Sourdough the Goldendoodle is a go anywhere, do anything kind of pup.     He lives with the Senra family - Tania, Luis and their sons Sebastian, 13, and Lucas, 12 - and they take him everywhere.       He’s been photographed aboard a boat in the Florida Keys; in the family’s golf cart during jaunts around Miami Lakes; he joins the school carpool rides and frolics in the backyard, where he recently...

    Residents, attendees at the Festival of Lights, customers of the Mayor’s Cafe and employees of The Graham Companies donated hundreds of toys for kids that the Giving Gators charity distributed this holiday season.       Shown in the first photo at The Graham Companies in Miami Lakes, from left, Giving Gators Board Member Emily Garcia and Co-Founder Daylin Garcia, The Graham Companies Accountant,...

 Barbara Goleman Senior High School hosted the 4th Annual Middle Schools Mock Trial on Dec. 11. Four local schools competed: Bob Graham Education Center; Lawton Chiles Middle School; Hialeah Gardens Middle School, who took 1st Place, and Palm Springs Middle School, the 2nd Place winners.      Miami Lakes Councilman Steven Herzberg, who is a lawyer, and local attorneys Joshua Hertz, Christina Fiallo and Trinette Zarran...

      Rabbi Mendel Weiss and his wife Tzippy Weiss of Chabad Miami Lakes provided a dancing dreidel, fried potato pancakes, kosher donuts and cotton candy for guests who lit a menorah on Main Street on Dec. 18, the fifth night of Hanukkah.       There was also a DJ and a person in a robot costume decorated with LED lights and a sign that flashed a rainbow peace sign, a kitten photo, “Happy...

     The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce kicked off Small Business Week with a tour around town, including visits to businesses on Main Street.       On Dec. 13, Chamber President Ray Palacios, President of Public Relations Tico Casamayor and Mayor Josh Dieguez met with business owners.       Dieguez got behind the counter to serve a customer at Bon Vivant Charcuterie & Gourmet...