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...

    About 70 students in grades five through eight from over 25 elementary and middle schools had hands-on experiences with science, technology, and engineering at Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s inaugural Spartan STEM Boot Camp on February 28.  Campers attended 1-hour workshops for engineering, coding, biology, and chemistry taught by different STEM Academy teachers from Pace. For the Engineering workshop in...

  A TV Production class at Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High (HML) wrapped up a session with the Florida Film Institute’s (FFI) CINEMA program. About thirty students took part in the program that culminated in the shooting of their short film “Curiosity at Best” on March 14.   The students were guided by professionals from the film industry throughout the production of this film from the development of the script to...

  Former Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Roberto Alonso was known for championing the efforts to develop Royal Oaks Park into a full-fledged park and recreation facility, adding police presence that brought down the crime rate to an all-time low, and discovered the land for the county to build a new fire station to improve the emergency response time on the town’s west side. Outside the political arena, Alonso had an affinity for classic...