Accuracy in media is important, so I’m going to start with a confession: I’ve never been able to write “Gratigny” without spelling it out in my head. The story on the front of this paper? As I was checking it, I was going “G-r-a-t-i-g ... g? ...” more times than I care to admit.      Hey, it’s important to get the details right.      One small detail you might be...

Carolina Padron, Library branch manager, Palm Springs North Branch Library, Doral “I’ve been reading ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ by Laura Dave. A patron turned it in and she commented on how good it was.” “I saw it was a show on AppleTV so I was like let me read it, and it’s amazing [and] there is a sequel.” Christina Amilcar, Library assistant, Palm Springs North Branch...

The Town of Miami Lakes honored the National Scleroderma Foundation at its June 16 meeting.      Mayor Josh Dieguez introduced Monica Ramirez, vice chair for the committee of the foundation’s Florida and Puerto Rico chapter and a member of the patient advisory board. Dieguez proclaimed June 29 Scleroderma Awareness Day in Miami Lakes.      Scleroderma affects 300,000 people in the United States and...

The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management offers residents free unused or lightly used home chemical products through its Chem Again program. It recently launched a real-time online dashboard that lets residents know what’s available at the county’s two centers.      Free products available might range from insect spray to fertilizer, spray paint to butane fluids.      For a full,...

Roberto Alonso has been reappointed to the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees.      Alonso, who also represents Miami Lakes as the Miami-Dade School Board’s District 4 member, was reappointed by Governor Ron DeSantis. He was first appointed in 2020.      Alonso joined the school board in 2022. He also serves on the of the Miami-Dade County Planning Advisory Board and as President of the...