Pace High School alumni Chris Marrero from the Pawtucket Boston Red Sox organization won the 2016 Home Run Derby title during the Triple All-Star Game last month at the BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte,  North Carolina.  Marrero, who graduated from Pace in 2006, swatted 18 homers in three minutes during the finals to beat Kyle Jensen of the Reno Aces of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.In the final round, Marrero clobbered the...

As part of a newly strengthened wellness policy, the School Board of Miami-Dade County voted to incorporate Hands-Only Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPR training for all students who take Personal Fitness as part of their graduation requirements.This will create new generations of lifesavers by preparing them to respond to sudden cardiac arrest, whose victims usually die before Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) arrive because CPR was not...

It’s that time of year again! Florida shoppers once again will have a three-day “tax-free holiday” weekend in anticipation of the new school year. This year’s sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2016.No Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected during this time on the following: Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling...

The father of Barbara Goleman High recent graduate, Michael Avendano, told his son that playing baseball would land him a college scholarship someday.After heeding his father’s advice, Avendano is headed to Barry University to resume his career in the college ranks and conceivably play Major League Baseball.Avendano is the latest Roland Gomez Scholarship award winner from the Miami Lakes Optimist Club who’s going off to college in...

St. Thomas University has named Dr. Gloria Pelaez as the new dean for the college’s School of Arts and Education, where she will oversee the school’s undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in education as well as its programs in communication arts.“Dr. Pelaez’s extensive resume, in particular in higher education, makes her ideally suited to lead a school that has seen enormous growth in the past two years...