Damian Reynoso   Bartender, Café Mi Vitrola  Miramar   “I will do a mixed bag of candy that has all kinds of candy like M&M’s and lollipops,” Damian Reynoso said in Spanish.  Brantley Jay Vogt  Regional Vice President, Primerica  Pembroke Pines   “We do the honor [system], we leave a bucket outside usually,” Brantley Jay Vogt said....

     Miami Lakes Medical Center in the Royal Oaks Plaza is the newest business to celebrate opening with a ribbon cutting. Eduardo Elizalde, a physician’s assistant and owner of the business and staff were joined on Sept. 5 by members of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, the town’s Economic Development Committee and town council members.       “Thank you for choosing Miami Lakes to...

     Stitch is a lucky boy who has a caring family. He lives with Lisandra Abreu and her fiancé Chris Locke, and is her daughter Yami Asaad’s pet.      Locke works from home and is able to dote on the 15-year-old Pomeranian-Shih Tzu mixed breed boy.     “He is like a child and requires a lot of care,” Locke says. “He is very sweet, loveable and exerts energy only when...

     Rain didn’t keep 200 cyclists from riding in the 2024 Miami Lakes Culinary Bike Tour to taste, drink and ride five miles through three shopping centers.       Music on one of two brightly-lighted party bikes and Miami Dade Police officers led the pack of bicycles. One group of friends accessorized their wheels with Christmas lights, others played music or like LMG Mane salon, rode as a team...

    Students from the Bethany Academy of Arts and their Principal Daisy Suita visited The Miami Laker newspaper on Sept. 18 to learn about journalism.     The journalists, ages 11 - 15, are launching their own newspaper in October to be called The Bear Facts, after the school mascot. The private K-12 school is at 7801 NW 178th St. in Palm Springs North.     Reporter Alexandra Herrera and Editor Linda...