Maria Isabel Quiros and her husband Mario Quiros, both longtime Miami Lakes residents, celebrated their 80th birthdays and their 56th wedding anniversary in late 2016. Maria, affectionately known as Cuqui, celebrated her birthday on December 7. Mario celebrated his 80th birthday on October 8. Together they celebrated their anniversary on Christmas Day, alongside their family, friends, and loved ones. The couple met while studying statistics...

Miami Lakes Youth Center Council is inviting local teens to take pride in their community. As part of the “I Heart Miami Lakes” campaign, the Youth Council is sponsoring a Town Park Clean Up on Saturday, January 21.Volunteers will meet at the Youth center, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive, at 9 a.m. The Town Moover will transport volunteers around Town to clean up various local neighborhood parks until 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.To sign...

St. Thomas University’s junior volleyball outside hitter Whitney Battoe has been named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and a First-Team AVCA All-Regional performer for the 2016 season. It marked the second straight year that Battoe has been named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and to the AVCA Southeast All-Regional team.Battoe, a native of Naperville, Illinois, earned the honors after a season in which she led the Bobcats...

Miami Lakes native Matthew J. Fernandez received a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Studies, Cum Laude, from The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida. BCF president Thomas A. Kinchen conferred degrees on 49 graduates during commencement services held on December 9.Fernandez is the son of Otto and Lourdes Fernandez of Miami Lakes. The new college graduate is a former member of Riverside Baptist Church in Miami. Following...

The Miami-Dade County Public School Board unanimously approved three items proposed by Board member Perla Tabares Hantman at a December regular monthly meeting.The items proposed opportunities to collaborate with community entities that can deliver free, high quality and engaging youth programs to students during out-of-school periods; a request for authorization of the Superintendent to encourage all of Miami-Dade’s public schools to...