Miami Lakes resident Raphael Garcia has been promoted to vice president, senior private client services banker and physician specialist by BankUnited. Garcia has been with BankUnited for five years, most recently as hub manager for the Aventura/Hallandale market. With 15 years of industry experience, Garcia provides concierge financial services to business owners and high net-worth individuals in South Florida. As a physician specialist, he...

Nearly 200 senior citizens, dressed in their holiday-themed best, enjoyed great food, festive music, dancing, door prizes and raffles on December 13 during the annual Senior Holiday Social at the Roberto Alonso Community Center in Miami lakes. The free event was sponsored by the Town’s Elderly Affairs Committee. Attendees donated a generous amount of new, unwrapped toys for the Town’s Holiday Toy Drive to benefit Toys for Tots.

  More than 450 new, unwrapped toys were collected for Miami Lakes’ Holiday Toy Drive. The initiative, spearheaded by Councilmember Tim Daubert, benefited the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program which aims to ensure less fortunate children throughout the country  experience the joy of Christmas. Donations came from residents, business owners, Town staff and attendees at the Holiday Senior Social. Two large...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will host a Community Forum from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 Montrose Road. The program will consist of two panel conversations and a question and answer session. Attorneys will cover topics including estate planning, foreclosure, bankruptcy, personal injury, and other issues affecting seniors. Free lunch will be provided for attendees. For...

A Miami Lakes resident and author with a peculiar pen name, whose origin is shrouded in secret, can often be found visiting her favorite haunts in Miami Lakes, like the Vie De France cafe or Starbucks where she taps away on her laptop. Her name is Seven N Blue, a first time author with an independently published book titled “The Lunatics.”  “The Lunatics,” a young adult novel set in the streets of San Francisco,...