BankUnited and the Miami HEAT Charitable Fund presented five South Florida high school seniors with $5,000 college scholarships during a recent NBA game. Shown from left are: Celine Churchman, Cambridge Magnet Program at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School in Miami; BankUnited Senior Executive Vice President Gerry Litrento for Retail and Small Business Banking; Natasha Harris, School for Advanced Studies North Campus,...

      The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce met for its monthly luncheon on May 10.        Communications Executive Daisy Gonzalez-Diego was guest speaker at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main. She described effective marketing and communications strategies for business professionals.       The chamber will next meet on June 14 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main, at 6842 Main...

     Four members of the Mater Lakes Academy band received superior ratings during the Florida Bandmasters Association state solo and ensemble music performance assessments, held in March at Wellington High School, Mater Lakes Academy said.     The students earned medals and an opportunity to be scouted by college professors who acted as judges.     Shown in the photo from left are Matthew Torres,...

     Lola Cosani, a freshman at Barbara Goleman Senior High School, plans to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders June 21-23 at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Mass.      Lola, 14, of Hialeah, is a member of Goleman’s Medical Leaders of Tomorrow Club and also plays on the school tennis team.      She hopes to become a veterinarian. The conference in Massachusetts...

     Miami-Dade County recognized 14 fourth graders who won the GO Electric Bus naming contest, including Jayden Hebra from Miami Lakes K-8 Center.      Jayden, 10, from Miramar, represented District 13 and won for naming a bus the Electric 305. Contestants from 37 schools had to have close ties to their respective county neighborhoods and the environment, county officials said.      ...