Zonta Club of Miami Lakes announced the recipients of the Ida Snow Awards for 2015-2016. The award is given to Zonta’s Outstanding Member and is named in honor of the club’s first president and founder of Snow’s Jewelry. Mary Ellen Nerod was named the Fall Recipient of the award as Zonta’s Outstanding Member. She received her BA in Organizational Communications from Youngstown State University in 1984. During a 20-year...

Air Quality Plus is a local business that began operation earlier this year, serving the residents of Miami Lakes and surrounding areas, for all needs related to indoor air quality. Owners Manny Gutierrez and Nancy Castillo collaborated together on this business and Gutierrez works out of their office in Doral although the nature of the work takes the business all over Miami-Dade to assess and treat poor air quality. Most homeowners...

Summer is almost here but one Miami Lakes resident won’t be complaining about the heat.Nicole McGrath, a lifelong resident and Hialeah Miami Lakes High School alumni, is working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where a nice day means temperatures hover around 10 degrees Fahrenheit.Now in her ninth month of a yearlong contract, McGrath is part of the support staff wintering at McMurdo Station until the austral summer begins in...

Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during July: Special Notice to the Public: The Miami Lakes Branch will be closed from July 2 to July 10 and will reopen at noon on July 11.Summer Reading Program: This year’s program runs from now to August 6. No matter a reader’s age, they are eligible for a chance to win a fabulous prize. All they need to do is read or listen to a book,...

Just two weeks after his high school graduation from Pace High School, right-handed ace pitcher Christopher Rodriguez was drafted 126th overall in the fourth round of the MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels on June 10. The following day on June 11, Alex Mateo, a Pace alumnus from the Class of 2012, was drafted in the 22nd round of the MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins. Rodriguez helped lead the Pace Spartans baseball team all the way to the...