Two students from American Senior High School will attend Ivy League schools in the fall. Aliya Dhanji, 18, from Hialeah, will go to Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. to study Sociology and Public Policy. “I feel relieved knowing that I have a guaranteed future at a good school and that all my hard work has finally paid off,” Dhanji said in part, in an email from the school. Kelly Lopez, 18, of Miami is headed to Yale...

Ian Cueli, 17, of Miami Lakes, was named a 2021 National Merit Scholar. Ian attended Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School in Miami Lakes and is a senior at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches. He will attend the University of Florida, and will receive the National Merit Finalist Benacquisto Scholarship, his school said. To become a National Merit Scholar, students must take the PSAT test, the National...

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Meet Jake! He is an 8-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback mix. Layla Alo of Miami Lakes adopted him when he was a puppy. “He’s totally friendly,” Alo said. “He’s a ham and loves to be rubbed on the ridge of fur along his back.” Jake can be seen rolling in the grass at Shula’s Golf Club or while on walks along Miami Lakeway North. He also enjoys stalking iguanas until they flee into a lake, Alo...

Call it pandemic fashion, the colorful face coverings we wear to protect ourselves, our families, friends and neighbors from the COVID-19 virus. At the Miami Lakes Farmers Market on April 24th, masks had patterns of Chinese cats, flowers and a falcon, to celebrate the United States Air Force. What kind of mask do you wear? Send a selfie to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com. Photos by Linda Trischitta, The Miami Laker.