Three Miami Lakes residents earned honors at their respective colleges and universities in May and June. Michael Gomez, a Business Administration/Sports Management major, earned a bachelor’s degree at Florida Institute of Technology’s Spring Commencement. FIT is located in Melbourne. Eduardo Crespo, a student at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, as among the 900 students who made the President’s List for the...

  Following the end of the 2014-2015 school year, Miami-Dade School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman and Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho honored District 4 principals during a luncheon at El Novillo restaurant in Miami Lakes for their hard work and dedication to their schools and students. “The Principals Luncheon allows me the opportunity to greet and thank the principals in District 4 for their continuous...

  Miami Lakes will offer a free fishing clinic and contest in July at Miami Lakes Optimist Park Marina, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The clinic will provide attendees with tips on proper catch and release techniques while the contest provides a competitively fun way to spend a summer Saturday with the family and an opportunity to win prizes for the largest fish and the most fish. All lifejackets, fishing poles and bait will be provided free of...

  Celebrating a 30-year tenure at St. Thomas University, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends all came together for several special events to honor Dr. Jan Bell who retired at the end of this academic year as professor of Sports Administration.The celebration began on November 2 when Bell became the 10th inductee into the Bobcat Sports Hall of Fame at the sixth annual Stone Crab Dinner for Athletics. A sold-out crowd of over 600...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s Jewels Dance Team competed in the first annual Dade County High Schools Dance-Off at St. Thomas University on Saturday, April 11. The event was  hosted by Creative Entertainment Group and the theme of the night was “Stop the Bullying and Domestic Violence.” The team entered into the hip-hop round and made it to the final round to perform a contemporary piece titled...