Of the 30,625 users of the Freebee ride-share service in Miami Lakes last year, more than two-thirds of the passengers were women, and 46 percent of those were over 50 years old.     What makes Miami Lakes one of the highest-rated service areas, with growing demand for rides in the electric vehicles that it has offered since January 2018?      Perhaps it’s the safety and convenience of not...

      Miami Dade College -- with its MDC WORKS Career Studio and Career Source South Florida -- is hosting job fairs that are free and open to the public.      Applicants are encouraged to wear business attire and bring resumes to give to prospective employers. Wednesday, March 15, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Health Care Hiring & Transfer Fair MDC Medical Campus, 950 NW 20th St.,...

   Mater Lakes Academy won the FHSAA Class 4A state championship in boys basketball on March 4 in Lakeland.     The team beat St. Petersburg Gibbs 47-39 in the state semifinals on March 2, then beat The Villages Charter 77-41 two days later in the championship game.       Michael Bradley had 21 points, including five 3-pointers, for MLA in the title game, while Christian Reid scored 20 on 9-for-11...

Despite my South Florida upbringing by Cuban grandparents, ropa vieja (pulled beef in sauce, translated as old clothing) was never a dish for me.       But La Diosa Taqueria’s version called Asere Que Bola ($11) changed my mind. A corn tortilla is topped with ropa vieja, a platanito (sweet plantain) and pork cracklings.         It’s less Mexican, but more Miami. With a name to match...

    Students from Barbara Goleman Senior High School won 2nd place on Feb. 28 in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Mock Trial Competition among 20 schools.     Shown in the first photo at the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse in Miami are Robert C. Brazofsky, executive director of MDCPS Dept. of Social Sciences, which runs the contest, with student Gabriel Hubbert, who won Most Effective...