Perla Tabares Hantman dies; longtime school board chair was 88

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, March 7, 2025

Perla Tabares Hantman of Miami Lakes, who served 26 years on the Miami-Dade County School Board, died March 4. She was 88 and was surrounded by her family when she passed away at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center,...

Pets of Miami Lakes

Community Thursday, August 5, 2021

Say hello to Buster! He’s a 15-year-old Cockapoo, a combination of a Cocker Spaniel and a Poodle. Buster lives in the Lake Katharine neighborhood of Miami Lakes with Stephanie and Willie Concepcion, their infant daughter Zoe and her grandparents, Carlos and Nimia Del Rosario. Buster is mature and he does like to lounge and sleep, Stephanie Concepcion said. But he also “loves to cuddle, wear his Seminoles jersey (the...

Scene around town: Mask Fashion

Community Thursday, August 5, 2021

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

What kind of mask do you wear? Whether you like flowers, butterflies or a simple gray fabric, it gets the job done.

To show off your style, send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com. Photos by Angela Llovet, The Miami Laker.

Our Neighborhoods Lakes on the Green

Community By David Snelling, Reporter Thursday, August 5, 2021

History Lakes on the Green is a gated community in Hialeah, in the northwest section of Miami-Dade County. Built by The Graham Companies beginning in the early 1990s, it has features that can be found in nearby Miami Lakes: Tree canopies; lakes that can be seen from the curbs and curving byways. Also, two lakes in the community are named for women in the Graham family: Lake Gwen, for Gwendolyn Graham, former candidate for governor of...

Lakes Radiology moves to ‘Wellness Way’ in Miami Lakes

Business By Megan Jacobo, Reporter Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Wellness Way has a new anchor. Lakes Radiology,
 which has a nearly 20
year presence in Miami Lakes, opened a brand new, three-story building this month at 14575 Northwest 77th Avenue. “I had the chance to buy the land three years ago and we grew with so many clients, so I went for it,” said Sammy Arriaga, 54, owner of the diagnostic imaging company. Arriaga said he purchased the land three years ago for $1,650,000, and...

Pro athletes journey to Miami Lakes training center

Sports By David Snelling, Reporter Tuesday, July 13, 2021

In a quiet corner of a Miami Lakes shopping center, a training facility is drawing professional athletes who are in search of limber limbs and injury-free careers. The Movement Lab 
is fast becoming part of Miami Lakes’ storied sports identity. It is a town where golf, the late NFL Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins loom large in town culture and history, and where players from
the NBA are now finding a...
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