Darryl “Tre” Bell, III, 18, signed with the Florida State University football program in December. Bell, of Miami, attends Barbara Goleman Senior High School, Class of 2026.       The Seminoles’ head football coach Mike Norvell visited the Miami Lakes campus in October to meet with Bell, a safety who is known for his ability to play both defense and offense on the field. During a signing rally...

     The 2025 Reindeer Run 5K presented by Headquarter Toyota drew 565 runners and walkers to Business Park West on Dec. 13. Racers took off to the sounds of the Hialeah Gardens High School marching band, conducted by Joshua Guzman, a military veteran. The Veterans Committee and Chair William Perez organized the event. Veterans Committee member Judy Farcus Serra, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for...

Sourdough the Goldendoodle is a go anywhere, do anything kind of pup.     He lives with the Senra family - Tania, Luis and their sons Sebastian, 13, and Lucas, 12 - and they take him everywhere.       He’s been photographed aboard a boat in the Florida Keys; in the family’s golf cart during jaunts around Miami Lakes; he joins the school carpool rides and frolics in the backyard, where he recently...

    Residents, attendees at the Festival of Lights, customers of the Mayor’s Cafe and employees of The Graham Companies donated hundreds of toys for kids that the Giving Gators charity distributed this holiday season.       Shown in the first photo at The Graham Companies in Miami Lakes, from left, Giving Gators Board Member Emily Garcia and Co-Founder Daylin Garcia, The Graham Companies Accountant,...

 Barbara Goleman Senior High School hosted the 4th Annual Middle Schools Mock Trial on Dec. 11. Four local schools competed: Bob Graham Education Center; Lawton Chiles Middle School; Hialeah Gardens Middle School, who took 1st Place, and Palm Springs Middle School, the 2nd Place winners.      Miami Lakes Councilman Steven Herzberg, who is a lawyer, and local attorneys Joshua Hertz, Christina Fiallo and Trinette Zarran...