Area residents joined Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces  Department staff and District 13 Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. for the grand opening of a new playground at the popular “Tom Sawyer’s Play Island” at Amelia Earhart Park, 401 E. 65 Street in Hialeah. A fort-style tree house with climbers, spinners, slide, balance beams, swings and musical instruments to play are part of the new playground...

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s yearbook, The Alpha & Omega, has made a lasting impression and earned its spot in Herff Jones’ 2014 Ideas That Fly, Volume 20, that recognizes the most elite yearbook covers, designs, coverage, photography and themes. MLEC’s yearbook was one of only 343 chosen from the thousands printed by Herff Jones each year. The Herff Jones yearbook marketing design team designated only the...

  Barbara Goleman Senior High School students (from left) Stephen Ledon, Alexander Berrara, Nicholas Rose, Daniel Quintero (kneeling), Daniel Wong, and Carlos Aguila participated in the Thirteenth Annual Fairchild Challenge in late January. This was the first time the school participated in the British-styled debate at the Fairchild Gardens. The challenge is meant to engage students of diverse interests and backgrounds to explore the...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools held its annual Regional Science Fair event at the Miami-Dade College STEM Expo on Saturday, February 7. Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) School was represented in the Science Fair by the school’s first place winners. At the county event, Ryan Milian won a first place Superior Gold Medal for his “Greasy Chips” project and Anabelle Ballate received an honorable mention for her...

  Thrive Psychological Services, LLC, co-owned and operated by Dr. Anabel Alvarez-Jimenez and Dr. Susana Blanco, has found a home in Miami Lakes at 6175 NW 153 Street, Suite 105.  Thrive Psychological Services provides culturally-sensitive individual, couples, family and group therapy in English and Spanish. Additionally, they provide psycho-educational, psychological, immigration, medical and hardship evaluation services with...