Two dance teams representing Barbara Goleman Senior High School took home National Champion honors in two categories at the 2025 National Dance Alliance High School Nationals held Feb. 14 - 16 in Orlando. The Jewels won 1st Place in the Small Varsity Jazz and Junior Varsity Jazz.                 The Jewels won the 2023 Medium Varsity Jazz National Title, Coach Yessenia...

     Business professionals gathered on April 16 for a networking party at 1910 Restaurant and Bar on Main Street in Miami Lakes. Hosted by the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce and the town’s Economic Development Committee, guests enjoyed complimentary light bites and drinks. Top photo, from left: Staci Merchant, partner, Merchant Insurance Solutions and lawyers Hannah Rarick and Suhaill Morales of SMM Law and Gloria...

Mirelis Castilla Lawyer  Miami Lakes  “The best Mother’s Day gifts I have received are the handmade gifts my daughters have given me,” Mirelis Castilla said. “It shows such genuine love and thoughtfulness.”  Jessy Orellana Family Advocate Miami Lakes  “One of my favorite Mother’s Day gifts that I received was an in-home spa day that my...

    American Bancshares Mortgage is celebrating 30 years as a lender to aspiring homeowners, a business that has expanded from an office in Hialeah to its national headquarters in Miami Lakes.      The owners, President and Chief Executive Officer John Cosculluela, 59, and Vice President Gina Cosculluela, 55, embody the concept of hometown bankers.      During three decades, they have helped an...

More than 100 Scouts, relatives and friends attended a party at the Mary Collins Community Center on March 30 to celebrate Aidan Schwinghammer, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in Scouting. His leadership service project was planting -- with the help of 30 volunteers -- 1,000 native orchids in the tree canopies in three town parks. Aidan, 17, is a son of Sean and Adriana Schwinghammer of Miami Lakes, shown in the...