Bryan Morera wins Miami Lakes Council Seat 6 in April 30 runoff election

Featured By Linda Trischitta and Alexandra Herrera Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    Miami Lakers chose attorney Bryan Morera to fill Seat 6 on the Miami Lakes Town Council.       In the runoff election on April 30, Morera received 1,172 votes, or 56.49% of ballots cast to Esther Colon’s...
  American High softball player Ashley Alfonso got her first start last month as a freshmen, showing her coach and teammates why they made the right choice when they called her up from the junior varsity team. She pitched several solid innings and led the varsity team to a victory over Hialeah Miami Lakes. Ashley is the latest player from the Miami Lakes Optimist Club softball program who is also playing well in high school. She has...

Spartans' baseball team at 14-8 on season and No. 1 seed in District playoffs

Sports By The Miami Laker staff Tuesday, April 14, 2015

  Starting five young freshmen in last year’s postseason, Monsignor Pace’s baseball team lost a disappointing district semifinal game against Florida Christian in extra innings. Needing two more outs to win, the Spartans allowed Florida Christian to tie the game and send it into overtime and pull off the victory. This postseason might be a little tougher for Pace with a lot of young players. At 14-8, the Spartans are the No....
  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...

MLEC students join 'Fight Apathy' campaign

Education By Stephanie Brito, Special to The Miami Laker Tuesday, April 14, 2015

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...

M-D Schools honor BGEC volunteer Daylin Garcia

Education Tuesday, April 14, 2015

  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...
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