Bob Graham Education Center student Alyssa Fernandez recently won a superior award for her science fair project on mass and distance at her school and in a district competition for elementary students. Alyssa is in fifth grade.       “The projects were all based on following the scientific method and conducting a valid experiment,” said Pablo Aguerre, BGEC math and science teacher....

      Both Bob Graham Education Center and Lawton Chiles Middle School have a lot to be proud of this spring. The schools will represent Miami Lakes during the VEX IQ Robotics World Championship in Dallas, TX in May.       The teams placed for the Worlds during the March 6 state championships that were held in Pembroke Pines.      The Bob Graham Education Center’s Code Masters team...

    As bicycle riders filled a block of Main Street in Miami Lakes and patiently awaited the signal to go from Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, there was a sense of excitement.       “We’re here together with the community, with faith leadership, everybody because we are the ideal place to live, work and play because you can ride your bike all year long,” Levine Cava...

     These three gals live with the Ivey family -- Josefa, Dale, Stephen and Stephanie -- on the east side of Miami Lakes.      Though they are all Chihuahuas or partly descended from that breed, they have distinct personalities, Josefa Ivey says.       And they go everywhere with the family.      “Lucy, we think she’s part Beagle,” Ivey said of their pet...

    Stepping into the Bull Pen cafe at the Miami Lakes Golf Course is like taking a mini-vacation.      At what is perhaps Miami Lakes’ best-kept secret, the view is of a majestic row of banyan trees lined up like sentries along the greens, awaiting optimistic golfers.       And everyone is invited.     “It’s not just golfers who come in,” said...