As the start of the new school year approaches, the social media posts also begin to appear: Teachers need supplies for their students and classrooms and ask the public to help pay for them.          The Education Fund in Miami Lakes helps teachers stock their classrooms by enlisting businesses in South Florida to host supply drives that employees and customers may contribute...

For a healthy lunch or after a long day at work when in need of reliably good, fresh food from a friendly place that was close to home, Miami Lakers would turn to Beverly Hills Café. But after more than four decades in town, the institution -- famous for its honey yeast rolls, homemade salad dressings and a menu with seemingly something for everyone -- closed for good Monday. “Dear our loved and loyal customers,” a...

         Andrea Graham Rechichi chairs the Town of Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee. She is a member of the fourth generation of the Graham family, which developed the town.  Graham Rechichi is vice president of corporate relations for The Graham Companies, is married and has two young children. Q: Where are you from and what is your background? A: I was born and raised in Miami Lakes. I went...

    Miami Lakers who have a craving for P.F. Chang’s Asian fusion cuisine will no longer need to drive to the chain’s restaurants at the Dolphin Mall; in North Miami Beach or Brickell or even to the Sawgrass Mills Mall.      On July 20, the company plans to open a P.F. Chang’s To Go at the Crescent Pointe building, 15121 NW 67th Ave.  The To Go stores serve much of the same menu...

Christine Balmori was walking her wire-hair Terrier mix Peanut around Lake Patricia in Miami Lakes on the morning of June 16 when she visited the resident waterfowl: An egret and non-native Egyptian Geese and their goslings.  “When we get to the beach, there is always something going on there and I zoom in and take pictures,” Balmori said. She used her Apple iPhone 13 without a filter to record the geese, which like to...