Hundreds of residents and their families joined in the festivities during the 23rd annual Festival of Lights on November 26. Santa and his helpers turned on the Town Center holiday lights and kids had a chance to talk to Santa and have their photo taken.

Pace High School is collecting new, unwrapped toys for its annual Christmas toy drive in conjunction with NBC 6 and Telemundo 51’s Caravan of Joy.For the tenth straight year, Pace will be sending busloads of toys and choir singers to the NBC 6/Telejmundo 51 studios for Caravan of Joy when the toy drive concludes on December 16.This year, Pace dancers will be traveling as well to perform along with the Spartans in Harmony choir on live...

Emily Torres and Chris Perdomo were named winners of the 31st annual Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s Roland Gomez Scholarship award, which recognizes student-athletes for their stellar performances in the classroom and playing fields.Torres won the top spot for girls and Perdomo earned the top prize for boys, each receiving a $1,000 college scholarship and a gold medal.Torres plays softball for the Optimist Club and Hialeah Gardens High,...

His House Children’s Home, located at 20000 N.W. 47 Ave, is a part of the AmazonSmile non-profit charity program which allows Amazon shoppers to make their purchases through a special link which directly benefits a charity of the shopper’s choice. To use Amazon purchases to benefit His House Children’s Home, go to www.smile.amazon.com then select His House Inc. from the organizations listed, then do the shopping! Not...

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...