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...

Shula's golf and athletic clubs offer membership deals

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, September 16, 2021

    What’s wrong with this picture?  Actually, nothing!       Dave Gergely, golf sales coordinator at Shula’s Golf Club, at left, and Anthony Artiles, general manager of Shula’s Athletic Club, have swapped their usual workout gear to show that members of one club are welcome to join the other, and can enjoy discounted rates.      The special is being offered...

Martha Jane Toms, of the Graham Dairy farm family, dies at 96

Obituaries By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, September 16, 2021

     Martha Jane Cannon Toms was an elegant and proper Southern lady who was not above cooking a hairy feral hog that her son Tommy Toms once brought home after a hunting trip.      Called Mango because she was so sweet, Toms was 96 when she died from natural causes on Sept. 2 at the Southwest Ranches home of her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Bill Brinegar.      Ernest Graham,...

Pace grad attends Yale Law School

Education Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, September 16, 2021

     Monsignor Edward Pace High School Class of 2014 alumnus Nicholas Fernández is pursuing a degree at Yale Law School this fall, the high school said.      Fernandez, formerly of Miami Lakes, was a National Merit Scholar, Student Government Executive Board president and editor-in-chief of the “Torch” yearbook while at Pace. He has returned to campus to teach world history.    ...

Bob Graham Primary Learning Center welcomes new asst. principal

Education By Megan Jacobo, Reporter Thursday, September 16, 2021

     A new school year calls for a new home. The Bob Graham Education Center and Bob Graham  Primary Learning Center, both in Miami Lakes, welcomed a new assistant principal to the Primary Learning Center’s staff.  Jenel Romero, formerly a magnet teacher for a decade at Miami Lakes Middle School, is the new assistant principal at the Bob Graham Primary Learning Center, at 8875 NW 143rd St.     The...

Laura W. Ratliff leads The Graham Companies' commercial division

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, September 15, 2021

   Laura Wyllie Ratliff, commercial portfolio manager of The Graham Companies, is continuing her family’s legacy of developing and strengthening the business community in Miami Lakes.      Ratliff, 35, grew up in town and is a member of what’s known around the company as “the G4,” the fourth generation of family cousins who are young leaders in the firm.      Her life and...
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