Each season, The Miami Herald recognizes the best athletes in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Congratulations to Dade Christian School junior, Ivan Arenas, and senior, Jared Johnson, who earned the honor of being part of the All-Dade teams. Both students were recognized for their outstanding performances on the field.Varsity Boys Soccer coach Leo Estabridis feels the honor could not have been bestowed on a more worthy recipient,...

  Wounded United States veterans who are enduring rigorous rehabilitation in Germany will soon receive special gifts, which were made 4,884 miles away by a group of Miami Lakes residents simply saying thanks for serving their country.The Miami Lakes Quilters Club created a host of patriotic-designed blankets to help lift the soldiers’ spirits before they return home to a warm and hero’s welcome.    The group meets...

  For the second time in Goleman’s history, the school’s badminton team won the Divisional Championship title at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC). “We had a good season with a great finish,” said coach Debbie Perez. Three-year Boys Doubles champ, senior, Danny Xie and Anthony Dally went undefeated in five matches to declare victory. Also undefeated was junior, Patricia Miranda in Girls Singles, which...

  Despite an entreaty from many residents to take the case to the Florida Supreme Court to keep his job, Miami Lakes Mayor Wayne Slaton and the town decided to end the long-running legal dispute over who should be the city’s rightful mayor. Flanked by councilmembers and town staff during a news conference two weeks ago at Town Hall, Slaton said he and Miami Lakes will not appeal the Florida Third District Court of...

 

Members of the Miami Lakes Spanish Class I joined their teacher, Maria Del Carmen Nodarse (far right) in celebrating Cinco de Mayo at the Mary Collins Community Center. Pictured (front, from left) Lynn Cole, Mindy McDaniel, and Bruce Davidson; (back, from left) Hector Vincent, Janet Gorlow, Debbie Hobbs, Bill Heinig, Jeff Small and Enid Lomax. (Not pictured: Asghar Aghaabdollah.)