When The Graham Companies sponsored the 22nd Annual Corey for St. Jude Golf Tournament at the Miami Lakes Golf Club on Oct. 24, there were several reasons to celebrate.       One was raising $70,000 that day, bringing total donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. to more than $1 million over two decades, the company said.      It was also the...

     Two days after Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez spent an afternoon as the target in a dunk tank, his ears were still waterlogged.      Mental Health Task Force Vice Chair Rosa Barroso estimated the elected official fell 50 times into the water.     “It was all for a good cause,” Dieguez said.      That cause was the First Alarm Foundation, which supports the mental...

     Carlos Andres chairs the Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee, a post he’s held since January.       Andres, 40, is a certified public accountant with his own firm, Carlos Andres CPA, which he opened in Miami Lakes in 2023. He keeps a virtual office at Venture X for his audit and accounting services.      He is married to Carly Andres, a school psychologist in county public...

     October was a good month for Barbara Goleman Senior High School freshman Alain Sanchez, 14, of Miami Lakes.       Alain was recognized at the Do the Right Thing of Miami, Inc. monthly ceremony in Miami on Oct. 16 and by the Miami Lakes town council on Oct. 21.      “...  Alain saw students smoking drugs and became worried about the safety and health of his fellow...

     The inaugural Cars for Heroes show presented by the Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee drew a crowd downtown on Oct. 11.       From shiny Corvettes to colorful Low Riders, there was something for every auto fan to admire. Kids got to see fire trucks and police cars, old and new, and a bomb squad robot, too.        Ninety-nine vehicles entered the competition that also...