The Miami-Dade Public Schools’ District 4 Board Office hosted an event the weekend of Nov. 15 to benefit the Share Your Heart organization and families in need.      Students from 30 schools prepared Thanksgiving baskets for more than 250 families, the district said.      Students -- including members of six Key Clubs from Hialeah Senior High School, American Senior High School,...

      Who has more holiday spirit than Toby, 3, a Golden Retriever from Miami Lakes?       Toby lives with Melissa and Luis Martinez and their baby girl Emma, 8 months.      Residents may have seen the 105-pound boy at Town Hall, where he has visited his “uncle,” Deputy Town Clerk Alexis Martinez.      And he is a perfect “big brother” to...

     Members of the Miami Lakes Golf Club are participating in a new plan to encourage kids to embrace the game.      For the first time in the club’s history, 10% of members’ annual dues were given to the First Tee Miami youth golf program.       First Tee Miami is based at the historic course, which underwent a $12.5 million renovation by owners The Graham Companies and...

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lucas  Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral 16601 NW 77th Court, Miami Lakes, Fla. 33016 Christmas Eve service  4 p.m. to 8 p.m.      For Orthodox Christians, the story of the Bible reaches its crescendo with the coming of Jesus Christ.  As St. John records in his Gospel, that same one who was eternally with the Father has become flesh and dwelt among us: the son of...

     The South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce presented a Sunshine Award to JetStream Federal Credit Union on Nov. 7 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Kristi House -- a non-profit that serves abused children that the credit union supports with school supplies and food and toy drives -- nominated it for the recognition.           Shown in the first photo: Liliam M. Lopez, president,...