The Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida International University is offering free guidance to companies seeking access to disaster capital that is being offered by the state and federal governments. More than 82,000 small businesses employ 53.3 percent of people working in Miami-Dade County, the school said a recent study found. FIU’s consultants will help firms affected by the coronavirus apply for the Paycheck...

To look around Miami Lakes, one might not know that residents are enduring the outbreak of a potentially lethal virus that still has no end date. In this new abnormal, roads have light traffic and people are out power walking, bike riding, going to stores and waving to friends. But a closer look shows most have masks of some sort covering their faces. To stop the virus from spreading, Town Manager Edward Pidermann ordered the...

Madeleine Gonzalez is a busy young woman. She’s 19, a senior at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, is a member of the National Honor Society and has donated more than 1,000 volunteer hours on behalf of animals, literacy and women and children in shelters. But she’s also a civic-minded student who wants to see more women become decision-makers in government. As vice chair of the Miami Beach Youth Commission, Gonzalez organized a...

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, which recognizes academic excellence, announced it has inducted Astrid
Sanchez of Hialeah, shown in the photograph above.
Sanchez attended Hialeah Gardens High School and is enrolled at Florida International
University, the society said.

A dating app led two strangers to Vie de France Bakery & Café. And after 12 months, they returned once more to the shop on Main Street in Miami Lakes, this time as lovers. “Being in the exact place a year later reminded us to live each moment in the present,” said Lisbeth Coto 39, principal at Angels Reach Academy in Hialeah Gardens. She first met Ryan Reed, an airline pilot and a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve who is also...