The Miami Lakes Town Foundation is accepting applications for grants.       Community groups, school clubs or teams, educators and other organizations are welcome to apply for money for projects that encourage literacy, continuing education; developing and implementing youth programs; beautification projects and cultural events, the town said.       Applications will be...

For Hemisphere Title Company President Patricia Gonzalez, the company is like a member of her family, a business she nurtured into what it is today.       “To me, I just thought of it as my third child, you care for it,” Gonzalez, 63, told The Miami Laker. “You bring it to life, and you love it.”      The company marked four decades of success on Aug. 13 with a celebration at...

Supporters joined attorney Gloria M. Garcia at the Lights of Hope display and cancer fundraiser at Miami Lakes Town Hall on Aug. 27. It was a night to honor and remember those who were taken by the disease as well as pay tribute to those who are fighting it. Each personalized bag represented a cancer story, including that of Garcia’s sister, Maria D. “Mayoyi” Garcia, Garcia said. Garcia and Marie Korenstein, who is also...

    Camp Wannado is offering aftercare services for students in Miami Lakes.       The program includes mindfulness for kids; video games; sports; arts and crafts; homework help and more.      Snacks and transportation will be provided.       Aftercare costs $60 per week with no registration fee for residents; non-residents will pay $36 to...

Commuters who drive the Palmetto Expressway will want to note a relocation of the entrance for the southbound express lanes that takes effect the weekend of Oct. 11.      Instead of entering the expressway at Northwest 67th Avenue to access the southbound express lanes, drivers in Miami Lakes and Hialeah may enter the express lanes at Northwest 103rd Street/West 49th Street. The Florida Dept. of Transportation says the...