Pace High School’s cheerleading team recently captured the Florida Cheer and Dance Association championship qualifying the team to compete in a series of events to determine if they will compete in the National Championship in April at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The Spartans took home first place in most of the cheerleading and dance events during the state championship at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington. They...

The Main Street Players will open Superior Donuts to enthusiastic audiences on January 3 at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street.From Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Letts, ihe show was originally scheduled to run September 28 through October 21, but had to be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances.Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black...

Hilarious comedian and Miami Lakes resident Rich Purpura will bring magic and non-stop laughs back to the Main Street Playhouse on December 29 and 31, following his successful show from November 17.Purpura has been leaving crowds howling with laughter for years, as evidenced by his many friends who were in the audience to lend their support, some of which came from out of town. Quite a few audience members had never seen him before, and good...

A 21-year veteran employee of the Miami-Dade Public Library System was shot and killed in an attempted robbery at a bank in Miami Gardens on December 10.Jaime Humet, 47, was most recently a Librarian Assistant at the Miami Lakes Branch Library.Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez pledged $10,000 to be added to the $3,000 Crime Stoppers reward for information leading to the arrest of Humet’s killer.Information may be given anonymously by calling...

Shula’s Athletic Club raises money for The Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative (CAPTION) *Shula’s Athletic Club held a charity event in October called Exercise for a Cure. During the event the Club sold t-shirts, donated money with bracelets, bandanas and more. The Club also held a Zumba party to help raise money for a local non-profit group called The Women’s Breast and Health Initiative. The event raised $3,100. The head of the foundation,...