St. Thomas University President David A. Armstrong told the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce that he wants the Miami Gardens school to “become the premier Catholic university in the south.”     During his five-year tenure, Armstrong has doubled enrollment and increased fundraising; started the football team and built several new buildings, fields, three residence halls and even opened a pub on...

     Students in grades K-12 in Miami-Dade and Broward County schools are invited to submit their art to the annual Orange Bowl Creative Art Contest.      This year’s theme is “Courage Creates Champions.”      Student work should include visual representations of South Florida, college football, the contest theme and OBIE, the Orange Bowl mascot.      Every...

     Third grade students at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School prepared awards for their elders to wear during Grandparents Day, held Sept. 6 at the P2K - 8th grade school in Miami Lakes.  Grandparents were invited to share a light breakfast in the school cafeteria, visit their grandchildren’s classrooms and attend Mass, according to teacher Christine Calvino, who took the photos.   Shown in the...

     In its final vote, the Miami Lakes council approved a historic low property tax rate.      Mayor Manny Cid and the council voted for the rollback rate of $2.07 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable value during their Sept. 26 meeting.       That levy will generate the same tax revenue as the current year.        It left Town Manager Edward Pidermann with...

    Miami Lakes AutoMall won unanimous site plan approval from the town council to expand and renovate a showroom.      Two buildings will be demolished during construction.       “We have two buildings in the middle of our property…what we’re doing is actually replacing the two-and-a half buildings with three nice, beautiful showrooms,” Miami Lakes AutoMall Partner...