The Miami Lakes United Soccer Club’s U14 boys team recently won the Florida President’s Cup state championship and will play in Greenville, SC June 13 - 18 at the President’s Cup southern regional tournament.        The team, coached by Richy Pelaez, went 7-0 in the state cup and outscored its opponents 25-1. The team won their last five matches in the state cup event by shutout.    ...

Dave Gergely’s last official day as the golf sales coordinator for Miami Lakes Golf Club was June 9, but now and then, his friends and clients will get to see him run tournaments at the course.   “I still want to be a presence here,” said Gergely, 71. “I live around the corner and without working, I would be out of my mind.”      At his retirement luncheon, the company praised...

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  Two teen siblings worked with the Town of Miami Lakes to get the municipality’s ninth Little Free Library installed in their Lake Martha neighborhood.      “I have seen the library in different parks, but it was a faraway drive,” said Ciancy Bernal, 13. “I wanted to build something closer to me so we can reuse the books and help the neighborhood expand, read and learn.”     A...

 Burglars should know that if they target Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade Police Detective Myriam Nieves is likely to catch them.      After a thief stole more than $17,000 from a liquor store last October and damaged impact resistant glass doors at two other businesses but failed to break in, Nieves identified the suspect who was eventually charged in 16 burglaries, including the three from town.      ...