LED lights and a sign that flashed a rainbow peace sign, a kitten photo, “Happy...

    During his State of the Town address on Dec. 8, Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez singled out the Gonzalez family as Volunteers of the Year. The family - Omar Gonzalez, a member of the town’s Civic Association prior to incorporation; his wife Cathy Quintana, an Accountant in the Corporate Division at The Graham Companies; Omar’s brother Kelvin Gonzalez and Omar and Cathy’s adult children, Christina, known as...

Residents are invited to meet officials with the Greater Miami Expressway Authority on Jan. 8 about the partial interchange proposed for Gratigny Parkway at Northwest 67 Avenue. This informal workshop will allow the public to review the proposed alternatives. There will not be a formal presentation, but members of the project study team will be in attendance to hear feedback and answer questions. The information...