Former Miami Lakes Councilmember Mary Collins shared a poignant anecdote that left a lasting impression on her and her family. The last request for her terminally ill daughter-in-law was to ride the Good Year Blimp. Collins said she sought help from different organizations, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but she didn’t have any luck for her son’s cancer-stricken wife. She then turned to Mayor Michael Pizzi, who made...

  The Breanna Vergara Foundation is hosting the Breanna Vergara 5K and Color Run at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15101 N.W. 82 Ave, on Sunday, December 13. The race schedule is as follows: registration from 6 to 7:15 a.m.; start of timed 5K race at 7:30 a.m.; start of 1 mile color run at 8:30 a.m.; concluding award ceremony at 9 a.m. Registration is now open. Those interested in participating may sign up online at...

  Cuban native Alexis Garcia has not forgotten where he came from or his roots. He saw a need for kids to have shoes in his poverty-stricken homeland, and instead of raising money the natural way to buy scores of foot ware, he’s taken a different route. Garcia, 53, will run across the entire country, 1,000 miles in 35 days, as his support team will document his journey that is set to begin on Tuesday, November 10, from the eastern...

  While today Wifredo Ferrer wears a crisp, grey suit, the Hialeah boy with Cuban parents lingers; the “Cubanito” comes to the surface as he retells stories from his childhood and his climb to the top. The Spanish he learned as a child and that his “mom forced [him] to keep,” swirls into his English, as he slips comfortably, into occasional Spanglish during a visit to Miami Lakes Educational Center. The U.S....

  Hedda Falcon admits that she is “very” shy. In fact, when she initially learned that she was named Monsignor Pace High’s Teacher of the Year for 2015-2016, the Cuba-born woman was “embarrassed.”   “My first reaction was shocking and very embarrassing because I am very shy,” said the computer lead teacher for the school’s STEM Academy program. “I don’t like being the...