Barbara Goleman Senior High’s football team tumbled on its way toward perfection.       The Gators were one game win away from completing an undefeated season.      If the team had pulled that off, it would have been the first time in school history.     But Miami’s Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High spoiled the Gators’ hopes with a 24-20 victory on Nov. 6, to claim the...

    Kick off the holiday season with two great holiday traditions: the 35th Annual Main Street Festival of Lights in Miami Lakes, and Small Business Saturday.     Both events happen during the same weekend after Thanksgiving, on Saturday, Nov. 30.      That’s when lights will brighten two blocks of Main Street in downtown Miami Lakes, which will be transformed when the famous oak tree glows...

     Picnic Park West is the place to be in Miami Lakes this fall.      The farmers market returns to the green space at 15151 NW 82nd Ave. on Saturday, Nov. 16.       Vendors selling fresh produce, natural juices, flowers, cultural foods and handmade accessories will be set up from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., every Saturday through April.      New sellers are welcome. Contact the...

It’s one of the most dreaded exercises of all: the push-up. And while difficult to do, the rewards are great. Push-ups will work muscles in your chest, core and abdomen as well as the front shoulder, triceps and anterior rotator cuff muscles. It’s truly a complete, challenging, full body movement when performed correctly.  -- Lie face down, place palms on the floor next to your arm pits.  ...

“Lorca: Flamenco y Contemporáneo” will have its premiere at the Main Street Playhouse on Nov. 29.  Performers will sing and play guitar, and actors will say their lines in Spanish. “This is a play I’ve always wanted to do, since I was in school,” said Silvia de Esteban, the playwright and director.  de Esteban was born in Spain like poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, whose...