The ZONTA Club of Miami Lakes awarded its 2026 Amelia Earhart Scholarships to two students at Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing.       Rahmina Rubaiat and Nikita Singhi each received $1,000.       The awards were in recognition of their academic excellence and commitment to advancing research in critical fields that impact public health and...

     Hailie Prieto has lived most of her life in Miami Lakes and is the new chair of the town’s Youth Activities Task Force.       “It was actually something that I didn’t plan at all,” Prieto, 19, said. “I was thinking about that day, and I knew we had elections coming up. I’ve always been an advocate for the youth being civically engaged. I have been an advocate [of...

    The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization presented Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Member Roberto J. Alonso with its Safe Roads Champion Award.      The recognition is for leaders who “strengthen regional safety initiatives” and “advance context-sensitive road design.”       Alonso represents the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board on the planning...

    Gabriel Diaz of Miami Lakes was one of two students chosen to represent Florida in the 64th Annual United States Senate Youth Program in the nation’s Capitol.       Diaz, 18, was among 104 students from around the country who gathered for what the program calls an “intensive week-long study of the federal government and the people who lead it.”        Participants...

    Miami Lakers enjoy a quality of life that is greater than what is experienced by residents elsewhere in Florida and the United States. They consider the town’s greatest assets to be their sense of safety, the tree canopy, retention of property values and that it is a good place to raise children or retire.     Those were some of the findings from ETC Institute’s survey in January and February of 311...