Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid’s office will be hosting a “Casino Night” charity gala on Saturday, September 29, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. The exciting elegant evening will be filled with music, food, and entertainment to benefit the Town’s Special Needs Advisory Board. The board’s mission is to create a model town for inclusion of individuals with special needs and...

  Want to be a “SPOOKTASTIC” volunteer at the Youth Activities Task Force’s annual Halloween event, “Nightmare on Montrose,” on Saturday, October 27? A total of 75 high school volunteers are needed and volunteer registration is on a first come, first served basis. Volunteers must attend three dates to receive their community service hours: • Wednesday, October 10, 6 to 8 p.m. • Friday, October 26,...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High baseball coach Tom Duffin was named Florida Dairy Farmers 5A Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to their seventh state championship last season. Enroute to the championship, Pace won 14 consecutive games and beat Jacksonville Bolles, 10-4, for the state title, avenging a 2016 final loss and preventing Bolles from winning a third straight crown. Duffin was named the Miami Herald’s 6A-2A Coach...

  It has been an exciting time for Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s (Pace) baseball program. Several graduating seniors received athletic and academic scholarships, five varsity players made the Miami Herald’s All-Dade 2018 6A-2A Spring team and Senior Yordani Carmona was named the 6A-2A Pitcher of the Year. In addition, Pace’s head baseball coach and assistant Athletic Director, Tom Duffin, was recently named...

  Miami Lakes Optimist Club softball star and American alumnus Erika Castroman officially received a full athletic scholarship at A.SA. College in Hialeah. Castroman is a product of Miami Lakes Optimist Club since the age of 6 and playing travel league softball at 8 for the Miami Lakes Heat. Her dad, Miami Lakes Optimist Club softball Commissioner Alex Castroman, coached her from 6 to 17-years-old. Castroman graduated from American High...