Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr.’s office will host a Golden Passport outreach event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, at Miami Lakes Government Center, 6601 Main Street. Miami-Dade residents who are 65 years or older, and Social Security beneficiaries, can register for, or renew their Golden Passport EASY Card, which allows them to ride free on Miami-Dade Transit’s system....

  The Miami-Dade School Board approved a budget proposal by Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho for the 2014-2015 school year. The budget protects teachers and the classroom with an increase in school spending of $43 million and a reduction in administrative spending of $5 million, down 57 percent since 2008. The budget protects taxpayers by lowering the tax rate and continues to expand Exceptional Student Education (ESE)...

  Boys and girls, ages 6 to 18 years old, are invited to attend the 2014 Junior Golf Camp at Shula’s Golf Club during two week-long sessions in August. Session 3 is scheduled August 4 to 8; and Session 4 will be held August 11 to 15. Each session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids will learn the basics of the game including concentration on full-swing, putting, chipping, and most importantly, fun. Sessions include lunch...

  As proposed by Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, the Miami-Dade School Board unanimously voted to endorse the 2014 “Welcome Back to School” Safety Flyer for distribution during the first week of school. For the past eight years, the Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST), a team of multi-jurisdictional agencies under the auspices of the Florida Department of Transportation, has partnered with the District to promote student...

 

Eduardo Crespo, a resident of Miami Lakes and a student at the Pratt Institute in New York, was among more than 1,000 students who made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2014 semester. Pratt Institute is dedicated to preparing its undergraduate and graduate students for successful careers in art, design, architecture, information an library science, and liberal arts and sciences.