Miami Lakes officials participated in the January 24 ribbon cutting and office grand opening of the University of Miami/NSU Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD) located at 5801 N.W. 151 Street, Suite 203. Based out of the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern University, CARD is one of seven state-funded university-based outreach and support centers in Florida dedicated to optimizing the potential of people with...

In a classroom at Monsignor Pace High School, seven Pace seniors are curiously out of uniform, instead clad in black polos from Barry University. These seven students are a part of Pace’s EMT Academy class, but they are also officially registered as college EMT students with Barry University, complete with Barry student IDs and Barry instructors teaching the class. The EMT Academy class is the final part of Pace High’s four-year...

  Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board chair Perla Tabarea Hantman, board members and community leaders participated in a series of special events taking place across Miami-Dade County to kick-off school bond projects resulting from the overwhelming voter approval of the $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond. The latest of these within District 13 schools took place at American Senior High School on Friday, January...

  The Graham Companies announced the winners of the Miami Lakes “My Home, My Community” Main Street Banner Art Contest. With over 340 submissions, only 26 pieces were able to be selected to be showcased along Main Street. The artwork submissions were judged by 16 individuals with a selection of the top piece of work based on Elementary, Middle School and High School. The selected top Elementary School submission was from...

  Mayor Wayne Slaton and the Town Council presented a Certificate of Excellence to young resident Christina Delgado, a Miami Lakes K-8 Center student, at the January 13 Council meeting, for her exceptional volunteer service. For more than three years, Delgado has been a member of the Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) and is the committee’s current vice chair. She has volunteered hundreds of hours of her time to events hosted by...