Miami Dade College is continuing its 20-year tradition of offering free tax preparation services to low-income individuals, the elderly and non-English speaking residents. Federal income tax returns must be in the mail and postmarked no later than April 15. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program (VITA) is administered and staffed by faculty and MDC business students who volunteer their time to help the public in preparing their...

  The theme for this year’s 3rd annual New Testament Baptist Church’s Father Son campout was “Frozen.” Not to be confused with the Disney movie, 130 fathers and sons gathered for the annual Everglades getaway and the lowest temperatures ever recorded about 90 minutes northwest of Miami Lakes at 31 degrees. The oldest father and son tandem was Cliff Konchak (reserving to remain ageless) who attended with his sons...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School's poets, singers, and thespians came together on the evening of January 15 to take part in Pace’s annual Open Mic Night.  Katherine Palacio and the Literary Guild club coordinated the event with senior Nina Pulley taking the lead in organizing the evening. Students with various interests and talents, from various electives and clubs such as theatre and writing, wrote original poems,...

  Future Miami-Dade County bond referendums will contain a caveat to voters: Approving the bond item will raise your taxes. The Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval to an ordinance sponsored by Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. to include language in future bond measures specifying that the proposed bond would be “paid or secured by taxes derived from the assessed value of property in the County.” A two-thirds...

  Dade Christian School’s cheerleading program, which includes elementary, junior varsity and varsity teams, made their annual trip to FCC (Fellowship of Christian Cheerleading) Nationals in Orlando in early January. Each team had one goal in mind...for the elementary and junior varsity, it was to win a national title...and for the varsity, it was to become three-peat National champions. “Each team had rigorous practice...