Miami Dancity Studios announced that three dancers from its new “The Next Step” program have been accepted to the prestigious Miami Arts Charter School Dance Department under the direction of Valerie Barreiro and Roberto Rodriguez. Pictured (from left) Kristen Garcia (14), Gloria Lopez (12), and Amanda Lorenzo (13), all auditioned for the arts charter school earlier this year. For more information on “The Next...

 

Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous holds meetings in Miami Lakes at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. For more information, call Tere at 305-558-6436, or go to www.oamiami.org.

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding its summer basketball registration for boys and girls on consecutive Saturdays, April 12, 19 and 26, from 9:30 to noon at Miami Lakes Middle School. Registration cost is $145 for each player from ages 11-18. The season starts Monday, June 9. Games will be played at Barbara Goleman High School and Hialeah Gardens Senior High School. Parents must bring their kids to the registration along...

  After five years together, Bryan Carro and Roselind Romero were married on January 11 at Long Key Nature Center in Davie in the presence of friends and family. Carro, son of Alejandro and Mary Carro, and Romero, daughter of Jose and Aly Romero, are new Miami Lakes residents. Carro is a worship leader at Oasis Church and is pursuing a degree in zoology. Romero is seeking her degree in English Literature. She is a writer for The Miami...

  Lisa DeYarza has been busy. The longtime educator and Department Head at Miami Lakes Middle School has been attending various civic competitions with her social studies students as she does every year, while preparing for the grand opening of her classroom courtroom. The courtroom, which was specially designed, is furnished with a judge's bench, a jury box, a witness stand, a plaintiff's and defendant's table and seats for spectators....