Juan Carlos Gonzalez and Raul Gastesi won the Member-Member championship at Miami Lakes Golf Club on Jan. 17 and 18, winning the 36-hole tournament by four shots.      Gonzalez and Gastesi finished with a net score of 13-under 131 over the two days. The first round was best ball, the second round was alternate shot. A pair of teams -- Marty Engelmann and Rubin Perez on one, Luis Arrizurieta and Albert...

    When a car ended up in the C-8 Extension Canal along Loch Ness Drive, Miami Lakes resident Steven Monroy dove in to help the driver who was alive when she was pulled from her SUV to shore.       That was two years ago.          On Feb. 19, Monroy was at the same embankment with the Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee, Mayor Josh Dieguez and council members Steven...

     More than 100 cyclists gathered at Miami Lakes Town Hall on a clear Saturday night for the 5th Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour.       Sergio’s Cuban American Kitchen treated them to empanadas (savory turnovers) and croquetas (meat-filled fried appetizers).       As Top 40 tunes played and friends snapped photos and cheered, bicyclists took off through blasts of...

  Dade Christian School is hosting its first College Fair on Friday, Feb. 27. It will be open to Dade Christian students from 2 p.m.  - 4 p.m., and to the general public from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.  Students will have opportunities to meet with representatives from colleges, trade schools, military branches and scholarship organizations, Guidance Counselor Tania Aristide said. Also available to students are tips for writing...

 The South Florida Regional Planning Council elected Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René García as chair during its meeting on Jan. 26.      “As chair, I appreciate the leadership and steady guidance provided by immediate past Chair Michelle Lincoln,” García said in a news release. “I look forward to building on that foundation as we work to ensure South Florida remains a thriving, sustainable...