Manuel Sanchez III, who serves as principal of Miami Lakes Middle School, won top honors as the District’s Principal of the Year. Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) honored its finest principals and assistant principals at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Dade Association of School Administrators (DASA), on April 21 at Jungle Island. Sanchez has served as principal of Miami Lakes Middle since 2011. He brings more than...

Kelley Kronenberg, a diverse full-service business law firm, organized a firm-wide Girl Scout Cookies collection for military troops as part of its ongoing Kelley Kronenberg Cares (KKC) program. Members of the firm’s Miami Lakes office joined with the firm’s other offices to collect more than 300 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies for donation.

Miami Lakes Town Councilmembers gave their final approval for an ordinance to supplant the town’s ineffective traditional traffic concurrency system with a mobility fee based on the projected number of daily trips on a roadway for future building projects. At last week’s special meeting, lawmakers unanimously gave town staff the green light to implement a new traffic concurrency system which is consistent with the changes...

National Auto Lenders (NAL), headquartered in Miami Lakes, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company that is located at 14645 N.W. 77 Avenue, Suite 203.NAL first moved to Miami Lakes 12 years ago with a 14-person staff, 10 of which are still with the company, and has grown to a staff of 100 and the largest tenant of the building they occupy leading to the eponymous naming of the building.CEO and founder Ozzie Ramos first opened NAL...

On April 9, Miami Lakes’ Elderly Affairs Committee held their 10th annual Senior Games Track & Field events at Dade Christian School.The competition included a 110-meter dash, shot put, discus throw, 200-meter dash, standing broad jump, 400-meter run, soccer accuracy kick, archery and horseshoes.The Senior Games, held at various times throughout the year, now include softball, dominoes, bunco and canasta. Duplicate Bridge will take...