Congratulations to Iris Marrero, the winner of The Miami Laker's Facebook giveaway for a free Shula's Athletic Club 6-month membership!  Marrero is a Miami Lakes resident and college student attending Florida International University in the fall. This giveaway was presented by The Miami Laker in partnership with Shula's Athletic Club. Stay tuned for additional campaigns and giveaways on The Miami Laker's official Facebook page...

  Youth Arts Day & Music Fest 2014 with the theme Dance! Draw! Dream! is a community collaboration celebrating  creativity, youth artists and diversity while creating awareness of Miami-Dade County’s rich cultural resources. The collaboration is a three-week long visual and literary art exhibition which opens with a day long series of youth performances and art from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Deering...

  The Miami Lakes community is invited to the family-friendly grand opening event for 305Yoga & Outreach, now located at 6175 N.W. 153 Street, Suite 329, on Saturday, May 10, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be available along with a group meditation session, a raffle and the opportunity to meet the new yoga gurus in Miami Lakes. Terri Cooper, founder and owner of 305Yoga & Outreach has been teaching yoga since...

  The Young at Heart group at New Testament Baptist Church is pictured during their Easter luncheon gathering on April 17. The group includes 40 to 60 men and women, ages 55 and older, that meets monthly with themes befitting the season and time of the year. The group is led by with Assistant Pastor Ralph Rodriguez and his wife, Rita, under Senior Pastor Matt Pettit. The meeting on Thursday, May 1, featured a Hawaiian theme. For more...

  On Wednesday, April 16, Mater Gardens Academy held an award ceremony in honor of the students who placed in their classroom spelling bee competitions, as well as the students who moved on to compete against other schools. The spelling bee competitions begin at the classroom level. Students compete against classmates for first, second and third place. These finalists then move on to compete against other classrooms in their grade level...