Rolando and Julia Ruiz celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 15. The Miami Lakes pair fell in love and were married in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1956. They have two daughters, Nancy and Myriam, three grandchildren, Jason, Anthony and Natalie, and two great grandchildren, Sierra and Nathaniel (pictured). Rolando was the previous owner of Miami Lakes Barber Shop for close to 50 years and has seen the town of Miami Lakes prosper. The...

Barbara Goleman student Carlos Aguila, class of 2016, was awarded the Ronald A. Hammond Scholarship, a prestigious and highly selective full four-year tuition scholarship. Aguila will be attending the University of Miami. 

Miami Lakes Educational Center’s Robotics team competed in Digicon16 and were named VEX champions taking home first place in the Engineering Notebook competition. The team, composed of students in the Cambridge Engineering program are (from left) Jeffrey Ho, Ali Hussein, Jonathan Tagoe, and Andres Orta. (Not pictured – Anthony Cruz.)

The Women of Miami Lakes Congregational Church, “Doers of the World,” will host their 8th annual Spring Tea at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, in the Fellowship Hall located at 6701 Miami Lakeway South.“A Rainbow Spring Tea” is this year’s theme. A variety of teas, light tasty bites and decadent desserts will be served and guests will be entertained with music, songs, a dance performance and a fashion show...

Carolyn Hurtado, a 6th-grade student at Bob Graham Education Center, was recognized by the Barbara Bush Teen Trendsetters Program, which is under the umbrella of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, for her outstanding leadership in mentoring students to help enhance their reading skills.In the program, teen mentors are paired weekly with first, second and third grade students who are six months or more behind in reading, to help...