The Padres baseball team won the 8U Miami Lakes Optimist Division Championship. The kids won 21 games and lost just one game in the season, said team parent Clarisell De Cardenas, who is also the public information officer for the Town of Miami Lakes and supplied these photos.

 Students in second through fifth grades who received level 1 or 2 on the F.A.S.T. exam and participate in a reduced lunch or equivalent program may be eligible for free math classes offered in Miami Lakes.       The summer program is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon - 3 p.m., until Aug. 11.     It is supported by the Math Equity of South Florida program, the Giving Gators charity and...

The Council of Garden Club Presidents of Dade County, Inc. presented two awards to the Miami Lakes Garden Club on May 15.      The club received an award for the best program during a meeting when participants learned to make wreaths from succulent plants.      It was also recognized for its Arbor Day planting of a live oak tree in memory of a past Miami Lakes Garden Club president, the late Dorothy...

The Lower East Side neighborhood of Miami Lakes has the Miami Lakes Research & Industrial Park within it.      Developed by The Graham Companies in the 1970s, a cluster of warehouses hold a variety of manufacturing business on the west side of Northwest 60th Avenue, at the north end.      Belzona distributes repair compounds and industrial coatings for the oil and gas; steel; marine and other...

 Not so long ago, Arrison Perez was a front desk attendant at what then was called Shula’s Athletic Club in Miami Lakes.           He’s now a starting pitcher in professional baseball.  The 24-year-old Perez made his first pro start on May 31 for the Washington Wild Things. He pitched five shutout innings, but his team wound up falling 6-4 to the Florence Y’alls. Perez, a...