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...

    The School for Advanced Studies is a top destination for ambitious students who want to earn both a diploma and an associate degree during their final two years of high school, without leaving a campus.      The school, known as SAS, is a collegiate high school -- created through a partnership between a college or university and a school district -- that holds classes at five campuses of Miami Dade...

     It’s time to dust off your helmet, tune up your bicycle and work up an appetite, because the 2nd Annual Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour is set for Saturday, Sept. 17.      Riders will leave from Miami Lakes Town Hall at 6 p.m. for a 5-mile trip to the designated dining spots.      Cyclists will visit restaurants in the Lake Katharine, Lake Patricia and Cypress Village shopping...

     Along Northwest 67 Avenue, across from Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Station 1, is Fountain Park Village.       The complex of townhomes were built parallel to the service road for the Palmetto Expressway, or Northwest 167 Street.  The southern side of the property borders the Loch Ness neighborhood.       Arrivals to 6700 - 6998 NW 67th Ave. are greeted by a fountain...