Kids of all ages are invited to “Nightmare on Montrose” on Saturday, October 29, beginning at the haunting hour of 5 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.The free event will feature pumpkin decorating, a costume contest, a costume parade for little ghosts and ghouls, music, food trucks, and more frightening activities.The Costume Contest begins at 6:30 p.m. and the Scare Zone will frighten guests between 7:30...

Monsignor Edward Pace High alumnus Jorge Sedano was selected to co-anchor Nacion ESPN 2, ESPN’s first bilingual sports news show, which was launched on September 26.The cable network airs the one-hour weekly program with Sedano, a Los Angeles sports radio host, boxing reporter Bernardo Osuna and ESPN Deportes online journalist Marly Rivera.The show, which airs on Mondays at 5 p.m., gives the sports team the opportunity to analyze the...

Florida International University senior Brian Ho has landed a prestigious job before graduation. Ho is among 16 undergraduate students in the U.S. who were awarded a scholarship from the National Institutes of Health, which includes a one-year, paid research position in Bethesda, Maryland when he graduates from college.Ho, a biology major, was chosen for his academics and community service to his college and national programs. He participated...

On September 23, Miami-Dade School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman was honored at the Second Annual Hispanic Leadership Awards Luncheon hosted by the Hispanic Education Coalition of Palm Beach County (HEC) in partnership with the Jose Marti Foundation at the Harriet Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach.Hantman, a Miami Lakes resident, was recognized for her contributions and dedicated service toward promoting educational equity for...

As part of the Values Matter Miami initiative, Miami-Dade County Public Schools partnered with Sandy Hook Promise, a national non-profit organization, which focuses on violence prevention so that no parent has to experience the loss of his or her child.  This partnership included “Start With Hello” week at Miami-Dade County Public Schools which took place September 19-23. The initiative raised awareness about social isolation...