Town Foundation awards $18,605 in grants for education, community

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 13, 2024

    The Miami Lakes Town Foundation has awarded $18,605 in 12 grants to local schools and a non-profit to support education and foster community.       The money comes from the annual Miami Lakes Food & Wine...

Workout: To do at home, in the gym or on the go

Sports By Ricky Ali, Personal Trainer, Miami Lakes Athletic Club Thursday, June 30, 2022

The Seated Overhead Shoulder Press      This is a full-body movement that activates the shoulders, triceps, abdominals, inner core and legs.       The upper back muscles are used to help stabilize upper body, particularly when the dumbbells are returned to the start position and your core is engaged. 1.  While holding a pair of dumbbells that are not too heavy for you to lift, sit upright...

Advertiser Spotlight: The Law Offices of Joshua J. Hertz, P.A.

Community By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, June 30, 2022

     Joshua Hertz’s newspaper ad is memorable: The personal injury attorney wields a large gavel while in his penthouse office at Governor’s Square in Miami Lakes.       Hertz has been advertising in The Miami Laker community newspaper for about five years.       “I think it’s helped my business, to show [readers] that I’m from Miami Lakes,”...

Miami Lakes Library Programs in July

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, June 30, 2022

   The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering the following online and in-person classes.      Space is limited; in some cases, you must register in advance for online events.      Free 2022 Hurricane preparation guides are available at all branches. Homework Help & Tutoring Program Funded in part by The Children’s Trust In Person Sat.,...

Pets of Miami Lakes

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, June 30, 2022

     Roxy the Boston Terrier is well known to the folks who live and work around Main Street in Miami Lakes.      The 3-year-old brindle pup with white boots lives there with Elizabeth Cuesta, her husband Victor Hernandez and their sons Kevin Hernandez, 14, and Cesar Hernandez, 12.       “She’s very fit,” Cuesta said about Roxy, her partner on mile-long runs around...
   Alvaro Hernandez, Unincorporated Miami-Dade County,  Retired       “Patriotism is the honor and dignity that a person has towards a country that has opened the doors to lots of immigrants,” Alvaro Hernandez said in Spanish.  “I’m an immigrant and I have honor for this country I served [in the military]. Not once has it abandoned me in the years...
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