First Tee Miami welcomes public school students

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Friday, March 15, 2024

 Miami Lakes Golf Club and First Tee Miami welcomed more than 500 students from 17 Miami-Dade County Public Schools for its special needs golf program in February. Volunteer instructors as well as staff professionals taught students who...

Cultural Affairs Committee presents Motown Revue during Black History Month

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, February 29, 2024

     Performers from the Miami Jackson Art Professionals directed by Eric Jenkins brought a Motown Revue to the Miami Lakes Middle School on Feb. 17 to celebrate Black History Month. At right is Levar Leath, who impersonated James Brown, Cultural Affairs Committee chair Felicia Salazar said. Other artists sang as The Temptations, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.       Shown in the photo, from left are...

Presidential Preference Primary Election is March 19; Early voting begins March 4

Government By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, February 29, 2024

     Registered Republican voters may cast ballots in the March 19 Presidential Preference Primary Election.       There will not be a primary for Democrats as the Florida Democratic Party has one candidate, President Joe Biden.      Those who want a vote-by-mail ballot have until March 7 to ask for one by email, phone or mail from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department; go to the...

Neighborhood Improvement Committee’s Mardi Gras bike ride

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, February 29, 2024

     The Neighborhood Improvement Committee held one of its community bicycle rides around town.      The theme on Feb. 10 was Mardi Gras. Riders celebrated by wearing beaded necklaces, glow in the dark necklaces and feathered masks. Committee members wore their navy logo shirts.      Riders departed from the Miami Lakes Youth Center and Miami-Dade Police officers from the town district...

Pets of Miami Lakes

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, February 29, 2024

      Copper, 5, a Golden Retriever who lives in Miami Lakes with her owner Clyde Pfleegor, poses in profile on the lawn near the Miami Lakes Athletic Club. She is Pfleegor’s second Golden Retriever. Pfleegor said a friend told him the best way to stop mourning his first Golden after it had died was to get another one right away.      “I would never get another breed,” Pfleegor said....

Miami Lakes Bar Association installs new leaders

Business By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, February 29, 2024

     The Miami Lakes Bar Association swore in its new board of directors on Feb. 2 at Miami Lakes Town Hall. 11th Circuit Court Judge Diana Vizcaino, who resides in Miami Lakes, administered the oaths. Mirelis Castilla of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP was named 2024 board president. Among 60 guests at the ceremony were Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sen. René Garcia and Cuban American Bar Association President...
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