Miami Lakes resident, former firefighter, and published author, Louis K. Lowy is the recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. He is an alumnus of FIU’s creative writing program and his work has appeared in, among others, New Plains Review, The MacGuffin Magazine, The Chaffey Review, and the anthology, Everything Is Broken. His first published novel, Die Laughing, is a humorously dark sci-fi adventure set in...

  Christina Wuersch Arias, a Miami Lakes resident since 1978, and Joy Vodofsky were the speakers at the January 25 meeting of the Miami Lakes Garden Club at the Mary Collins Community Center. They both have a love of gardening and healthy living and their topic was “Tower Garden®”, a state-of-the-art vertical aeroponic growing system. The system is perfect for rooftops, patios, balconies, terraces – just about any...

  The Miami Lakes Bar Association held an installation celebration for the new 2016 Board of Directors on Friday, January 22, at Shula’s Steakhouse. The installation of the new board included Haydee Sera, president; Lorenzo Cobiella, president-elect; Magaly Carballo-Puentes, Immediate Past president; Vanessa Abreu, vice president; Irama Valdes, treasurer; and Damaris Pereira, secretary. Directors include Dania Battle, Carlos...

  Pace High School’s long-time wrestling coach Frank Pelegri will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016. Pelegri was nominated to receive the “Lifetime Service to Wrestling” Award by the Florida Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is the second Hall of Fame Pelegri has joined in recent months, as he was inducted into...

 

George Betances, owner of Barber’s Ink barber shop in the Lake Katharine Shopping Center, and his staff recently donated free haircuts for 30 children from His House Children’s Home. The Barber’s Ink team was so pleased with the results, they plan on establishing a regular schedule of free grooming for His House residents.