The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for the 2015 basketball season, from 9:30 to noon, on consecutive Saturdays April 18 and 25, at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. Late registration and tryouts will be held on Saturday, May 2. Boys and girls players from ages 7 to 18 must bring a copy of their birth certificates and be fitted for their uniforms. The registration fee is $150 per player. The...

On March 18, students in the Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) Junior State of America (JSA) chapter participated in the national #FightApathy campaign. “It was a wonderful experience to see people our age interested in real world issues that affect us,” said student Marissa Echeverria, the vice president-elect for MLEC’s JSA chapter. Fight Apathy is a national campaign which ran from March 16 to 28. Schools across the...

  Daylin Garcia, a volunteer and member of the Bob Graham Education Center PTSA, was recently honored during a special luncheon at Jungle Island by Miami-Dade Public Schools for being an outstanding volunteer. She received the award from Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. “Daylin goes way beyond the call of duty to ascertain that school volunteers are lined up for events, helps out in the office and even maintains the Facebook...

  The Hialeah Miami Lakes High School’s band program has a lot to celebrate. Various students within the school’s band program have received accolades and opportunities to showcase their abilities.  Trojan band caption, Jesus Perez was selected for the University of Miami Frost School of Music Honor Band Festival. In mid February he received one-on-one mentorship from the world class musicians of the university faculty...

  Richard C. Geisland Sr., longtime Miami Lakes resident and successful local real estate broker, passed away at home in Ft. Lauderdale on March 25, surrounded by family.  Geisland was born on May 1, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio. He began his sales career with Proctor & Gamble in Illinois, moving from Ohio to Indiana and finally to Florida, where he transitioned to real estate.  Geisland was a local real estate broker for 21 years...