Dominic Rivera, a 17-year-old senior at the Terra Environmental Research Institute, started a non-profit called the Free Clinic Corporation in an effort to assist impoverished communities in Haiti. Rivera ultimately plans to help build infrastructure in Haiti to help relieve overcrowding. But his first step towards that goal was completing an internship as part of Miami-Dade Country Commissioner Barbara Jordan’s Summer Youth Internship...

Bill Higgs stands at about six feet with impeccable posture as he walks around Shula’s Athletic Club by day as director and by night as member. He blends in with the others, those cycling next him none the wiser that he’s led and transformed the athletic club for over 35 years. With a duffel bag and mountain bike in his car, he ventures out to Oletta State Park during the week after work to  bike through the dirt slopes,...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis paid a visit to Miami Lakes as part of the state’s plan to study the rock miner’s blasting operations, which residents claim cause damages to their residential properties.The Fire Marshall Office, which falls under the CFO, regulates and minors the blasting by the rock mining industry.The state legislature allocated $325,000 for the study to determine if the regulations need to...

  Seven-year-old Jason Smith asked his father what the rings of Saturn are made of. It was a question whose answer led to only more questions that had to be typed into Google. Jason Smith Sr. readily admits his son’s questions often drive him to research. It’s a typical weekday night in the Smith home.  Smith stands out amongst his classmates at Dade Christian School not only because he’s the tallest but because...

It’s not every day that one may find a high school student that exceeds all odds, allowing them to stand out amongst many and accomplish admirable feats. However, Sabine Joseph is one of these rare cases. Joseph, 16, is a rising junior at Miami Lakes Educational Center. She is the layout design editor, as well as the first junior to become managing editor of her school’s newspaper, The Harbinger. Joseph is also a staff writer...