If it looks like Bentley is ready for his close-up, he is.      “He poses all the time,” his owner May Castillo said.      She suspects that Bentley, 7, is a mix of Maltese and Poodle.      “He was supposed to be a full-bred Poodle but I think he’s a Maltipoo,” she said.      Castillo’s sons Papo Castillo, 25, and Jake Castillo,...

If you love the outdoors, you can “find your awesome” at 37° North, an outfitter on Main Street that sells active wear and also supplies Boy Scouts from Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Scouts can select guides on how to earn merit badges and buy uniforms and gear for camping and other adventures. It’s the first store in the country that will cater to both scouts and regular folks. It is named after two national...

     The Miami Lakes Town Foundation is accepting applications for grants.       Community groups, school clubs or teams, educators and other organizations are welcome to apply for money for projects that encourage literacy, continuing education; developing and implementing youth programs; beautification projects and cultural events, the town said.       Applications will be...

For Hemisphere Title Company President Patricia Gonzalez, the company is like a member of her family, a business she nurtured into what it is today.       “To me, I just thought of it as my third child, you care for it,” Gonzalez, 63, told The Miami Laker. “You bring it to life, and you love it.”      The company marked four decades of success on Aug. 13 with a celebration at...

Supporters joined attorney Gloria M. Garcia at the Lights of Hope display and cancer fundraiser at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Aug. 27. It was a night to honor and remember those who were taken by the disease as well as pay tribute to those who are fighting it. Each personalized bag represented a cancer story, including that of Garcia’s sister, Maria D. “Mayoyi” Garcia, Garcia said. Garcia and Marie Korenstein, who is also...