Two students from Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Pace) spent a few days of their break traveling to Boston for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. Pace junior and Miami Lakes resident Diana Cao and sophomore Ulysses Del Pino served as delegates for the event which took place June 25 through 27. The congress was created by the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists to help solve the problem that many of...

  Reuven Kanner, the longtime owner of Sir Speedy Printers in Miami Lakes, died peacefully on Sunday, July 1. Kanner was born in 1943 in Focsani, Romania. The younger of two children, he grew up in the countryside where his father, Nathan, was the village dentist, and his mother, Miriam, was devoted to him and his sister Rene. As a teenager, he emigrated with his father and sister to Israel where he served in the Israeli Army in both...

Miami Lakes residents Pedro and Zenaida Fiallo celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on July 1. The Fiallos have been blessed with two children and four grandchildren. They consider themselves very privileged to live in the Town of Miami Lakes, and seeing how it’s grown and progressed with their family in the last 20 years.  Pedro Fiallo is a veteran and an active member of the Veterans Committee of Miami Lakes and the American...

  The next town manager for Miami Lakes must have at least five years experience in government or the private sector, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or a law degree, and be effective in carrying out the town’s strategic plan and operating a budget between $15 and $30 million. The candidate preferably is bilingual and may be asked to move to Miami Lakes to share the everyday experience of residents.  The...

  Andrea Agha, who began her career with the Town of Miami Lakes in 2010, and has served as the Deputy Town Manager since 2014, has accepted the position of Village Manager for the Village of Key Biscayne. In an email to Town Manager Alex Rey, Agha said, “I am deeply appreciative of the support and warmth I have received from the Miami Lakes Town Council, staff and community. Miami Lakes has been instrumental in developing my...