G&I Medical Research Center, newly located at 16371 N.W. 67 Avenue in the Windmill Gate Shopping Center, is a medical research facility that specializes in clinical trials and also offers in-house medical and cosmetic procedures such as facials, botox, varicose vein removal, laser hair removal, and more. The research center opened in fall 2014.  The facility, which holds clinical trials on pharmaceuticals as a final approval...

  Students from Pace High School became teachers themselves as they instructed nearly one hundred fifth grade students from St. Lawrence School and Nativity School in a unique pair of field trips at Hollywood North Beach Park on February 23 and 24. Working in conjunction with St. Thomas University, which provided a lot of the materials used on the trip, Pace science teacher Stephanie Hibbard’s Marine Science classes made eight...

  Representative Manny Diaz Jr. recently took a tour of the new University of Miami Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UM CARD) in Miami Lakes. The new center joins six other state-funded locations that are dedicated to providing support and guidance for people with autism and other autism related disorders. “The University of Miami CARD location in Miami Lakes will do a great deal of good for our community,” Diaz...

  Michelle Orchid Rodriguez, owner of Miami Lakes based massage center Lumina Massage, is hosting community events aimed to inform the public on healthy living. Rodriguez will be giving a lecture titled “Miami Talk Foods For Spring: Eating Seasonally, Eating Fresh” at Nutrition Smart, located at 16250 NW 57 Avenue, on April 18 at 4 p.m. The event is open to the public and those interested in attending can RSVP by calling the...

  Miami-Dade County School Board approved three items proposed by Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman at its March meeting. The Board unanimously voted to approve a resolution proclaiming April 2015 as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month, endorse April 19-25 as Administrative Professionals Week, and April 22 as Administrative Professionals Day. “Miami-Dade Public Schools recognizes the unfortunate existence of child abuse and...