Seventy-two young musicians had a “blast” for 20 days at the 17th annual Summer Music Academy hosted by the South Florida Youth Symphony at Miami Lakes Congregational Church. Students studied orchestral strings, classical guitar, all winds and percussion instruments, steel pan, piano, and choir, as well as music theory, composition, music history, recorders, and even a double reed making class. The camp was sponsored in...

  A host of seats are up for grabs during the August 26 Miami-Dade primary election, including a district chair for the School Board, the Property Appraiser’s office and Circuit and County Court judges. Duysevi “Sevi” Miyar, a longtime educator who was born in Istanbul, Turkey, is challenging incumbent School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares-Hantman for her District 4 Seat, that covers Miami Lakes, Hialeah, Hialeah...

  Miami-Dade Police Major Gene Dieppa, commander of the Miami Lakes Police Department, is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s monthly membership luncheon on Wednesday, September 3, at Shula’s Hotel on Main Street. A resident of Miami Lakes, Dieppa is charged with directing daily law enforcement activities accomplishing the town’s priorities, managing the delivery for police services, and...

  Making what has become an annual pilgrimage, 11 Monsignor Edward Pace High School Torch Yearbook staff members and yearbook adviser Christina Cruz attended the Yearbookpalooza summer workshop from Monday, July 21 to Wednesday, July 23. Hosted by school services and yearbook publisher Herff Jones, Yearbookpalooza gathered yearbook staffs from around the country at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center at the Florida Mall in Orlando....

  Two incumbents were automatically reelected to the Miami Lakes Town Council when they ran unopposed and won another four-year term, while a third office holder must hit the campaign trial to keep his seat.      Tim Daubert (Seat 2) and Frank Mingo (Seat 4) drew no challengers following the end of the town’s qualifying period, which ended last week for the November 4 general election.  However, political...