The spray of palms, white orchid and magnolia flowers, orange kumquats and gray Spanish moss atop Bob Graham’s casket represented one of his passions:  the landscape of Florida, and protecting its environment.      It was an elegant touch among several during the lying in state ceremony for the former Florida governor and U.S. senator on April 26 at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in...

    Miami Lakers chose attorney Bryan Morera to fill Seat 6 on the Miami Lakes Town Council.       In the runoff election on April 30, Morera received 1,172 votes, or 56.49% of ballots cast to Esther Colon’s 902 votes, or 43.51%, according to unofficial results reported by the Miami-Dade County Elections Department.      Voter turnout was very low, with just 10.36% of 20,045 registered...

Candidates Esther Colon and Bryan Morera met for the final time Thursday to describe how they would decide key issues before the April 30 runoff election to fill Council Seat 6. It’s a been a brief campaign season. Morera, 32, an attorney, and Colon, 70, a former manager of the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and active volunteer in town, won first and second place respectively in the April 9 special election. The winner of next...

    The Orange Bowl Committee elected its 2024 – 2025 board of directors and officers and announced new members who joined the sports organization in March.      Hector Tundidor Jr., a partner at Ernst & Young, LLP was elected second vice chair of the Orange Bowl Committee.      He will become president and chair during the 2027 – 2028 college football...

The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Manny Cid are inviting companies that are celebrating one, two or three decades in business in the town to celebrate their milestone anniversaries.       To acknowledge a company’s contributions to the community, officials will present a personalized proclamation to a business owner during a public meeting.       For more information, email the...