The Education Fund recognized Laura W. Ratliff, one of three sponsors it spotlighted during its annual Taste of Education at Hialeah Park on Feb. 24. Ratliff is a vice president and the commercial portfolio manager at The Graham Companies.  Both The Graham Companies and The Education Fund are based in Miami Lakes. For more than 35 years the developers have supported the Fund and its projects.    ...

     Hialeah-Miami Lakes Concert Band earned an excellent rating at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 16 Concert Band Music Performance.       The performances were held at Hialeah Gardens High School from March 4 to March 6.       Four judges reviewed the band’s performance; their ability to play a piece of music the band hadn’t seen before and the student...

      Spend a Sunday afternoon strolling around Main Street to see more than 100 beautifully restored cars and trucks during the 10th Annual Miami Lakes Cars for a Cure show on March 29.       The free, family-friendly event happens from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Main Street.        A project of the Alonso family in memory of their late patriarch, Roberto Alonso, the show’s purpose is to...

March 19 Mount Sinai Health Lecture: Breast Cancer Facts and Myths Presented by the Elderly Affairs Committee, hear from Dr. Jessica Pastoriza about breast cancer. Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St. 11 a.m. Free. Register at Toml.Eventbrite.com. March 20 - April 1  Education Advisory Board’s Book Drive Donate new books appropriate for kids in elementary grades. Drop books in new or good condition at Town Hall, 6601 Main St.,...

     Elsa Reus, of Hialeah Gardens, vice chair of the Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee, is a world traveler. Since 2024, she has taken a Seine River cruise from Brittany to Paris in France, and in 2025 celebrated her birthday in England, Wales and Scotland.      In December, she journeyed to Vatican City in Italy for the Jubilee, a year-long event for Catholic pilgrims.       Like...