2nd Annual Business Boot Camp draws entrepreneurs

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, October 3, 2024

    The Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee hosted its 2nd Annual Business Boot Camp at Ana G. Méndez University.       About 60 entrepreneurs and prospective business owners heard from experts on Sept. 20...

Town and Miami Lakes Athletic Club offer boxing therapy

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

    The Town of Miami Lakes has partnered with Miami Lakes Athletic Club to offer Rock Steady Boxing classes.       The program is designed to improve the symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s Disease through a boxing-inspired fitness regimen, town spokeswoman Clarisell De Cardenas said.      The disease can affect a person’s nervous system, movement and balance. Assessments of...

Firefighter makes first ace at Miami Lakes Golf Course

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

    Paul Abolafia, a driver engineer with the City of Hialeah Fire Dept. recorded his first ace on the 110-yard 5th hole at the newly renamed Miami Lakes Golf Club on Jan. 6.  Abolafia, shown at center above, used a pitching wedge. His playing partners that day were Ben Ruiz, a retired firefighter with the Hialeah Fire Dept., at left, and at right, firefighter Edwin Barnes, a current member of the Hialeah Fire...

Town may hold straw vote on LPRs for several neighborhoods

Government By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, January 20, 2022

     The Town of Miami Lakes is looking into the costs of a straw ballot for more than 800 homeowners on the west side who will consider the installation of license plate recognition cameras at the entrance gate to their communities.      Residents in the Lake Glenn-Ellen, Lake Cynthia and the Anchorage homeowner associations approached Vice Mayor Jeffrey Rodriguez, who put it on the council’s Jan. 11...

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

Sports By Paula Liu, Yoga Instructor, Miami Lakes Athletic Club Thursday, January 20, 2022

     The Chair pose aka Utkatasana      The Chair pose is a low squatting, standing asana.        The pose strengthens the muscles of the arms and the legs and will also stimulate the diaphragm and heart.      This pose may look simple because you are sitting in an imaginary chair!        But it requires the strength of your arms, legs and torso...

Scene around town: Mask Fashion

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, January 20, 2022

      Call it pandemic fashion, the colorful face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus and its variants.       As the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads among us, the trend seen on the street is to use black KN95 masks.       What kind of mask do you wear? To show off your style, send a selfie to...
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