Harry Wayne Casey who was the lead singer of the American band KC and the Sunshine Band has been a Miami Lakes resident for more than 30 years. Born in Hialeah, Casey formed his famous band in the Miami Lakes/Hialeah area while working as a record store employee and later at TK Records. While attending Miami-Dade College in 1972, Casey was packing records for shipment in the company’s warehouse, where he met bassist and...

  God of Carnage, written by Yamina Reza and directed by Main Street Playhouse Artistic Director Robert Coppel, is a dark comedy and winner of the Tony Award for Best Play in 2009. God of Carnage runs from April 24 through May 17, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $18 for students with valid I.D. God of Carnage, a tense and amusing play, centers on a schoolyard scuffle...

 

Miami Lakes resident Eduardo Crespo, a student at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, was among more than 1,000 Pratt students who made the President’s List for the Fall 2014 semester. Miami Lakes resident Ted Guio received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in December.

  U.S. Century Bank, headquartered in Miami Lakes, announced it has closed on a $65 million recapitalization transaction with investments by Patriot Financial Partners, Priam Capital, current shareholders of U.S. Century Bank and other qualified investors. As a result of the transaction, the bank is in compliance with the capital requirements of a regulatory consent order. “We firmly believe that this is the best outcome for our...

  Hialeah Postmaster Orlando De La Osa is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, April 8, at Don Shula’s Hotel.  De La Osa was promoted to the postmaster position in 2011. He started his career in the postal serve as a letter carrier for the city of Hialeah.  He was promoted to superintendent of Station Operations in 1991 and subsequently promoted...