Jorge Colina, retired chief of City of Miami Police who lives in Miami Lakes, and Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miramar, who represents District 103, met for lunch on Aug. 20 at Shula’s 2 Steak & Sports, Fabricio said on Facebook. 

     Town leaders greeted the new franchise owners of Express Employment Professionals on Aug. 17 at the company’s offices in Miami Lakes.  Shown above left to right are:  Fred Senra, president of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce; Edward Pidermann, Miami Lakes town manager;  Jorge Alvarez, chair of the Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee; former Co-Owners of Express Employment Professionals and...

Since kids have returned to school, drivers have complained about more traffic in Miami Lakes during drop-off and pickup times. What's the solution? Amy Diaz Miami Lakes Owner, FH Fashion House     “As I currently sit in school traffic for drop off myself, I just don’t know what we can do to alleviate it given most of these streets are one lane streets,” Amy Diaz...

    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 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,...