Teachers who need support for their high school culinary arts and restaurant management programs may apply for a $5,000 check from the 2025 Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grants.      A project of The Rachael Ray Foundation and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the grants may be used to upgrade classroom equipment and resources or by schools that want to launch their own ProStart...

      Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, presented a $1.6 million symbolic check to the Town of Miami Lakes during its Aug. 19 council meeting. The money will go toward extension of the turn lane on southbound Northwest 77th Court from westbound Northwest 154th Street, and for improvements to the drainage system along Big Cypress Drive between Miami Lakeway South and Twin Sabal Drive.      “Thank you...

     Jonathan Hernandez says that Bailey, his 6-year-old Labradoodle girl, is a star.      And like any celebrity, she attends cultural events like Art Basel and works out, accompanying him to Caution CrossFit in Miami Lakes.      “I have stickers of her face that I give to friends at the gym and other places they’re allowed,” Hernandez said.      The duo...

Shown in the photo are three of the five employees from JetStream Federal Credit Union who helped Kristi House families prepare for the school year during two events held in Miami-Dade County in August.        With a $2,500 donation, the company sponsored a tent and employees helped assemble backpacks, distributed them and served lunch to the guests, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeanne Kucey said.  ...

   The Cabrera sisters took another tour around Europe last summer, during a 29-day, 2,500 mile road trip with their parents Annette and Jesus Cabrera of Miami Lakes.     It was the fourth vacation in France for Lauren Grace, 11, at right in the photo, and Lily Joy, 6. This time, they visited Monet’s gardens in Giverny; the medieval hilltop villages of Gordes and Menton in Provence and the city of Nice on the...