To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in September, Florida students can apply for Governor Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott’s Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest for kids in grades four to 12.Three winners will be selected to receive a four-year Florida College Plan scholarship sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation: one elementary school student (grades 4 to 5), one middle school student (grades 6 to 8), and one high...

Those interested in participating in a program to assist animals need look no further than the Kitten Cuddlers services. Participants can help save lives by feeding and caring for tiny, orphaned newborn kittens.Training is held on the second and fourth Sunday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. To become a kitten cuddler email asdfoster@miamidade.gov. Miami-Dade Animal Services is located at 3599 N.W. 79 Avenue in Doral. For more information...

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Junior Cadets won third place overall in the Running Hose event and won the Sportsmanship Award during the annual Florida State Firefighters Association State Firematics competition two weeks ago in Plantation, Florida.The event tested the skills of cadets and firefighters from Florida in a series of drills against other fire departments, including climbing ladders, running hoses, and screwing the hose onto a fire rig...

Michael Andrew Plana and Robin Marie Easley were united in marriage on Saturday, June 11, during an outdoor sunset ceremony surrounded by their closest friends and family at Timacuan Golf and Country Club in Lake Mary, Florida. The bride, daughter of Tom and Angie Easley of Mims, Florida, graduated from Astronaut High School in Titusville and Nova Southeastern University. She is a teacher at Hawks Bluff Elementary School. The groom,...

Ford Motor Company Fund and the South Florida Ford Dealers are bringing the Ford Driving Dreams initiative to kindergarten and elementary school students for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. In collaboration with First Book, Ford is donating 10,000 new books, and recently celebrated with a reading party for 100 kids at the BB&T Center. Ford Dealers, First Book representatives, Florida Panthers alum Randy Moller and Lucy Lopez,...