Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Junior Cadets won third place overall in the Running Hose event and won the Sportsmanship Award during the annual Florida State Firefighters Association State Firematics competition two weeks ago in Plantation, Florida.The event tested the skills of cadets and firefighters from Florida in a series of drills against other fire departments, including climbing ladders, running hoses, and screwing the hose onto a fire rig...

Michael Andrew Plana and Robin Marie Easley were united in marriage on Saturday, June 11, during an outdoor sunset ceremony surrounded by their closest friends and family at Timacuan Golf and Country Club in Lake Mary, Florida. The bride, daughter of Tom and Angie Easley of Mims, Florida, graduated from Astronaut High School in Titusville and Nova Southeastern University. She is a teacher at Hawks Bluff Elementary School. The groom,...

Ford Motor Company Fund and the South Florida Ford Dealers are bringing the Ford Driving Dreams initiative to kindergarten and elementary school students for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. In collaboration with First Book, Ford is donating 10,000 new books, and recently celebrated with a reading party for 100 kids at the BB&T Center. Ford Dealers, First Book representatives, Florida Panthers alum Randy Moller and Lucy Lopez,...

St. Thomas University’s men’s soccer team is ranked third in the preseason Sun Conference Coaches’ Poll.The Bobcats squad tops the 2016 Sun Conference men’s soccer preseason poll for the second straight years as announced by the league office three weeks ago.The Night Hawks earned five first place and three second place votes to come in two points ahead of reigning Sun Conference Champions Southeastern.The Fire earned...

The Town of Miami Lakes is hosting two zero-based budget workshops for residents to learn about the city’s plans for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, as council members voted to keep the same rate for property taxes to complete several projects for beautification, while searching for additional resources to pay for other municipal services not funded in the spending plan.The workshops are scheduled for Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August...