For Larry Borman, being thanked as a veteran means something. Like many Vietnam War veterans, he remembers a different greeting when he came home from war. The protests of those times, often aimed specifically at returning soldiers, stayed with him. “That’s what got me involved with veterans’ organizations to being with,” Borman said. “It was pretty traumatic … coming home and not being...

The old school library has evolved over the years – modern media centers are places students go for access to new technologies and collaboration, as well as books. Now the Miami Lakes K-8 Center’s media center – or Innovation Space, as it’s now known – has more opportunity for that thanks to an ongoing $2m project. Miami Lakes K-8 Center is one of 18 Miami-Dade County public schools to get a new Innovation...

Residents in Lake Martha are concerned about their dwindling Muscovy duck population. Concerned and suspicious. In the last several months, according to Homeowners Association President Larry Borman, they have gone from seeing ducks all over the community to hardly seeing any. “It’s a really sad thing … I guess [it started] about three months ago,” Borman said. Some residents believe someone is poisoning...

What started as a summer lemonade stand became a connection for neighbors in Lake Martha. Stephanie Gonzalez and her daughter operated a lemonade stand on September 19 to donate to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a childhood cancer awareness nonprofit. It led to Gonzalez meeting her neighbor Beth Cintron, whose son Ace Cintron, 4, is currently in remission. The pair had never met until the lemonade stand.

 

If you’re at K-9 Cove you might see Frosty, Chewie and Snoopy enjoying the outdoors. The trio are owned by Andrea Gonzalez and live on the west side of Miami Lakes. “Frosty, 9, is a Bedlington Terrier and is the matriarch of the group,” Gonzalez wrote in an email. Frosty will let her young companions Chewie, 2, a Maltese and Shih Tzu mix and Snoopy, 1, a long-haired miniature Dachshund when she has had...