The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce drew a large crowd to its business professionals networking party on Aug. 27 at El Churrascaso Grill in Miami Lakes.

    Oreo is a 7-year-old Havapoo, a cross between a Havanese and a Poodle.      His “sister,” Lisa Arango Rivero, submitted him for the column to surprise her parents Ruben and Monica Arango and her sister Catalina Arango, of Miami Lakes.      Oreo is an affable guy and Ruben’s wing man, according to Arango Rivero.            He accompanies Ruben...

     Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez was briefly in the doghouse at Zen Canine Club during a ribbon cutting party on Aug. 13. With him is business co-founder Katherine Del Pino and her Dachshund Jelly Bean. She and co-owner Jose Del Pino started the dog day care-boarding-grooming business that also offers obedience classes and Reiki energy healing, at 15512 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza.       The...

    Barbara Goleman Senior High School Senior Christopher Prophete, 17, of Miami, in the first photo, participated in a summer Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects, or STEP program at Purdue University.       Students learned core engineering skills, including physics, programming, 3D modeling and robotics; team-based challenges to tackle real-world problems, which ended with a design competition; learned...

     BNI Lakes Connect, the second chapter of the international networking organization to open in Miami Lakes, celebrated their formation with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Chela’s Cocteleria in Miami Lakes on Sept. 4. Business professionals have multiple places to make contacts and look for business opportunities: BNI Lakes Connect; BNI Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, who all sponsor training, events...