Pride Awareness Celebration set for June 24 in Miami Lakes

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, May 3, 2023

     A group of Miami Lakes residents will host a Pride celebration June 24 at the Main Street Playhouse.      Plans will include a 90-minute evening of poetry readings, music, and performance of a short play, “Stuck in the 1940s,” written by Amanda Ortega, a Main Street Players board member.      It is a coming-out story of a Cuban-American woman and her struggles with her...

Summer Camps in the Miami Lakes area

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Camp Wannado  June 12 - Aug. 11  For kids in Voluntary Pre-K - 7th grade. Sports; weekly field trips; arts and crafts, video games and more.  Session 1: June 12 - June 30; Session 2: July 3 - July 21;  Session 3: July 24 - Aug. 11. Weekdays, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.  Pack lunch Monday - Thursday; a pizza lunch is provided on Friday. Camp is $45 to register, $135 per week. Camp Wannado at Miami Lakes...

Hurricane season begins June 1. Are you ready?

Featured By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, May 3, 2023

     The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and will last until Nov. 30. The Florida Division of Emergency Management wants residents to be prepared.       Miami Lakes didn’t suffer from Hurricanes Ian (category 4) and Nicole (category 1) as our friends and neighbors did across the state.       But we have endured tropical cyclones in the past -- remember...

Geezers Softball salutes Juan Campiz, 96

Sports By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, May 3, 2023

    Juan Campiz protects first base on a softball field at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. He leans toward the batter, ready to field whatever may come from home plate.     His spot on the diamond is one he has held since he was a boy.      That child’s love for the game has continued to present day, when he is a youthful 96.      “I started playing baseball when I was 10...

The art of maternity in Miami Lakes

Business By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, May 3, 2023

    From a Miami Lakes office park springs great beauty: Pregnant women in full bloom, dressed in flowing, bejeweled gowns rented by Maternity Magical Moments.     Business owner Leidy Alvarez wants women to feel their most beautiful in photographs that become keepsakes of their maternity journeys.      “Not every client wants to look the same,” Alvarez, 27, said in...
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