Miami Lakes offers free open table tennis play at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3:30 p.m. All levels and ages are welcome to participate and the town provides paddles and balls, although participants may bring their own paddles. For more information about the program, contact Leisure Services manager Katya Lysak at 305-698-9308 or by email at lysakk@miamilakes-fl.gov.

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) Key Club and Girl Scout Troop 500 joined forces to give the kids of His House Children’s Home a day to remember. “The holidays are here,” said Sharon Zajac, a MLEC student and member of Troop 500. “Every one is so consumed in the shopping and the parties that we forget what is important. “There are so many people in this world without a family or home. That is...

    Our Lady of the Lakes JV boys Flag Football team are the All Catholic Conference North Division champions. At their final game, the Cheetahs defeated St. Theresa 24-8. Danny Delgado led the team with one rushing and one receiving touchdown. Justin Quintana led the offense with two touchdown passes, and the defense had three interceptions and forced a safety. The team wrapped up its season finished undefeated with a 9-0 record.

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School senior William De La Vera has been selected to be part of Syracuse University Posse 3. Over 1,200 students across Miami-Dade County applied to Posse and only 40 were selected to be part of this program. Posse identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Posse extends to these students...

  The third grade students in the Extended Foreign Language/Bilingual program at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) participated in this year’s Miami Book Fair International held at Miami Dade College’s downtown campus.  The Miami Book Fair is the largest literary gathering in the Americas and this year celebrated its 30th anniversary with participation by some of the world’s top English and Spanish authors,...