As the University of Miami’s Sylvester Cancer Center continues to find a cure for cancer and treat patients stricken with the deadly disease, one Miami Lakes event is helping them financially with their efforts. The 4th annual Miami Lakes Cars for Cure raised about $29,000 last month and the proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Center for local research in finding a cure. The classic car showcase, which is sponsored by Auto...

Places everyone! It’s time once again to raise the curtain at the Main Street Playhouse (MSP) on its youngest performers. MSP believes that the development of theatrical skills is a life-long journey. The MSP Children’s Theatre Workshop is perfect for the scene-stealing stars and the budding thespians waiting quietly in the wings.   Students will sing, dance and act their way into the magical world of theatre, where every day...

  Town of Miami Lakes will host a free business workshop, “How to do Business with Miami-Dade Public Schools,” from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 31, at the Miami Lakes Optimist Club-house, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The workshop will be presented by M-DCPS Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). The OEO promotes the economic development and growth of Small/Micro Business Enterprises and Minority/ Women Business Enterprises...

  Dave Gergley, a 36-year veteran employee of The Graham Companies, and the Charity and Corporate Golf Sales Coordinator for Shula’s Golf Club, was named Lodging Employee of the Year during the recent Greater Miami and The Beaches Hotel Association Inn Key Awards ceremony. Over 900 representatives from hotels throughout Miami-Dade County came together to recognize those employees that are the backbone of the hospitality and...

  Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) announced that Middle School Science Teacher and Department chairperson, Marilyn Dieppa, is the 2017-2018 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Middle School Science Teacher of the Year.  Dieppa was honored at the twenty-second Annual M-DCPS Science Teacher Banquet held on May 4. Dieppa launched the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy at BGEC during the 2016-2017 school...