The Geezers celebrate 15 years of play and friendship

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, September 18, 2024

     As they do twice each  week, the Geezers softball team walked onto field No. 2 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park on Sept. 11.       The date marked 15 years that the Boys of Autumn, or the Geezers as...

Dr. Anthony Bryan named new Dade Christian Superintendent

Education Special to The Miami Laker Tuesday, January 20, 2015

  Dr. Anthony Bryan, the right leader, at the right time. After much prayer and anticipation, Dade Christian School (DCS) and The Master’s Academy (TMA) announced Bryan as the new Superintendent of Schools. In addition to an expansive list of credentials, including two doctoral degrees, Bryan’s career covers 35 years, 17 of which he served as Headmaster for several major Christian schools. Bryan was also elected by Florida...

MLEC Cambridge alumni, students hold reunion

Featured By Ruth Reyes, Special to The Miami Laker Thursday, January 15, 2015

  It was the day after Christmas, and the weather was dreadful, but the grey skies, rain and humidity could not keep Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) students and alumni away. They challenged the common assumption that “once graduation comes along, high school students never look back.” On December 26 Cambridge students and alumni gathered together for a potluck lunch at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West. The reunion,...
  Once again, State Senator Rene Garcia, and State Representatives Jose Oliva and Manny Diaz Jr., are teaming up during the 2015 Florida Legislative Session in Tallahassee to help Miami Lakes secure state funding for several capital improvement projects. This year, the town is requesting $3.75 million for four different projects: The West Lakes drainage improvement project, the Lake Sarah, Adele, Hilda, Mary and Suzie drainage...
Main Street Players presents its 2015 season beginning with A Bicycle Country by Pulitzer-Prize award winning playwright, Nilo Cruz; followed by God of Carnage by Yamina Reza, Reefer Madness The Musical, and The Pot by Glenn Hutchinson. A Bicycle Country will run from February 6 through March 1, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes. The play is set against the...

Rep. Gwen Graham celebrates first day in Congress

Government Thursday, January 15, 2015

  As former Florida Senator Bob Graham watched his daughter, an incoming House Democrat, shake hands with an endless line of visitors, he peeked out of her corner office window at the briskly falling snow and marveled at the symmetry to his own political career. Thirty-six years earlier, a 15-year-old Gwen Graham stood with her father on a frigid outdoor stage in Tallahassee at his first inauguration as Governor. It snowed that day as...
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