Students attending high schools in the Miami Lakes area may benefit from new scholarships to Miami Dade College that are funded by the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce. During the Chamber’s Aug. 10 luncheon, leaders presented a $2,000 check to the school, which represents four, $500 scholarships, Chamber President Fred Senra said. The Chamber board wanted to give back to the community, and the business boosters created the...

Yecenia Martinez, principal at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, greets student Kioja Turner on Aug. 17, the first day of school.

Photo courtesy of the school. 

Denise Rodriguez Miami Lakes President, The Force Group mortgage company      “We will be in the Keys, boating, playing corn hole and spending time with friends and family,” Denise Rodriguez said.  “We have a house down there [in the] Key Largo, Islamorada area.”  David Martin Miami Lakes Mortgage Coordinator, The Force Group mortgage company   ...

     Voters chose Realtor Roberto Alonso to represent District 4 on the Miami-Dade County School Board.       “It’s truly an honor,” Alonso, 42, said on Aug. 26. “It’s really exciting and I’m excited. I think there really is a lot of great things that will come from this.”      Alonso, of Miami Lakes, has not been a teacher or worked in public school...

      Drivers in Miami Lakes are experiencing more traffic and several cars have crashed near the Northwest 170th Street bridge after it opened Aug. 16.      “Obviously there’s more traffic because before, there was zero traffic coming off the bridge,” Miami-Dade Police Maj. Javier Ruiz said on Aug. 25. “But overall, we haven’t seen on our end too much of an...