The Pace High School community continued its almost 30-year tradition of collecting food for its annual Tons of Love food drive, with the final tally equaling over a ton and a half of food. Pace students, parents, teachers, staff, alumni, and friends donated non-perishable and canned food items to benefit the needy in South Florida and Haiti. This aid to Haiti is in addition to the $19,000 raised by the Pace community thus far for the...

Parents interested registering their children for the popular Start Smart and Pre-Teen Fitness spring programs are encouraged to create their online registration account by visiting www.miamilakes-fl.gov/recprograms.Online registration for the spring classes will take place on Thursday, December 15.The Start Smart Sports Development Program aims to help children ages 3 to 5 years old for organized youth sports by using safe and fun equipment...

Miami Lakes resident Nicole Alarcon has an entrepreneurial spirit. As an administrative professional working in corporate America, to co-owner of a barbershop, Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, and the owner of a mobile spa party business, Alarcon is moved by possibility and opportunity. But the one constant in her life over the last handful of years has been a deep desire to eat well, exercise and live a healthy life. This motivation and success...

Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Town of Miami Lakes’ Economic Development Committee, will host the Annual Networking Business Expo on Thursday, December 1, in the Grand Ballroom of Shula’s Hotel on Main Street.The event is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:45 p.m. with Town officials and business leaders reaffirming their commitment to the economic growth of Miami...

Kelsy Ruano is a girl scout, AP student, and creator of handmade pillows for breast cancer survivors. Ruano, a senior at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, personally knows two breast cancer survivors –  a family friend and her grandmother. Moved to action after witnessing the discomfort and pain they suffered after undergoing mastectomies, Ruano searched for special-made pillows to be used under the arm to keep the elbow from...