Perla Tabares Hantman dies; longtime school board chair was 88

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Friday, March 7, 2025

Perla Tabares Hantman of Miami Lakes, who served 26 years on the Miami-Dade County School Board, died March 4. She was 88 and was surrounded by her family when she passed away at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center,...

Future Leaders scholarships available to high school students

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, February 6, 2025

   Applications for the 2025 Future Leaders Scholarships are available to high school seniors who reside in the Town of Miami Lakes.       Two $1,500 scholarships will be presented by the town and its Education Advisory Board in partnership with The Graham Companies during the Annual Awards of Excellence ceremony held in May.       To be considered for the scholarship, seniors must...

Miami Lakes K-8 Center students are Spelling Bee champs

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, February 6, 2025

    Are you smarter than a sixth grader? Could you spell the words hyena or cathedral, while standing before a crowd at Town Hall?       Fourteen students from three middle schools in Miami Lakes competed to become champions of a Spelling Bee presented by the Miami Lakes Education Advisory Board on Jan. 24.       Students from Bob Graham Education Center, Miami Lakes K-8 Center and Miami...

Council approves Alex Sanchez for Seat 4, two-year term

Government By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, February 6, 2025

     The Miami Lakes town council voted to approve candidate Alejandro Sanchez as the new councilman for Seat 4.       “I feel very excited to be able to represent the Town of Miami Lakes, its residents and everything that encompasses our great town,” Sanchez told The Miami Laker on Jan. 21.       Ten residents spoke in favor of Sanchez’s appointment during the...

Miami Lakes Bar Association offers scholarship

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Thursday, January 30, 2025

High school seniors are invited to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the Miami Lakes Bar Association. Seniors have until Feb. 4 to submit copies of their last report card, their student identification card and a personal statement. The personal statement should be a paragraph in length about why they should win the scholarship. Applicants may submit their paperwork to the Law Offices of Stephanie A. Cruz by emailing...

Chamber of Commerce welcomes Marcela Munera of Ana G. Mendez University

Business By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Friday, January 17, 2025

Ana G. Mendez University was founded by its namesake in Puerto Rico 75 years ago and educates students who mostly have Hispanic backgrounds and are newly arrived to the United States.      One of its three campuses in Florida is in Miami Lakes, said Campus Director Marcela Munera as she addressed the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 8.       Munera spoke about the history of the university, its...
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