Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s baseball program celebrated opening day on February 28, when teams gathered to kick off the new season of play.      Joining them were retired Major League Baseball center fielder Preston Wilson, who played for the Florida Marlins and other teams; Miami Marlins mascot Billy the Marlin; Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez; Vice Mayor Bryan Morera and Councilmen Angelo Cuadra...

Jim Hamilton  Owner, Miami Lakes Sports Shop  Miami Lakes       “I’m always excited on opening day,” Jim Hamilton said. “Expectations are the highest in the beginning.”  Mike Dentes  Freight Forward Logistics  Miami Lakes      “Yeah of course,” Mike Dentes said. “Usually in my case I play Fantasy...

     Miami Lakes Town Manager Edward Pidermann, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Maj. Jose Gonzalez and Mayor Josh Dieguez walked up and down Miami Lakes Drive on March 14 to study traffic patterns during the morning rush hour and see how traffic lights were synchronized again.      The trio watched the coordinated signals and vehicles stopping less frequently along the town’s main road as well as at Northwest...

     Adriana Kruger loves cats.       “When they die, we suffer,” she said.       For a while, she and her husband Robert Kruger had a cat that lived outdoors, but when they returned from a vacation he was gone.       “I missed him, and I wanted another cat,” she said.      She was in luck: A neighbor’s cat had a...

       Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens inducted Fred Senra into its Hall of Fame. The school said last fall that Senra, a partner at Miami Lakes AutoMall who served on Pace’s Advisory Board, has dedicated five decades to the community.      “His commitment to giving back is a legacy that continues to shine,” the school said in a newsletter. Fred and Maggie...