When The Graham Companies sponsored the 22nd Annual Corey for St. Jude Golf Tournament at the Miami Lakes Golf Club on Oct. 24, there were several reasons to celebrate.       One was raising $70,000 that day, bringing total donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. to more than $1 million over two decades, the company said.      It was also the...

     At 100 years old, Alcide Perez still enjoys good conversation.       On Oct. 16, his chat was with Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez, who stopped by the centenarian’s home on the east side of town in honor of Perez’s birthday.       Joined by longtime friends and family, they celebrated Perez and his long life.       Alcide and his wife Celina,...

     Two days after Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez spent an afternoon as the target in a dunk tank, his ears were still waterlogged.      Mental Health Task Force Vice Chair Rosa Barroso estimated the elected official fell 50 times into the water.     “It was all for a good cause,” Dieguez said.      That cause was the First Alarm Foundation, which supports the mental...

     The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce held its 25th Annual Business Expo on Nov. 5 at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main. At this year’s event about 60 exhibitors ranging from local eateries to insurance firms, developers, banks, restaurants and even local gift shops presented their goods and services to the community.       “I thought it was great, I thought the energy was really, really high...

      One of The Graham Companies’ longtime employees has won a coveted prize: an Inn Key Award from the Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association.      Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez, tennis supervisor at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club, received the Recreation/Spa Employee of the Year Award from the hospitality organization.      The prize recognizes outstanding and...