The Main Street Players awarded three scholarships on Sunday, May 18, to local high school seniors involved in the performing arts. The Main Street Players Board of Directors reviewed their applications and selected the top three students recommended by their teachers  who best demonstrated and exemplified the true ideals of the performing arts. To be eligible, the students had to plan to continue their performing arts education...

  The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), better known as the Summer BreakSpot, will be offering nutritious meals to kids and teens, 18 years of age and under, all summer long. The program is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is administered in Florida by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness. Children need healthy food all year long in order to...

  Miami Lakes resident Adriana Schwinghammer, a long time Miami Lakes K-8 Center volunteer, and mother of three, was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year by the Miami-Dade County Public School System. The award was announced on May 9 at the end of the year awards luncheon at Jungle Island, and was presented by School Board members and the Superintendent. Although a surprise, many thought the honor as long overdue. Miami Lakes...

  Last year, American High baseball players walked off the field dejected after losing a heartbreaking state semifinal game. This year, they walked off the same field but with a different outcome – State Champions! The Patriots’ juggernaut avenged last season’s state tournament loss by beating Tarpon Springs East Lake, 5-2, to claim the Class 7A Florida Championship, the school’s first-ever state title in...

  On May 19, coach German Garcia, Athletic Director at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School, received the All Catholic Conference (ACC) Outstanding Leadership Award for Athletic Director. To qualify for this award, an athletic director must first be nominated by other coaches, athletic directors, and peers from one or more of the 27 Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County. The Conference then selects the award recipient from a group of...