Snapology courses for kids are available at the Miami Lakes Youth Center.     Spring Session I is called RoboPets. Kids can explore robotics and build pets, fish or a gator with LEGO bricks.      They’ll also learn about sensors, gears, wheels and axles when making dogs and frogs.       The class is offered from Jan. 12 - Feb. 9, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Non-Resident...

     Kiwi is a Goldendoodle who lives on the west side of Miami Lakes with Tatiana Alvarez and her husband, Kevin Abraham.      Among the 1-year-old pup’s most enjoyable pastimes: weekend trips aboard the Freebee to Main Street and visits to Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming, where she can get treats.     “She’s very playful,” Alvarez said. “Playing catch and cuddling...

Barbara Goleman Senior High School hosted its annual mock trial competition for middle schools in December. Bob Graham Education Center, Miami Lakes K-8 Center, Hialeah Gardens Middle School and Palm Springs Middle School competed, with 1st Place overall won by BGEC’s Civic Engagement Academy. MLK-8 placed 2nd. BGEC students led by teacher John Brady also earned individual honors. Principal Yecenia Martinez said Saray Bacallao received...

     November’s Do The Right Thing Awards honored Bob Graham Education Center seventh grader Louis Egipciaco.       Louis was recognized for his volunteer efforts and outstanding student achievements during a ceremony that celebrates students who make good decisions while at school and in the community.       Do The Right Thing of Miami, Inc. and City of Miami Police...

     He may be a lame duck mayor, but Manny Cid drew more than 80 owners of businesses large and small, bankers, educators and real estate executives who filled a ballroom at the Miami Lakes Hotel on Main to hear what he had to say.      Cid has led the town council for eight years and served on it for 12 years. He is running for mayor of Miami-Dade County and said it needs “someone focused on being the...