The Miami Lakes Farmers Market resumes operations on Saturday, April 17, in a new location and with extended hours. Before the coronavirus pandemic began, the market was held for a half day on Saturdays in Picnic Park West. Now vendors will set up along New Barn Road, between Main Street and Northwest 67th Avenue in Miami Lakes. Scheduled to be open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be plenty of parking available for...

Mater Academy Charter High School coach Eric Rodriguez is Miami Dade Basketball LLC’s 2021 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. Rodriguez, 33, assumed leadership of the team after his father, Lions coach Marcos Antonio “Shakey” Rodriguez, died from a brain aneurysm on Nov. 4, 2020, at age 67. The younger Rodriguez coached Mater Academy to its first-ever state championship game in Lakeland on March 6. They tried to win...

Meet Pete! He is a 4.5-year-old Terrier mix who was a puppy when he was found roaming the Redland area in southwest Miami-Dade County. The Garcia family in Miami Lakes gave him a home. “He was the perfect fit,” said Michelle Rojas Garcia. “He’s been with us ever since.”
Pete shares the family’s household in the Loch Lomond East community with Rojas Garcia’s husband, Alexander Garcia, and...

Call it pandemic fashion, the colorful face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus.

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Elsa Reus photographed Annette Price. Other photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.

Edwin Gonzalez, 56, of Hialeah, is one of the drivers of the Freebee electric vehicles in the Town of Miami Lakes. Residents request the free drop-off and pick-up service via phone at 855-918-FREE (3733) or with an app. The town provides the service to aid those who cannot drive and to reduce the number of vehicles on municipal roads. Gonzalez is married to Angie Irizarry, 56, a homemaker. They have two children, Omar Gonzalez,...