When new businesses open in town, elected officials and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce welcome them with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.       Carbon Collectibles celebrated the opening of their store in the Royal Oaks Plaza with a ribbon cutting on July 10. The new business, at 15410 NW 77th Court in Miami Lakes, sells baseball-style cards to fans of multiple sports and tabletop games such as...

    United Way Miami presented an Outstanding Youth Award to Julianna Correa of Miami Lakes.      Correa, 18, said she was recognized in June for reading projects that she did as a Girl Scout.       “Being in Girl Scouts not only taught me how to empower myself and believe in myself, but it’s also a part of my foundation,” Correa said. “They taught me how to be a good...

    The Miami-Dade County Public School District appointed Dr. Yesenia Aponte as its North Region superintendent on July 24.       Prior to her appointment, Aponte was administrative director with the district’s division of academic support and served as principal at Aventura Waterways K-8 Center and Bunche Park Elementary School, a district press release said.       Aponte was...

     Nancy Rogers, aka Momma Nance, is known as a person who shows up and gets things done.  The former Jersey girl has volunteered for four decades in Miami Lakes.             Rogers, 75, chairs the town’s Public Safety Committee, is a member of the Elderly Affairs Committee and checks in marchers for the Veterans Committee on the day of the parade, among other good...

    The Main Street Players’ latest show tackles the traumas and travails of an exiled Cuban and the family he returns to in “Exilios.”      Directed by Danny Nieves and written by Yerandy Fleites Pérez, the show is performed in Spanish.       It takes place in present day Cuba and tells the story of Evaristo, a gay man who was forced to leave the country during the...