The Town of Miami Lakes and non-profit charity Loving Soles are partnering for their annual shoe drive, in honor of “National Shoe the World Day,” which happens on March 15. You can drop off gently worn footwear at the reception area in Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St., weekdays from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Shoes will be accepted from Feb. 12 through March 14. After a ceremony to recognize the donations on March 14...

PC Magazine released a survey in February that ranks the Town of Miami Lakes 13th out of 60 in the United States and Canada of the best Work-From- Home-Cities for 2021. The magazine cited several factors for the town’s high placement, though it says only 6.2 percent of Miami Lakers work from home. The pluses are $60 for gigabit broadband; treelined streets, low crime and a small-town feel, it said. Oh, and 35 coffee shops per...

Any golfer will tell you: Making a hole-in-one is a dream that many pursue, and most will never accomplish. Don’t tell them about Flen D. Mobley. The 63-year-old from Miramar got his first ace in 2009. And on Jan. 29 he did it again on The Senator Course at Don Shula’s Golf Course in Miami Lakes. “The feeling is really great,” Mobley said. “It really is an accomplishment.” The National...

Harvard University has accepted a senior from Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy. Alejandra Beltran, 18, of Hialeah, plans to attend the Ivy League school in Boston in the fall and hopes to major in Biochemistry. Beltran, is president of her senior class, the Ten80 STEM program and The Key Club at the school, at 5701 W 24th Ave. in Hialeah. She is also a member of the youth commission for District 12 in Miami-Dade County. Beltran...

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