Hialeah-Miami Lakes Concert Band earned an excellent rating at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 16 Concert Band Music Performance.       The performances were held at Hialeah Gardens High School from March 4 to March 6.       Four judges reviewed the band’s performance; their ability to play a piece of music the band hadn’t seen before and the student...

     Before a sold-out audience in her hometown stadium at the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship, Brianna Therve met the opportunity of a lifetime and performed like a star.      Producers chose Therve, 18, a junior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, to sign “America the Beautiful” as the Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale sang the song.     ...

    Inside a replica cattle car like those used by the Nazi regime, shoe prints marked where crowds of men, women and children on their way to concentration camps during World War II would have stood.       Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René García invited a non-profit group called Hate Ends Now to bring the cattle car, artifacts –- a yellow Star of David patch; a sign for Zyklon-B pesticide used...

Four students who are from Hialeah and are enrolled at Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy, are recipients of full ride scholarships from the Posse Foundation and the QuestBridge Scholars program.       The Posse Foundation awards $250,000 scholarships to attend one of six different schools. It requires the recipients to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and earn high test scores among their...

  The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes for children.      Call 305-822-6520, email truglioj@mdpls.org or sign up at bit.ly/3Wnp6tC.      The library at 6699 Windmill Gate Rd. is open Monday - Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., and closed Sunday.      Please note that the county plans to close the library...