The town council surprised Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner Fred Senra on June 6, when they voted to co-designate Northwest 59th Avenue “Fred Senra Way.”        The avenue borders his business.       Friends including  Miami-Dade County Commissioner Senator Rene Garcia praised Senra for his philanthropy and for building a civic-minded family.     It was Senra’s...

 It was seeing a cake decorating class at a Michaels store that inspired Rosie Cunill to leave her job as a medical assistant.      “I came home, and I told my husband I was going to change my career,” Cunill said.      But her beginning efforts, well, as she said, “If I show you the picture of my first cake [you’d] fall over. It was horrible.”      After...

The Helping Hands column profiles the town’s 12 volunteer committees and advisory boards that promote various causes in Miami Lakes and help town government serve the community. Their activities are funded by the town budget and by ticket sales from some events. Committee: Elderly Affairs Committee  Founded: Nov. 14, 2006 Chair: Dottie Wix  Vice Chair: Lourdes Corvo Treasurer: Rosario Navarro Secretary:...

    Miami Lakes residents who need school supplies may pick up a free backpack, supply kit and more during a giveaway on Sat., June 24 at Miami Lakes Town Hall.      Presented by Mayor Manny Cid and the Giving Gators charity, supplies will be distributed to the first 200 students who arrive at 6601 Main St. from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.       Sponsors are Headquarter Toyota; Mathnasium; Miami-Dade County;...

  When Milly Garcia Chica was not yet four years old, she left Cuba as part of the mass exodus known as the Mariel Boatlift.      The trip to America was a relief for her parents, sister and elderly grandmother. The family endured protests in front of their home in the Camaguey Province and accusations of being traitors before they left the island to stay with an uncle in the Westchester section of...