A group of girls from Immaculate Conception Catholic School, friends since kindergarten and now in seventh grade, received the holy sacrament of confirmation on January 14 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. The girls are (from left, top row) Nicole Vargas, Allyson Monreal and Katherine Sierra, (center row) Isabella Ferreiro, Nathalie Fernandez, Tatiana Marquez, Alexandra Santiago, Michelle Moreno, Emily Perez, Beatriz Garcia,...

  As part of an ongoing effort to provide transparency in government, the Town of Miami Lakes released its Fourth Quarter Performance Report for the period of July to September 2014. The report provides a narrative for individual performance areas and shares information on department goals and successes. All graphs in the report are demonstrated on a fiscal-year basis and most data is shown cumulatively. “Performance measures are...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School family in cooperation with the Miami Heat is inviting alumni and current students and their families to watch NBA action on Monday, February 9, as Dwayne Wade and the Heat take on the New York Knicks at the American Airlines Arena. The event features the Pace Danceline Starlettes and Cheerleaders who will perform pregame on the Miami Heat court. Tickets are $40 each (400 level, rows 7-12), and $30...

Last month, Wynwood and Miami at large were teeming with international and local artists for the 2014 Art Basel fair. However, for weeks before, many of these artists were using the walls of Jose de Diego Middle School as their canvas. Despite being the only public middle school serving the community of Wynwood, one of the premier centers for art in the United States, Jose de Diego Middle School did not have funding for an art program. Robert...

  Advances in technology propelled the world into the twenty-first century and continue to transform the ways that people communicate, collaborate, and learn. And there is no sign that it is slowing down. The week of December 8-14, 2014, was Computer Science Education Week. The White House announced that the seven largest school districts will be joining 50 others to begin offering introductory computer science classes to all students...