As Kelly Kooken stood in a 90-minute line at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando in March, her son Vincent was remaining calm.      “He’s doing really well right now,” Kooken, of Weston, said by phone.       Vincent is a junior at Cypress Bay High School where he attends a B.R.I.D.G.E.S. class for students who are on the autism spectrum.      ...

   Miami-Dade County Public Schools in partnership with The Children’s Trust and the University of Miami Health System’s pediatric mobile clinic will be at Miami Lakes Middle School on Tuesday, April 19.     Parents who wish to get free shots for their children for the flu, vaccines required to attend school or COVID-19 tests and shots may attend the event to be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 6425 Miami...

     Lawton Chiles Middle School placed 3rd overall in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District Science Fair, results announced in January, the school said.      Shown above from left are sixth graders Samuel Guerra, who received an excellence award and was honored by Broadcom Masters, a program of Society for Science, and Jennifer Henriquez, who receive an honorable mention and bronze medal. Their...

    John Rogger recently took on a new role in town as the chair of the Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board.       It’s the first time Rogger, 35, has served on one of the town’s dozen volunteer committees.  But it’s something that is close to his heart -- he said both of his sons have autism.       Rogger and his family have lived in South Florida...

     Take a walk along tree-lined Main Street and you’ll hear the lively clang of silverware on china plates coming from restaurant patios as buzzsaws scream and hammers pound away inside several storefronts.       The one-mile byway in the heart of Miami Lakes is undergoing a whirlwind of change.       Four new restaurants with fresh concepts have welcomed diners within the...