Are you a teen with a passion for disaster preparedness, helping others and being involved in your community? Do you have an aptitude for working on a team as well as leading others? If so, Uncle Sam wants you! The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is inviting teenagers from communities across the Southeast to apply for its National Youth Preparedness Council. The Council provides an opportunity for young leaders to share...

Going above and beyond what is asked of her led to Teresa E. Murphy being named Francisco R. Walker Teacher of the Year in the Miami-Dade County school district. The accomplishment left Murphy, 50, a teacher of fourth grade students at Spanish Lake Elementary School in Hialeah, “absolutely shocked!” When the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly a year ago, Murphy had an unlikely reaction that reflects her optimistic nature. She...

Acting on complaints about speeding in residential neighborhoods and along the main thoroughfares in Miami Lakes, police have stepped up efforts to catch lead-footed drivers. Nancy Rogers, chair of the Miami Lakes Safety Committee, said speeding has been a long-standing problem in town, including in her Loch Andrews community. “We called it the quarter-mile speedway because cars come speeding down the street like they are...

Coach Caesar Asadi
is making the jump to the college level, hired by St. Thomas University after leading Mater Lakes Academy boys relay swimming team to a Class 2A state championship in November. The private, Catholic university in Miami Gardens on Jan. 19 named Asadi the new men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach. The Bobcats will compete in the Sun Coast Conference as a National Association of Intercollegiate...

Nancy Angela Fontanella Rogers, 73, chairs the Town of Miami Lakes Public Safety Committee. Rogers is a retired dispatcher for the North Miami Beach Police. She was married to Thomas B. Rogers, a Miami-Dade Police sergeant who died in 2018; their son is Thomas B. Rogers, Jr. Q: Where are you from, and what is your background? A: I moved to Miami from New Jersey with my parents when I was 10 years old. I graduated from Miami...