Denis Brenes and Daylin Garcia of the Giving Gators charitable organization and
Brenda Palacios, district outreach liaison for Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Project UP-START, shown above in March in a photo shared by Daylin Garcia.
To celebrate National Random Acts of Kindness Day, Giving Gators collected a pickup full of toiletries and non-perishable foods for Project UP-START’s Pantry, to serve families in areas near Miami Lakes...

Miami Lakes Councilman Josh Dieguez shows off his vaccination record after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Dieguez called the process on April 5 at Miami Dade College’s North Campus “easy, with no hassles. I’m glad I did it because it gives me peace of mind as someone who is often out in the community meeting many different people,” Dieguez said. “And also because I wanted to do...

Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral 16601 NW 77th Court, Miami Lakes Sunday Divine Liturgy: 10 a.m. Saturday Vespers: 6 p.m. The Church of the Epiphany Episcopal 15650 Miami Lakeway North, Miami Lakes 305-558-3961 Misa en Espanol: 9 a.m. Sunday Eucharist: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School: 10:15 a.m. Escuela Dominical: 12:15 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 8201 NW 186 St.,...

The Elderly Affairs Committee and volunteers provided lunch and Girl Scout cookies to more than 150 seniors in Miami Lakes on March 31. The pandemic era tradition is the Traveling Bingo Drive-thru, the 35th one. They are meant to take the place of weekly lunches once enjoyed by elders in town that were postponed because of COVID-19.
Of those 150 seniors who received lunch from Trattoria Pampered Chef Italian Restaurant that day, 41 were...

When Bruce Hannan was making plans for a major change in his life, he chose Miami Lakes as the place to create those new memories. For the past year or so, Hannan, 52, director of security at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, has enjoyed jaunts south to play golf in town with Rhonda Strenges, 56, his girlfriend of six years. “We have a lot in common, and golf is one of them,” Hannan said. After Hannan decided to propose...