Principal Carlos Salcedo (right) of Miami Lakes K-8 Center is pictured with the school’s eight students that earned perfect scores on the Florida Standards Assessment for the 2015-2016 school year. The examination measures students’ achievement to state standards developed and implemented in recent years.

Forward Raheem Bowman scored a career high 35 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, as St. Thomas University’s men basketball team edged Union College, 87-85, to finish undefeated in a tournament featuring teams from the Sun Conference and the Appalachian Athletic Conference in Barbourville, Kentucky.The Bobcats are 3-0.Bowman, who shot 14-22 (63 percent) from the field, also recorded one assist, one blocked shot and one steal.Guard Kristers...

Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho was presented with the prestigious Cervantes Outstanding Educator Award in late October at the Miami Airport Hilton. Named for famed 15th century Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, the award is presented annually by The Nova Southeastern University’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education to honorees who have made significant contributions to promote excellence in the education of...

Students at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) have proved once again that millennials are not the uninformed, apathetic generation people make them out to be. The Harbinger and Junior State of America (JSA) hosted a mock presidential debate and a mock senatorial debate four days before Election Day and the student audience was more than interested. They were involved.Gathering in the school’s auditorium, students watched and...

Bill and Barbara Baker are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on November 30, 2016. Bill, a retired firefighter, and Barbara, affectionately known as “Chicken” have been Miami Lakes residents for 32 years in the Lake Hilda area. The couple have two sons and a daughter, Bill, Allan, and Pamala, and four grandchildren, Christina, Travis, Kayla and Katie.