Ruby, the one-year-old white Standard Poodle on the left, and Ryder, 2, the Standard Poodle/Australian Shepherd at her side, live with the Alvarez-Borrell family on the west side of Miami Lakes.     “Ruby is still just a puppy,” Katherine Alvarez said. “She runs around and loves to play with her toys.”      Ryder is Ruby’s opposite: “He is the lazy one, and loves to be...

Ashley Pineda, Miami Lakes, Barista, Starbucks         “I think my New Year’s resolution is to discover more about myself, to be able to find out what I want to accomplish in this world,” Ashley Pineda said.  “I just graduated high school. I took a semester off from college mainly because I wanted to make sure that what I majored in was something I was passionate about and...

      Miami Lakes resident Apolo Lagarde V, 18, is shown above being pinned by his mother Martha Lagarde during his Eagle Scout ceremony in December as his father, Apolo Lagarde IV, stands with him at the Mary Collins Community Center.       Lagarde received the rank after completing his Eagle Project, which focused on the restoration of Florida’s coral reef.       Because of...

     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.

     What kind of mask do you wear? To show off your style, send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com.

     Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

     One of Miami Lakes’ own, Eddie Blanco, will begin his term as the 2022 Residential President-Elect of the Board of MIAMI Association of Realtors.      The group is the largest local Realtor association in the United States, according to its website.        Blanco is a broker with Stratwell Real Estate in Miami Lakes and is a licensed Realtor, since...