Miami-Dade County recognized 14 fourth graders who won the GO Electric Bus naming contest, including Jayden Hebra from Miami Lakes K-8 Center.      Jayden, 10, from Miramar, represented District 13 and won for naming a bus the Electric 305. Contestants from 37 schools had to have close ties to their respective county neighborhoods and the environment, county officials said.      ...

     The Town of Miami Lakes, its Education Advisory Board and The Graham Companies honored 12 students during the second annual Awards of Excellence.       The town and the board noted accomplishments in seven categories. An educator was also recognized.       “There is a strong commitment to education, a strong commitment to making the schools a better place for...

      It was fitting that Miami Lakes civic leader Dorothy Cook was honored on Arbor Day.      Cook was 89 when she died Dec. 27 at a memory care facility in Sarasota.      Three generations of Cook’s descendants joined Mayor Manny Cid, Councilman Luis Collazo and friends and members of the Miami Lakes Garden Club on April 28 for a ceremony at Mary Collins Community...

     When Stanley Merantus was courting his wife Lynn, he would take her on dates to Main Street in Miami Lakes to shop or go to the movies.      Merantus’ career as a civil engineer and project manager took him away from South Florida and as far as Georgia.       But he always wanted to return to town and reached his goal in March when he became its newest public works...

     A group of Miami Lakes residents will host a Pride celebration June 24 at the Main Street Playhouse.      Plans will include a 90-minute evening of poetry readings, music, and performance of a short play, “Stuck in the 1940s,” written by Amanda Ortega, a Main Street Players board member.      It is a coming-out story of a Cuban-American woman and her struggles with her...