Lunge with Trunk Rotation         This movement works the entire lower body, along with the core, abdominal and lower back muscles.      It will also help strengthen your arms. 1.  Stand straight with feet together while holding a medicine ball, dumbbell or any object that is 5-to-10      percent of your body weight. Hold the object close to your chest. 2.  Lunge your...

    Roberto Pons, 61, is an Enrolled Agent, a credential he has held since 2004.      That’s the same year he opened Pons & Associates, Inc., an accounting firm at 6625 Miami Lakes Drive in Miami Lakes.      As an Enrolled Agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Pons is federally authorized to represent taxpayers who are undergoing audits by the government.    ...

     The ways in which people of color are represented in theater are among the themes of Andrew Watring’s drama, “Shakespeare is a White Supremacist.”       Main Street Players’ production runs from Sept. 24 – Oct. 17, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. at 6766 Main St., Miami Lakes.  Tickets are $30; $25 for students and seniors.     ...

     Alexa Darnaby, 17, a senior at the School for Advanced Studies’ north campus in Miami, has already published two books in her young writing career.       Her latest work, “Hamlet: A Children’s Book” was inspired by her love of literature.       Alexa says she has always enjoyed reading and writing, and that playwright William Shakespeare fascinated...

     The Miami Lakes town council approved the property tax rate and a $82.4 million budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.      The vote was unanimous for the millage rate of 2.3127, which is unchanged since 2019, as well as for the budget during the Sept. 22 second and final hearing.      The tax rate stays flat, but some property owners will see slight tax increases...