The season of lent begins on Wednesday, March 1 with Ash Wednesday. Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 18400 N.W. 68 Ave, will begin the season with a soup and bread meal at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall on Ash Wednesday. The service with the imposition of ashes will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The Lenten Series is titled “Galilee to Jerusalem Journey of a Pilgrim” where the service will biblically trace the...

Representatives from nearly 200 colleges and universities will be at the 2017 Miami National College Fair on Sunday, February 26, to meet with students and parents on subjects such as financial aid, college planning, admission, and testing requirements.The Fair, which has free admission, will be held from noon to 4 p.m., at the DoubleTree Miami Mart Airport Hotel & Convention Center, 777 N.W. 72 Avenue in Miami. Parking is $5, cash...

After placing second in regional competitions, Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s varsity cheerleading squad will be heading straight to the FHSAA State Finals on January 28-29 in Gainesville. This is the first time in 16 years that the cheerleading team will be going to the state finals, and the first time ever that they qualified to head straight to finals. The team scored a 77.40 and received zero deductions in the FHSAA...

In a move to expand the commercial tax base of the Town of Miami Lakes, a councilmember is proposing to annex a chunk of commercial property near Opa-locka Airport, but residents must approve any attempt to expand the town’s peripheries through a referendum.    Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez is requesting that town staff study the pros and cons of annexing the area west of the airport and adjacent to N.W. 57 Avenue between 154...

Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee will host its annual Jazz Concert in the Park at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 28, at Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.The free jazz concert will feature the renowned talent of the Jackson Bunn Group. Jackson Bunn was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He began learning songs from movies, television, and radio on the piano at age 6. He studied piano and viola through high school in...