Miami Lakes Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez was among 17 elected officials from three South Florida counties who graduated on December 15 from the Good Government Initiative’s Leaders of Excellence Program. Founded by former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson, the program is designed to provide elected officials with skills and knowledge they can apply to their public service. Elected officials participate in training...

  Nancy Handley retired from Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) ending a huge chapter in her life and in the lives of countless students. “Work is not work if you love what you do,” said Handley, a phrase that has defined her career, spanning 44 years in the classroom. Handley began her teaching career as a home economics teacher, then worked as a health teacher and then a physical education...

For many of us, getting in shape in the number 1 New Year’s Resolution. Not having enough time to exercise is the most common excuse but please note that a healthy lifestyle may be more critical to your climb up the corporate ladder that you thought.Sacrificing your health and fitness so you can spend more hours at the office might actually be counterproductive as even the most devoted employees will experience diminished health if they...

Painting With A Twist, the bring-your-own-beverage painting studio that encourages amateur artists to tackle famous paintings with the help of a teacher, is coming to Miami Lakes. The four partners who franchised Painting With A Twist, Yirka and Alex Marban, Ignacio Menendez and Yaime Riveiro are surprisingly not artists, but all enjoyed taking classes at Painting With A Twist and hoped to open their own. Their dream was realized with the...

  The American Sign Language high school club visited Miami Lakes Congregational Church during their morning service on December 14 to sign three well-known holiday songs while sisters Bianca and Sabrina Larsh (far left) sang. Signing for the large crowd (from left) Sharon Zajac, Monica Bolaños, Daniela Rodriguez, Julian Bencomo, Daniel Rodriguez and Dionisio De La Rosa. “We hope to spread the knowledge of American Sign...