Students from area schools performed at the Florida Music Education Association’s conference in Tampa, Fla. in January. Sabrina Scavuzzo of Miami Lakes K-8 Center, shown above with music teacher Sara Cino, played double bass with the All-State Middle School Orchestra. Below are Sienna Menendez, Jade Morejon and music teacher Alejandro Fuenmayor of Bob Graham Education Center; the students sang with the All-State Elementary Chorus. In the...

Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High’s marching band needed new instruments. So the school applied to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, established by Michael Kamen. He composed the score for the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” about an inspirational composer turned music teacher. The foundation donates instruments to schools that can’t afford to replace what wears out. On Jan. 30, the foundation along with representatives from ticket reseller...

History Lake Elizabeth was developed during the late 1980s and early 1990s by The Graham Companies, which grew the 6.5 square mile town from its dairy farm. Similar to many of the company’s developments in town, properties in Lake Elizabeth are built around water. The lake was named for Elizabeth Graham, who married and is known as Elizabeth Martinez. She is executive vice president of residential properties for the company....

Gun violence, religion and politics are the timely themes of “Church & State,” a drama that will be performed at the Main Street Playhouse in February. The Main Street Players’ first play of the season was written by Jason Odell Williams and is directed by Robert Coppel. A quartet of actors will portray very well-written and memorable characters whose sometimes hilarious dialog helps relieve the tension within the...

The Town of Miami Lakes has denied Hialeah access to its northwestern boundary, where the city is seeking to finish construction at the base of the Northwest 170th Street bridge. Hialeah is hoping to open the two-lane span that crosses Interstate 75 for thousands of city residents in newly constructed neighborhoods and applied for a right-of-way permit on Dec. 11. The town denied the permit application on Dec. 27, Miami Lakes Town Manager...