Sarah-Sophia Wong won a blue ribbon at the 2026 Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition’s Music Competition. Sarah-Sophia, who is in eighth grade at Miami Lakes K-8 Center, won the 1st Prize in the piano solo category held in April at the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Florida International University. For her solo, Sarah-Sophia performed “Passacaglia” by George Frideric...

     Three Miami Lakes K-8 Center students will represent Florida in the Presidential AI Challenge regional contest.       It’s the next step in the team’s attempt to get to the national championship in Washington D.C. in June.       The team’s creation was called Project Dry Streets.       “Project Dry Streets tackles real-world...

    Proceeds from the annual Mayor’s Gala is the only support given to the Special Needs Advisory Board. The money supports the board’s activities and events held for the community.      The 2025 Gala held in November raised a record-setting $71,000 and after expenses donated $43,025, Mayor Josh Dieguez said. In February, Dieguez proclaimed it was St. Thomas University Month, for the school’s...

     Miami Lakes officials recognized the town’s crossing guards in February, which is also School Crossing Guard Month. The guards take care of the town’s kids for nine months every year and are the first faces the kids see on their way to class, said Parks and Recreation Director Jeremy Bajdaun.      He called the crossing guards a family, and a part of the town organization that make residents...

    Parents who want to celebrate their high school or college graduates have until April 27 to submit forms for the Class of 2026 graduation banners.       Presented by the Town of Miami Lakes and its Education Advisory Board, the banners are hung along Miami Lakes Drive for three months.       They feature the graduate’s photo, full name and the school they will graduate...