The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes.        Most events require preregistration and popular courses may fill up early. Sign up in advance to avoid being shut out of classes.         To check availability, call 305-822-6520, email truglioj@mdpls.org or sign up at bit.ly/3Wnp6tC.      The library at 6699 Windmill Gate Rd. is open...

     The Government Employees Health Association donated $15,000 to help grow Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Miami Lakes.       Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends free books to children around the world. It has operated for two decades in town, where it distributes titles to kids – from newborn to 5 years old – in families who have registered for the program....

     Burlington Stores, Inc. celebrated the opening of its new store in town with a $5,000 donation to Miami Lakes K-8 Center.      “Our eight department heads will meet and decide what they want,” said Principal Yanelys Ferrer about how the gift may be spent. Asst. Principals Shontel Holts-Rich and Veronika Sasturrias joined her at the ceremony.       The school, at 14250 NW 67th...

          With the first day of school quickly approaching, parents and drivers should head out with a bit more time and patience, police say.       Classes resume on Aug. 14 and with that comes the activation of reduced speeds in school zones, more traffic and parents and kids walking near area schools.       Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Maj. Jose Gonzalez, commander...

    Black women are 38 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than White women, despite slightly lower incidence rates.      That’s a grim statistic reported by the American Cancer Society, and it wants to find out why.      Its VOICES of Black Women study seeks to enroll 100,000 healthy African American women to learn where cancer may appear during 30 years of their...