They call it “Geezer Ball.” A group of senior citizens, of various ages, shapes and talent levels, have been playing softball at 9 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Miami Lakes Optimist Park for almost five years. The group includes an unusual bunch of characters including the oldest player, Angel Sosa, a Celebration Point resident who turns 82 on October 1. And there’s Mariano Fernandez who would not say a word...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s SPE SALVI facti sumus group, students with documented disabilities receiving Catholic education to attain a special diploma, received very exciting news in the mail: A dedicated letter from President Obama. The students, under the guidance of their teacher Jorge Rodriguez-Miralles, wrote letters to President Obama congratulating him on President’s Day and in celebration of Black History...

  Over 100 high school seniors from schools throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties returned to their childhood school for the Miami Lakes K-8 Center Class of 2014 Homecoming Reunion. This group of students was the second to complete their K-8 years at Miami Lakes in 2010. Four years later, they returned as young men and women eager to recapture the memories from their early years, where they met as four- and five-year olds, and...

  Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force continues its annual Movies in the Park series in April. This free movie watching event takes place at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 Montrose Road (N.W. 82 Avenue). The series will run on Friday, April 11, and Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Families are encourage to bring chairs and picnic blankets. Pizza, popcorn and soda will be available to purchase. For upcoming events and...

  B.J.'s Optical, located at 17250 N.W. 57 Avenue, has a new optometrist, Dr. Bruce Fleisher. Having previously worked for 17 years at Costco's Optical, Fleisher is happy to join the B.J.'s family and is seeing many of his loyal patients from his years of experience. Fleisher graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's in science from the University of Miami, and in 1995 from Nova Southeastern University's College of Optometry. He also...