The Miami Lakes Athletic Club hosted the Summer Rhythmic Gymnastics Show and awards ceremony on June 7. The program featured solo performances and young athletes on seven teams. Instruction is led by Ana Roche, a member of the Cuban Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Team at age 14 before she arrived in the United States. Photos courtesy of the Athletic Club.  

     Golfers took to the links on June 19 to support several local charities during the inaugural Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament.       The contest at the Miami Lakes Golf Club raised $4,000, which will benefit The Arc of South Florida, Angel’s Reach Foundation Inc., GiGi’s Playhouse; 4Kids Miami and The Zonta Club of Miami Lakes, according to Chamber President Fred...

     The Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee held its annual Father Day’s Fishing Tournament on June 22 at Graham Dairy Lake. Bad weather forced postponement of the event for a week but that didn’t deter fathers and their kids from dropping lines into the water along Oak Lane.       Twenty-five fish were caught during the catch and release tournament, the committee said. Prizes -- medals...

      Rosie Cordero-Stutz, Miami-Dade County Police Department assistant director of Investigative Services and a candidate for county sheriff, addressed over 50 business owners during the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon held July 10 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main.        Cordero-Stutz spoke about changes coming to the department’s command structure.    ...

     Miami Lakes Town Manager Edward Pidermann has joined the governing board of the Greater Miami Expressway Agency.      The Miami-Dade Transportation Organization appointed him to the body on June 27.      Pidermann joins Torey Alston, executive director, and other board members including: --Stacy L. Miller, District Six secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation, a district...