Navy Seaman recruit, Christopher R. Casanova, son of Jose F. and Lourdes Casanova of Hialeah, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. Casanova is a 2007 graduate of Barbara Goleman High School. During the eight-week program, Casanova completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and...

  It is a violation of Miami-Dade County Ordinance Sec. 30-292, (1)(a)2 for a vehicle to stop or park on a sidewalk. The code reads, in part: “Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall: (a) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle: 1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of...

  Seventy-one-year-old George Pringle still loves to play sports and he is not planning on slowing down anytime soon. He played football in Connecticut at a time when players wore leather helmets without a face mask. Pringle also was a star on the diamond, tennis and basketball courts, and was elected to the Miami-Dade Softball Hall of Fame. The sports made him famous and now he wants to make an unheralded sport widely known in South...

  The 40th annual William “B” Graham Memorial Golf Tournament for the benefit of the Boy Scouts of America has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, at Shula’s Golf Club, 7601 Miami Lakes Drive. The event is sponsored by The Graham Companies and Publix Super Markets Charities. Check-in is at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start set for 8 a.m. Tournament sponsorships are available ranging from the Golden Eagle ($5,000), and...

  Cassandra Lemieux, a senior at Pace High School, and Shadelly “Chachi” Guzman, a Pace High School alumna class of 2012, recently garnered recognition in women’s sports. Lemieux has signed with St. Thomas University’s women’s tennis team. As a future Bobcat, she will excel on the court the same way she has excelled as a student at Pace. Not only is Lemieux heavily involved in her academic life, earning a...